Tomahawk Bacon

[canucklehead]

Hey

I had my first Tomahawk breakfast and it came with the most incredible bacon - at it was some thing that I had not seen before. I was round and smokey - thin and crispy. I thought that it was a kind of Pancetta - but when I asked the waitress she said it was a type of back bacon that they get whole and sliced very thinly on site. "If you want more - you need to come back". It did not look like back bacon to me - it seemed too fatty to be back bacon. All I needed was some maple syrup to dip them in and you could have shot me dead right then and there.

Has anyone had their bacon and is it simply back bacon cut super thin? It is very very good.

Edited February 26, 2005 by canucklehead (log)

[appreciator]

All I needed was some maple syrup to dip them in and you could have shot me dead right then and there.

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Don't you just love these kind of food experiences when something is just so damn good you could die a happy camper on the spot.

Sadly, I have not tasted tomahawk bacon myself (yet) so will also wait to hear what others have to say..

[Vancouver]

Is this the one:

They seem to call it Yukon style bacon.

Cheers!

[stovetop]

Wow!

Can you hook me up

steve

[canucklehead]

Vancouver - yes yes yes yes yes!!!!

Did you take a picture when you where there? Don't you think that it was pretty awesome bacon.

Now - is available anywhere else? Perhaps it is a good thing that you can only get it at Tomahawk.

[stovetop]

The pork plant here in Port produces pork as good as alberta pork, they have some amazing bacon.

steve

[Vancouver]

Vancouver - yes yes yes yes yes!!!!

Did you take a picture when you where there?  Don't you think that it was pretty awesome bacon.

Sadly I haven't tried it yet. That picture is from their website which you can find at:

Tomahawk Restaurant Website

But it is on my list to try now!

Cheers!

[boiled custard]

That looks like what is called in Kentucky, "country ham bacon". It isn't really bacon at all, but cured smoked ham , thinly sliced. http://www.keeneshams.net/products/bacon.htm

I Googled for that link, I don't know if they ship to Canada.

[Mooshmouse]

Mmmm. Yukon bacon. Served up in massive quantites at one of our favourite kitschy breakfast places. Ian remembers dining at the Tomahawk with his parents as a kid, staring up at the First Nations artifacts staring down at him, so our meals there with Noah are always tinged with a bit of nostalgia. Makes the bacon taste that much better.

[Chef Fowke]

Sitting at the counter, memories of Chick Chamberlain (circa 1926)...

I have always assumed with the long history of the Tomahawk that the bacon was a throw-back to a cultural delicacy of the Chamberlain family. I suspect they have some Gaelic roots, with Yukon Style Bacon looking suspiciously like Irish Bacon.

Léigh Cogain Comhrá

[*Deborah*]

^ I knew I had seen bacon like that in Europe somewhere! thanks, Chef

[canucklehead]

My thought was that it was possible a loin cut bacon - but it was so round and fatty (oh.. my eyes are glazing over a little... sorry - focus focus!)

But of course there is only one way to tell - to purchase Irish and Kentucky style bacon and have a taste off.

[Chef Fowke]

That looks like what is called in Kentucky, "country ham bacon". It isn't really bacon at all, but cured smoked ham , thinly sliced. http://www.keeneshams.net/products/bacon.htm

I Googled for that link, I don't know if they ship to Canada.

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OH MY GOD! I just went to this site, it is a shrine of all things pork...(off topic, why is the pig laughing while sitting amongst its dead, cured relatives?

[Vancouver]

OH MY GOD! I just went to this site, it is a shrine of all things pork...(off topic, why is the pig laughing while sitting amongst its dead, cured relatives?

I thought he was screaming in pain after having lost a relative.

Hm....

[HKDave]

I'm a fan of this stuff, too. You can find me at the counter at the 'mohawk on most Sunday mornings.

I always thought that their bacon was cured and smoked rolled pork butt, but that 'country ham bacon' in the link above sure looks like the right thing.

Notice that the 'mohawk only frys it on one side?

[canucklehead]

OH MY GOD! I just went to this site, it is a shrine of all things pork...(off topic, why is the pig laughing while sitting amongst its dead, cured relatives?

I thought he was screaming in pain after having lost a relative.

Hm....

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I would'nt mind losing a cousin or two if they tasted like yukon bacon.

[Chef Fowke]

...in hind site , maybe it is inside round?

[Ling]

OH MY GOD! I just went to this site, it is a shrine of all things pork...(off topic, why is the pig laughing while sitting amongst its dead, cured relatives?

I thought he was screaming in pain after having lost a relative.

Hm....

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I would'nt mind losing a cousin or two if they tasted like yukon bacon.

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[BCinBC]

The Tomohawk serves up some great hangover remedies. Best bacon ever!

I was in there one morning when I saw a biker-type (Harley not Rocky Mountain) order the "Mixed Grill" (see Vancouver's website link above). Didn't know whether to laugh, cry, or ready the defibrillator...