the return of "chicago rib house" ....@ gurney plaza

Wow.. The surprised look on our faces would’ve have been a real Kodak moment. We had just finished our "activities" in gurney plaza last tuesday when we accidentally stumbled upon on Chicago rib house.. .. We ate at Chicago ribs in auto City back in Sept 2008.. The 2nd time we went back and it was already closed. So imagine the surprise on our faces, when lo and behold, there it was, right in front of us. it was about 200pm and so it was not really packed. the lunch crowd was waning and we took a table beside the bar.

i ordered the full rack and elpea ordered the 1/2 rack. we wanted to order the soup/appetizer but remembered that the portions were huge the last time around so we voted against it. for drinks, we both took the bottomless fruit juices , i had cranberry (which was very unlike me but i wanted something sour this time rather plain old boring coke) and elpeas had the mango.

hehehe.. remember we didn't order any appetizer, right? well, you get a free bowl of deep fried battered mushrooms when you order 2 mains. i was also surprised that the free bowl was so huge.

the mushrooms were fresh and not overly battered, meaning more mushroom than batter and it tasted really good...and we really liked the honey mustard that came with it.

My order of the Full rack of St Louis hot ribs with fresh veggies and mash potato. fresh vegetables = broccoli :-) i must say that when order came, i was "a bit" dissapointed as i thought it would be a bigger portion but after the 1st bite it didnt matter any more.

as usual, the succulent meat practically fell of the bone and was really tender. they were very nicely marinated though i could not really feel the "heat".. it WAS supposed to be "hot".. i could only sense a "tinge" of spiciness/chili. i really enjoyed the mash potatoes as well and liked the chopped spring onions. and the fresh veggies..? well, broccoli is broccoli, so if you hate broccoli, don't order it,.. :-D i liked it.

elpea's order of original 1/2 rack of ribs with coleslaw and french fries. the original flavoured ribs tasted excellent as well and it was so good she started using her hands.... hehehe.. well, i did too.. you really didnt need the forks and knives. elpea loved the fries and coleslaw as well but I'm not one for coleslaw though.

the aftermath. savages.... :-) well it was a very satisfying meal and the freeflow of fruit juices was nice as well, so, i definitely recommend ordering that. 2 mains and 2 juices came up to a grand total of rm97. a bit pricey but i thought it was worth it.

Ambiance: similar to tgif or chillis concept. the servers were really helpful and the overall service was very good. oh yea.. they have free wi-fi as well so if you have a smartphone you'll be having fun being "connected" as well.

Would I go back again: Hell, yea..!! Ribs nice.... fathers day is coming.. :-D

Overall 4.5/5, ( -0.5 because I remembered that the full rack i had in auto city was bigger.)

Note: if you look at the pix on my previous post, you'll notice that we ordered practically the same meals... hahaha... how predictable we're become... http://chiak3.blogspot.com/2008/09/chicago-ribs-autocity.html and the portions were bigger leh..

roti bakar @ campbell st

We’re been wanting to come eat here for so long now. Many a times something came up and we always cancelled. So we made it a point to finally eat here and see what the fuss was about. Note: even though I’m an island son, this is the 1st time I’ve eaten here.. malu laah I know… We got there around 830am and obviously you cant park on campbell st since its so congested. its a miracle if you can even find a parking slot here. the "shop" was 90% packed and we managed to grab a table in front of the bread toaster... which was next to the "egg station"... which was next to the "drink station"... The atmosphere just seemed very stressful. and i pity the "bread toaster" as he had to squat in front of the charcoal fire to toast the bread. really not ergo.. :-D we ordered kopi peng but got kopi-o-peng instead... :-P anyhow, it was pretty good kopi-o-peng so i didn't really complain. while waiting for the bread set to arrive, we had some nasi lemak.. so-so only.. the bread finally came after 10minutes. The bread was lightly toasted over charcoal and spread with butter and kaya. I have to say its one of the BEST toast bread that I’ve ever had. the eggs finally came as well, 5minutes after we finished the excellent bread. eggs as usual, eaten with standard soy sauce and pepper. eggs were nicely done. not too runny and not too hard. they actually use the yellow egg maker that most people have in their homes.

Their timing seem to be off that day. The 2 bread sets came before the eggs came. So we actually finished all the bread before eating the eggs. i didn't really like that because i normally like to dip the bread into the eggs. elpea was already looking at ways to cut the waste and "lean" the processes... seriously, i kid you not...!!!!

Ambiance: Don't get me wrong, I’m a veteran at eating in sidelanes and I love the food here but the atmosphere just seems very tense. maybe it was just a bad day for them..

Would I go back again: Definitely. the roti is good laah.

Overall: 4/5

yee haw... western food..

its western food today..

we had:

scrambled eggs

grilled sausages

baked beans

fresh vegetables.. (carrots looh)

and not forgetting, toast.

only thing missing was the streaky bacon...