Last year, Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo opened Animal on Fairfax. Their minimalist restaurant with bold cooking has been full ever since. Their menu changes daily, based on market-driven ingredients. Happily, no matter what Shook and Dotolo source, almost every dish incorporates pork. Animal is a perpetual candidate for Dose of Vitamin P.
Pig ears are notoriously chewy, with a cartilage crunch. Dotolo and Shook transformed the off-cut into a must-order appetizer ($10) They toss the still-crunchy but tender ears with scallions and tangy, slightly spicy chile-lime vinaigrette. They drape the ears with an over-easy fried egg. A quick poke with a fork and the rich yolk runs free, ready to mingle with the surprisingly addictive hog meat.
Dose of Vitamin P is a new feature that spotlights my favorite pork dish from the previous week.
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Protein Bar
October 22, 2009 at 2:22 PM
There are a lot of good opinions here. Really gives me a new way of looking at things.
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Nanciful
August 26, 2009 at 11:19 AM
This is my favorite dish at Animal right now! Such a surprise of flavors for me because I’m usually use to having my pig ears stewed in soy sauce only.
choisauce
August 26, 2009 at 10:12 AM
ooh I’ve had these and they were tasty! my vote for next week’s dose of vitamin p goes to rivera’s sous vide pork shoulder! *oink oink*