Dongpo Pork

Dongpo Pork	Dongpo Pork

The famous Dongpo Pork, or Dongpo rou in Chinese, named after Su Dongpo (1037-1101), is succulent belly pork with fat that is not greasy and meat that melts in the mouth.
Su Dongpo, a great Chinese poet in ancient history, was appointed as Governor of Hangzhou. During his term, he started a thorough dredging of West Lake. This great project benefited local people a lot. So they were very grateful to Su Dongpo. As a gesture of good will, they presented him with pigs and wine. Su accepted and ordered his men to use the pigs and wine to prepare a special kind of pork in casseroles. Then, he distributed this food among the workers who were involved in the West Lake dredging project for the Spring Festival. All the workers and their family were very happy and favorably termed it as Dongpo Pork. Later, it was discovered and spread by some restaurant runners.
Now, the Dongpo Pork has reported as the top dish in Hangzhou, and a trademark dish of Hangzhou.