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..