The Baked Pork Chop Rice Crown

For those of you who want the absolute best baked pork chop rice, there's only one place to visit - Fat Siu Lau in Macau, China!

Trust me when I say it is the best that I have ever had. It is the yardstick by which I measure all other baked pork chop rice. My first experience with Fat Siu Lau was in Nov 2006. It was on my honeymoon as my wife and I visited Hong Kong and decided to do a 1-day trip to Macau.

Fat Siu Lau has been around since 1903 and is known for many dishes: roasted pigeon, prawn bisque, and seafood rice amongst others. But when we visited, I only had pork chop rice on the brain and it did not disappoint.

Here's a picture from my 2006 visit.

And here are a few from my visit last month (Nov 2009).

Funny enough, if I was to give a rating for the last visit, it would only be 4.5 (whereas my first visit was a perfect 5.0). The reason per my 5 point grading system:

• Good amount of tomato taste in the sauce - 1 point
• The fried rice was flavorful - 1 point
• Pork chops were nicely fried and tasty - 1 point
  (Note: Even my wife, who does not like pork chops, said that she would order it after taking a single bite.)
• Good amount of cheese that was nicely browned - 1 point
• The texture was a bit dry...the chef left the dish in the oven a bit too long and it dried out the sauce - 0.5 point
  

Even at a less than perfect score this time around, Fat Siu Lau still ranks at the top of all the baked pork chop rice dishes I have eaten over the past 3 years. It really is that good!

This is now a must have dish for me anytime I visit Hong Kong. A day trip into Macau to see the casinos and a meal at Fat Siu Lau. It's all good!

Bonus Pic - That's me in front of the original Fat Siu Lau restuarant. Check out the 100 year old wooden door/entrance!

PS - Don't mind me in the FOBbie shirt. I ran out of clothes and had to resort to drastic measures as I was not going to miss my trip to Macau.