Lechon is the sort of place that brands its logo onto burger buns and stays open from 7 am to 10 pm most days, with separate menus for each meal. There's a lot going on—too much, perhaps, for a ...

The word lechon actually refers to the cooking technique; cows and goats are also spit-roasted, but pig is so ubiquitous that the term has come to imply pork by default. The History.

Lechón, or spit-roasted pig, is a dish that's served on special occasions in the Philippines. Marjurie Zanoria and Ariel Batoon run an artisanal cookhouse and sell thousands of pounds of lechón ...