BONE LICKIN' BBQ

Man has been cooking meat over an open fire for millennia. Every country and continent has their own style that developed over the years. America, the melting pot of the world that it is, has become home to people from all of those countries that have fused their own flavors with a taste of the USA.

And that's where our story begins today: When you combine Asian flavors with American  butchering you get my absolute favorite grilled meat: The Park’s Finest BBQ. 

Owner, Johneric Concordiais grew up in Echo Park, a neighborhood just north of downtown LA, in a family of Filipino immigrants. Their frequent large parties always involved cooking BBQ at the park picnic grounds. Over the years he enjoyed learning the nuances of BBQ from his father and family members, as each one had their own interpretation of Filipino traditions. Johneric is first to admit his is not authentic Pinoy, however; he claims his BBQ is true Echo Park style. And that’s how the name, “The Park’s Finest BBQ,” came to be. 

Johneric preparing to serve

A pile of chicken slow-roasting

Sure each cut of meat is slow-cooked to perfection for hours with tender flesh that falls off the bone or melts in your mouth. Before they go on the grill, all the meats start with a special dry rub blend with it’s secret ingredient of Himalayan salt.

Various cuts on the grill

Beef and Pork Ribs

But what people rave about is the sauce. It’s not your typical ketchup, brown sugar and vinegar concoction. This is a secret blend of sweet and spicy exotic ingredients that create a complex balanced flavor with the grilled meats. The Concordiais family spent years perfecting their recipe and it shows.

 


The amazing thing is how delicious the sauce tastes on everything – meat, chicken, sausage, vegetables and rice.  You can choose from:

Real Rib Eye Roast

Beef Short Ribs

Brisket

Pork Tender Loin

Pork Ribs

Chicken

Sausage

Pulled Pork

Grilled Veggies,

Cornbread Bibingka

Rice

The grilled vegetables with dry rub include a unique blend of scallions, asparagus, green and yellow summer squash, and Granny Smith apples.

Bibingka, is a traditional Pinoy dessert cake made with rice flour, coconut and baked in a banana leaf. The Park’s Finest version is the perfect side dish with cornmeal for the delicious fusion of American and Asian techniques.

The Park’s Finest doesn’t have a brick and mortar restaurant and limit their business to private catering, events and festivals. You can find more about how to sample The Park’s Finest BBQ at their website: www.theparksfinest.com. There you can shop for made-to-order catering portions of all the above-listed dishes, arrange a whole BBQ event at your home, or even buy a bottle of the secret recipe BBQ sauce!!

If you have them cater your next party, please invite me! (I'm fun to have around.)