Is New York Ready for Ralf Kuettel's ROCKET PIG?

And the award for best restaurant name of 2012 goes to Rocket Pig, the Trestle on Tenth spinoff opening next Tuesday in Chelsea. The signature dish at chef Ralf Kuettel's new restaurant is a $14 sandwich made with smoked pork, onion jam, pickles, and hot sauce. The menu also includes oysters, charcuterie, cheeses, snacks, and sides.

Kuettel served a version of this pork sandwich at this year's Cochon 555, and it was easily one of the most talked about dishes of the event. Joe Campanale got a taste earlier today, and he's already a big Rocket Pig fan. And, in case you're wondering, the restaurant's logo is indeed a fat pig sitting on a rocket, duh. Check out the menu below.

ROCKET PIG MENU

* EAT-IN OR TAKE-OUT *

ROCKET PIG SANDWICH $14

brined, spice-rubbed, smoked, and roasted pork on toasted ciabatta roll

with red onion jam and mustard sauce

house-made pickle and side of rocket pig hot sauce

NORTH FORK POTATO CHIPS $2

salt, barbecue, sour cream-onion, sweet potato

HOUSE MADE PICKLE $.75

BACON CARAMELS $5 for bag of 5

COOKIE $4

BROWNIE $4

SODAS $3

coke, diet coke, sprite, limonata, dr. brown root beer,

fentiman’s dandelion-burdock beer

* EAT-IN ONLY *

OYSTERS $2.75 each

CHARCUTERIE $5 each

house smoked ham, sweet or hot sopressata, bündnerfleisch,

pork terrine, air dried speck, landjäger, prosciutto (18-month)

FARM CHEESES $4 each

goat: blanc bleu tambour (france), capra sarda (italy)

sheep: black sheep (illinois) blue: blu di bufala (italy)

cow: l’etivaz (switzerland), tête de moine (switzerland),

comté st. antoine (france), parmigiano reggiano (Italy)

WINE $6

white: Zierfandler, Alphart, Austria, 2007

red: Grenache, La Manarine, Côtes du Rhône, France, 2010

BEER $5

can: Sly Fox Pilsner, 21st Amendment Back in Black , Anderson Valley IPA

bottle: Unita Wyld Extra Pale Ale

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