Slim’s Pork Chop Express

After our brunch experience at Slim’s Pork Chop Express, it became our front runner for lunch on our last visit to Liverpool. Between here and the Art’s Club down the road, I’m not sure what the decision rested on — our previous experience or the fact they have duck fries…
The menu remains unchanged from our last visit, though obviously this time we were visiting for lunch. And man what a lunch! There were some big decisions to be made (what IS pepper siu mai? Can we also fit BBQ brisket beans?) but we eventually landed upon our final choices:
CF BLT, the grilled cheese, chilli cheese fries, josper grilled corn, hot chicken wings and corn dogs.
Everything comes on a large sharing tray for that authentic, messy food experience. We quickly got stuck in and some firm favourites appeared. The cheese on the grilled cheese simply cannot be faulted! It’s the kind of cheese that never stopped coming and you can feel clogging your arteries but you don’t care because it’s just that good. The chilli cheese fries were also a popular choice, with some real heat in the meat and a slightly sweet dipping gravy.
The chicken wings were the most disappointing for me as, although they were quite hot in taste at first, as soon as they cooled down the spice completely went. The chicken was moist but had very little flavour as a meat. Again, the corn dogs were tasty, but nothing spectacular on this occasion.
Service was really friendly throughout, casual but attentive, and we rolled out feeling totally content.
What do I have left to try here? Well, I’ve seen the Sunday roast and it looks fantastic, and the Daiquiri & Dim Sum Tuesday offer sounds like quite the treat…