Piggy Smalls - Honolulu

Invited by a friend and his family for dinner. It was a set of manu for a total of eight course meal. The waiter told us that the table is not ready for us with courtesy and voice! We (total of 17 of us) sat at the stand! All dishes from starters to the desert were wonderful and delicious! Also the portions are large and well sitting! We have nothing to complain, but praise.

Fantastic raised fusion Vietnamese cuisine in a casual environment. Servers were all great, food for the most part was excellent . The cheese dumplings were a tad underwhelming only gyoza that, after they are steamed, are pan roasted in cheese until the cheese burns, but everything else was incredibly delicious (it is so hard to get uni pasta where I am from! and I would highly recommend this point.

The Ahi Toast was good and the tea salad was very unique. The Pho, Banh mi and cheese dumplings were fine.

Long lost from Hawaii local beer. It is of interchangeable plates with meat and vegetable options. Main dishes and soups are meat/fish concentrated. Burmese Tea Salad was really good, like Brussels. The Bun Thai soup (Thursdays) was decent, but the shrimps were muddy and the brisket had more fat than meat. Friendly service was on orders, but gave a lot of space and time to the table.

Piggy Smalls is a nice Vietnamese fusion place right in the mall. It was great that there was free parking close by, a rarity in Honolulu. We had the Le fried chicken wings, Burmese tea salad, ahi toast, vegan pho, pho French dip bahn mi, and bo ca ri ga (beef brisket stew). The chicken wings were crispy and tasty with a delicious sauce. I've never had tea salad that didn't have tea leaves in it but it was still pretty good although it didn't have the flavor balance or crispness of a traditional Burmese tea salad. I really enjoyed the ahi toast, the garlic pickle was excellent, I only wish it was a little bigger as it felt like an appetizer even though it was coupled with the other mains. The bahn mi was pretty good but lacked the quick pickles and egg butter that I associate with a bahn mi. It was good but not what I expected which left me a little disappointed. Finally, the bo ca ri ga was a beef brisket stew with carrots and potatoes with egg noodles and it was nicely seasoned broth with a light curry flavor. It was a little heavy in feel but still delicious although I wish it was a little more spicy. Overall it was good but I don't know that I would go out of my way to go here.