Meat Stars in a Pair of Affordable Prix-Fixe Offerings -- Like You're Not Getting Enough

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It's so like that.

First, another Pig + Booze dinner goes off tonight between 5 and 10 p.m. at Orson (508 Fourth St. at Bryant, 777-1508). Wallow through a pork belly amuse bouche, a first course of pig's ear with charred escarole and melon, followed by slices from a whole wood-fired pig with Gigantes beans and heirloom tomatoes. Even dessert is porcine -- a pork bistella with plum ice cream. The cost is $35, and there's an optional cocktail or wine pairing for an additional $20. And you can listen to a special pig music mix from DJ Stef. Check out Orson's Web site for more details.

Next, MarketBar (One Ferry Building at The Embarcadero, 434-1100) is putting on a lush weekend three-course called A Carnivore's Dilemma. After a chopped salad dressed with bacon vinaigrette, served with garlic toasts, choose your entrée: roasted prime rib, Prather Ranch organic roast pork coated with garlic breadcrumbs and mustard, or game hen seasoned with rosemary salt, served with parsley potatoes and a fresh vegetable.

We suppose that's where the dilemma of the title sets in, though since your entrée can consist of a single portion of one or smaller portions of two, or even all three, we fail to see any problem. Our choice would be clear: More is more. Dessert continues the theme of indulgence with rich chocolate pot de crème. Available Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. on, for $34.95. And there's a stimulus package, too -- 30% off all bottles of wine, with dinner.