6 of Asia's most addictive, fattiest, calorie-loaded foods

A newly released study found that fatty foods may truly be addictive -- even potentially as addictive as drugs like cocaine and heroin. So we got to wondering what Asian foods and dishes could rival bacon and cheesecake. We're not talking Asian beefcakes here. We mean true heart-stopping, artery-filling, scale-breaking calorie busters. We think we found six that make cheesecake, even a bacon-loaded cheesecake, look like a well balanced diet.

Glistening fatty goodness.

1. Hongshao Rou -- Chinese

Dish: Red braised pork belly: With 600 calories and 50g of fat per 100g this Shanghainese dish could give you love handles just by looking at it. If there is a Chinese food equivelant to crack cocaine, Hongshao Rou would be it. It was also supposedly Chairman Mao’s favorite dish.

For more on Hongshao Rou, click here. Also keep an eye out for Cantonese pork belly dishes such as the braised pork belly with pickled mustard greens.

Mmmm pork.

2. Tonkatsu -- Japanese

Dish: Fried pork over rice served with Tonkatsu sauce: The exact calorie and fat count can vary depending on preparation, but this Japanese dish still stands in contrast to the typically strong reputation of Japanese cuisine being healthy.

Other notable super fatty, calorie-rich Japanese dishes are fried jumbo tempura king prawns and beef teriyaki.

Sure-fire hangover cure. Sure-fire diet killer.

3. Char Kuay Teow (pan fried noodles) -- Singaporean

A typical serving size of char kuay teow weighs in at around 300g. Those 300g will set your gut back a few weeks with 30g of fat and 22.8g of saturated fat according to the Singaporean Health Promotion Board. Our Singapore city editor Larry Loh said, "The best ones are cooked with pork lard and there's little bits of crispy fried pork lard and raw cockles to boot." Please keep in mind that gym memberships are typically not included with purchase of a pan fried noodle meal in Singapore. Perhaps they should be. 

Calories for everybody.

4. Green Curry -- Thai

Green curries are known for being high in calories and fat content because of the use of lots of coconut milk. Where there is coconut milk, there are calories. Throw some pork into the mix and the tasty popular dish can hit around 29g of fat per 100g.

The "ball to calorie" ratio is quite high.

5. Hongshao Shizi Tou (red braised meatballs) -- Chinese

Fried meatballs. Re-used sauce. 400 calories and 40g of fat per 100g and people still don't feel full while eating them. Worst of all, they're good. Good enough to want to go for a second course. Maybe wash some of these down with a McDonald's Big Mac (32.5g of fat per burger) and you'll be set for the evening. For more on Hongshao Shizi Tou, click here.

Death by mutton.

6. Nalla/Nalli Nihari -- Indian

A North Indian Mohglai recipe intended as a breakfast snack, Nalli Nihari found more of a home as a full-on meal due to its heaviness. How heavy are we talking? Indians traditionally use ghee when making Nalli Nihari. Ghee is a clarified butter used as a base for cooking. In the West, oil would be used in its place. How deadly is ghee? It is composed almost entirely of saturated fat and weighs in at around 8mg of cholesterol per tablespoon.

Nalli Nihari has been known to be prepared with 1 cup of ghee per 1 kilo of mutton with bones.