T Havanna Pork

I love holidays. And I love fried pork!!! And this joint's pork makes me feel like celebrating each time I have it.

You see, I'm one of those people who loves to have pork but not really taste the strength of the meat itself. Simply put, I love my pork well spiced so it doesn't taste porky, but it also doesn't taste like I'm chewing a wad of spices and ginger. And guess what? T Havanna pork is just that to me. No wonder I feel like celebrating...

Location

So T Havanna can be found by Google Maps via the link below:

T Havanna Gardens,
Hospital Rd Link, Tema
 https://goo.gl/maps/vmHaDtoMS7r

It's actually an outdoor pub-like place and has a green hedge surrounding it so you surely can't miss it.

There's outdoor parking within the hedge and security personnel who help you find a spot to park. Alternatively, you may park outside the hedge in case there's no space within. I'll talk more about other things you might want to note about the place in the ambience section in just a bit. Now let's talk about the food!

Taste & Texture

There are quite a number of chops sold at T Havanna, including fried yam, khebabs (gizzard, beef, sausage, and maybe some others as well). There are alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks to go with what you eat. But my all-time favourite, and sometimes only purchase, at T Havanna is the pork!

The pork I fell in love with was handled by a certain gentleman when I was first introduced to T Havanna pork. Oh yum! I can still remember how excited I was about it. It reminded me of some particular spare ribs from my childhood, nowadays I often get the kinds of pork I don't like when I request spare ribs at Chinese restaurants. Now when this man stopped working at T Havanna, the pork taste & texture changed and then started moving from bad to worse. They replaced the vendor a couple of times, but still the taste & texture I fell in love with was gone. 

However, to my greatest delight, and to challenge my cheat-on-my-diet discipline more, there's a lady there now that does it just right! The pork love of my life is baaaack... lol

Trust me to forget to take a shot when I'm hungry.

 So this is T-Havanna pork (in the dark) after I dropped my pork-selector (a.k.a. common toothpick) to take a shot.

 A full serving is about this height and fills the base of the pack.

Now how do I describe the taste & texture any more than I have in the intro... hmmm... 

A light just went on... lol

Ok, so the pork is fried hard. So it's not moist, or wet, and often if you find some pork hyde in it, it could be very tough or even crispy. In spite of this, the meat is often tender, even though dry. If you've never had such meat, do try this. I'm a moist soft meat lover but this surely works for me! 

The flavour is rich and the spicing is not overdone if you ask me. You know you're chewing tasty meat but it doesn't overwhelm you with the strong flavour that pork is often associated with. It's peppery and the khebab powder sprinkled on top of it adds to the flavour. The sliced onions and bell peppers added to the pack also make the taste come alive even more. Try using the toothpicks served with it to pick an onion slice, a bell pepper slice, some pork and some extra khebab powder before popping this combo in your mouth. It's the icing on the cake for this meal for me.

I'm not a drinker, so I wouldn't be the best person to recommend a strong drink to go with this. However, I will surely recommend a Sprite, Coca Cola, Fanta Lemon, Schweppes Bitter Lemon or Schweppes Tonic Water to go with this. The fizz definitely helps curb the pepper effects on your tongue if it's on fire from the pork. The fizz, I also often feel, fills me up so I don't feel so hungry when I split my serving with another person. Out of the lot, I often choose what drink I'm in the mood for or what's available. Each drink has its own unique addition to the pork savouring experience, so do try them all when you can and create your own mood-based list. Lol

Cost per serving

T Havanna pork currently costs 20 cedis a pack for the smallest serving. You may definitely request more than 20 cedis if you want to. 

As a general rule of thumb for most eat out purchases, if your extra purchase costs a multiple of the minimum serving, buy as many minimum servings as possible instead of bundling it all in one serving. That way you tend to get more value for money.

The minimum serving is more than enough for me and as earlier mentioned I tend to share it. However, remember that all that pepper has a tendency to make you eat more than you need. Therefore eat as little as you can and give yourself a 20 minute pause before you decide if you've truly had enough. You may be surprised how much actually fills you up.

Opening Hours

T Havanna pork is often available between 6pm and 8pm everyday. However, when there are a lot of random orders, it could get finished as early as 7pm. And on days that you're lucky you may get some to buy after 9pm. 

T Havanna itself is active way before and way after these times. Since our focus is the pork... lol... I'll just speak to your best bet on times to buy this pork.

Ambience

T Havanna is an open air pub so if you need to go there, do go well covered lest the mosquitoes have a field day on your skin. There's a huge screen that often shows music videos or a football match. There's loud music at night and dim lighting. There are canopies that cover a number of tables with seats in a wide space. Sometimes there are private and public events held there as well. 

If you're buying to go, as I often do, you would have to walk to the respective vendors to make your preferred purchase. They have quite a number of vendors and I honestly have not bought from all of them before.

To find the pork vendor, just ask any of the security men within the premises where the pork is sold. You won't miss it when you do. You probably won't miss it either if you ask anyone else... lol

Service

I honestly have not sat down to order anything at T Havanna before so there isn't much for me to say about the service if you plan to do so when you go there. So I'll warmly welcome your own low down on their service in the comments if you are ever served seated at one of their tables. 

But since I'm a frequent touch and go customer, I'll talk about buying from there. First of all, as indicated earlier, you would need to walk to each vendor and place your order. If their orders are a lot, they may not prepare yours if you walk away. So if you need to move away from any vendor, keep going back to ask if your order is ready till you are served. I personally won't recommend this though.

Secondly, you may have to get used to the fact that the vendors you know can change often. And at any time, you could get bubbly chatty vendors to rather impersonal ones. They are generally polite and are often efficient.

Other comments

Though I love this pork to bits, like holidays, it's more rewarding to have it occasionally. Definitely not because of taste, since it's mostly on point for me, but because of all the fat I consume in a serving and all the extra calories I add with a fizzy drink (which more often than not is a 1.5l bottle between two of us). Remember, though dry, the pork is still fried. 

So my advice, don't go on a guilt trip when you dig in to the delicious T Havanna pork, but don't, just don't have it so often. Be kind to the rest of your bodyas well as your taste buds... lol

So now that I've told you almost everything I know about T Havanna pork, please do let us know here at Ndudu tales if you've tried it and what you think about it.

And do have a delicious pork savouring experience at T Havanna when you do!




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