Restaurant: MK Bbq Cafe
Location: 18406 Colima Rd D, Rowland Heights, CA 91748. (626) 616-1826
Date: January 28, 2024
Cuisine: Southern Chinese BBQ
Rating: Casual, but tasty
This is a new place run by our friend Derek, formerly of Elite. It’s basically a hong kong BBQ shack that used to be in the supermarket in this same mall. We actually went there in 2022. I was pretty skeptical because it’s hyper casual — and because it used to be just a shack inside the supermarket in this plaza.
The glamourous parking lot — we’ve been here a bunch for various.
Enter.
They still have the duck.
Minimalist decor.
The simple menu.
Decent lobster. A little shreddy, and a bunch of small lobsters, but tasty sauce.
Hong Kong Style Dungeness Crab. Lots of fry.
Macau style BBQ pork. Tasty, clean, light porcine flavor — luke warm (it’s actually supposed to be, but a little disconcerting).
BBQ Roast Duck. Excellent for this juicy type of Chinese duck.
Honey Glazed Sausage. Kinda delicious — probably my favorite dish.
Beef Stew “clay pot.” No clay involved, but this tendon and beef stew was pretty good. Would have been even better with silky curry sauce like at Henry’s.
Fresh veggies and mushrooms. Fabulous MSG flavored veggies. Nicely cooked.
Silken tofu. Also very good.
Salt and Pepper Pork Chop. Tasty but so fried and chewy.
BBQ Pork Neck. Fatty, greasy, kinda delicious and kinda gross at the same time.
Overall, this was better than I expected, but certainly no gourmet feast.
