Pancetta brought me here...
but I left with some Guanciale.
Looking for a fancier Bacon substitute in the GTA, I did some WWW searching.
What is fresh local, what is made-in-house, what is representative of Woodbridge?
The answer lead me to this wonderfully designed website. www.dolcelucano.com
One on One (www.dolcelucano.com/one-on-one.php):
A glance at the webpage and it's easy to recognize the level of commitment.
Another glance and I dreamt that I could make my own WaYnE brand Salumi.
Maybe a dash of szechuan peppercorn, a pinch of... In my dreams~~~
Off I went to meet the local Meat shop in a well hidden path away from everything.
Industrial manufacturing neighbourhood more like autobody shops than food eats.
We step inside an average size butcher shop space with various items for sale.
Dry pastas, canned goods, spices, but Salumi take up a good chunk of space.
We go up to the fridge to discover, learn, browse, smell, touch and admire.
Meat beautiful meat of various Italian cured and processed varieties packaged.
Proscuitto, sopressata, capicollo, pancetta, guanciale to name just a few.
As I pick up what I believe to be my choice of Pancetta, a lovely staff came...
I had a thorough conversation with this Lady about the cooking with Meat.
Ladies, if you wish to gain a Man's heart, simply learn to speak Carnivore.
At the end, I was directed to the Guanciale as the Meat weapon of choice.
Let's just say my dish of Moyin Moyin steamed bean dish was a fan fav.
My accompanying friend says it tastes like Chinese cured meat...
but then everything taste like chinese cured meat to her. :P
Fyi, many restaurants use Guanciale to begin their soup base.
Wish someone can give me a reason or money to visit this shop again.
If I go on a regular basis myself, I'm sure I'll need a second mortgage. read more