Chopped Lechon (0.5kg - $22, 1kg - $40)
I came here for these, but these were served cold, which already meant what we were having weren't of the best quality. Some pieces of skin were crispy, but there were some that were very hard and almost impossible to bite through. There's nothing special about the pork here as well other than its thick cut.
Overall pretty disappointing, and after being hyped for such a long time, I guess the standards have really dropped drastically.
You can choose to get rice meals/ order dishes ala carte here, but the former will come with rice and smaller portion of meat that's more suitable for 1 pax.
Lechon Sisig Ala Carte ($14)
This was the better of the 2 dishes. It's meant to be piping hot when served, but it only sizzled for a good 15s before it stopped, which was pretty disappointing. The meat here was quite flavourful and went well with rice, but it's apparently meant to be crispier.
For most of our gatherings (even random dinners at home lol), we usually have this 3kg lechon belly ($120) from Don Lechon present. I know price is quite high, but for us who adore this crispy, juicy, and flavourful slab of pork, it’s a very good price to pay. It comes with a homemade sauce which pairs really well with the meat too!
Do note that the crunchiness is well-kept even if it is only delivered 🤤
The skin is crispy good
Some parts of the meat was soft.
The meat goes very well with the sauce provided.
My 3rd time here, and it's definitely tasted better then the last time I was here.
Take note that that will be some parts that are hard and dry.
But the skin is definitely the gold
My mouth is watering right now. $15 dish. So delicious and savoury. Eating it with rice is a must
Sinigang is a sour soup cooked with tamarind (Assam) and the soup at Don Lechon is really sour. While it can be a little overbearing on its own, it does help to cut through the grease and strong flavours of the other dishes and it quite appetising. The milkfish is fresh, soft and not fishy at all.
Sisig is a dish that I will always order at a Filipino restaurant and this version consists of chopped lechon and onions on a sizzling hot plate. The runny egg ties all the chopped ingredients together and the acidity from the lime brings balance to the dish.
Each piece of roast pork is thick, tender, juicy and surprisingly not too oily. The skin is super crispy and the pork is full of flavour. It comes with a sweet and savoury dipping sauce and this combination goes so well with rice. Hands down my favourite dish of the night, and possibly my favourite version of roast pork in recent times🤤
The commonly found ones in Singapore are the roasted pork and roasted suckling pig where you can get them in hawker centres and restaurants while the Philippine’s version of roasted pork, also known as lechon, is relatively unheard of outside the Philippines community here. Fortunately, there’s Don Lechón in the East, selling a variety of lechon rice meals and traditional Philippines cuisine.
The Chopped Lechon rice meal ($10) comes with a sizeable portion of roasted pig with the crispiest of skin, a scoop of white rice and a dipping sauce that has soy sauce and vinegar in it. I have had this dish from Don Lechón before and the standard is still kept that level, thick juicy cuts that is well marinated in the inside with a crispy skin on the outside. Another dish that is new to me this time round is the Lechon Sinigang ($12) which is a tangy and savoury thick broth that contained chopped lechon, white radish, long beans, kangkong and eggplant in it.
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✨ Don Lechón
📍 511 Guillemard Road, Grandlink Square, Unit 01-52, Singapore 399849
🍴 [Self Funded]
No number of adjectives could do justice to these crackin' crackling beauties. The fatty, tender hunks of tasty pork are good enough on their own, but more importantly are capped with an incredibly crunchy layer of shatteringly crisp skin. What's even more surprising was the pig liver sauce, with a flavour that reminded me immediately of pork floss. Genius.
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Taste: 4.5/5
