Hog's Breath Cafe is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n chain of steak house restaurants. The first business was opened in July 1989 at Airlie Beach

Airlie Beach, Queensland

Airlie Beach is a town in the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, the suburb of Airlie Beach itself had a population of 2,751. The greater Whitsunday region had a population of approximately 31,000...

 by Don Algie. In November the following year, a second store was opened in Mooloolaba

Mooloolaba, Queensland

Mooloolaba is a suburb and tourist resort township on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is located north of the state capital, Brisbane, and is part of the Maroochydore urban centre.- Etymology :...

. Additional locations quickly followed with stores opening in Townsville, Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...

 and Cairns.

To date, the Hog's Breath Company has opened 75 Hog's Breath Cafes in just 20 years including Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 and Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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Products

Hog's Breath's Cafe is essentially a steak house that promotes Prime Rib as its signature dish. These steaks have been slow cooked for 18 hours in a special oven. The steaks start at medium rare

Medium Rare

The Medium is Singapore's first full-length English language film. It was released in local cinemas in late 1991 and produced by Singaporean Errol Pang. It was initially supposed to be directed by a Singaporean, Tony Yeow, then by an American, Stan Barret, and finally by Arthur Smith, who was...

 and are also recommended at that particular meat temperature. Due to the amount of fats retained in the steaks however, these steaks have a higher fat content than most steaks and are sometimes classified as marbled meat

Marbled meat

Marbled meat is meat, especially red meat, which contains various amounts of intramuscular fat, giving it an appearance similar to a marble pattern.- Selective breeding :Marbling can be influenced by selective breeding...

. The signature side dish offered is curly fries, referred to by the chain as Hog's Tail Fries.

Company

As of December 2011, there were 69 outlets operating in Australia, 3 outlets in New Zealand, 2 outlets in Thailand and 1 in Singapore. Hog’s Breath Company also controls the licensing and use of the Jamaica Joe's trademark in Australia and overseas. Hog’s Breath Company is now embarking on further expansion in other Asian countries as well as the UK, Europe and North America.