Dinner @ Blue Jaz....

Another day on leave, gosh! I feel like as if I've got sooo much time on my hands now, since I've left work for leave which feels nice^^ So here's another day, hanging out with Jason, who I think is on a mission since he got here - he's been shopping non stop!! hahaha;p I guess its that way when you really come over for a holiday instead of work...


Today, we hung around the City Hall area, Raffles shopping center and Marina Square though we did spend almost 4hours at City Hall, abit much I know but what can you say when you've not met up with friends from back home and they're here for a holiday and you're on leave and there is just so much to catch up on hehe;)

Roughly round 6ish one of his friends called; Maggie(yup Maggie, not the instant noodles hehe;p)that was her name and she brought us over to a little hang out just off Bugis area, down Arab Street and into this tiny Bali Lane and into this quaint small cafe called Blue Jaz Cafe. Note that its not a typo, just that the jazz for the cafe was just spelt with one z...


Once we arrived there, after getting lost; apparently Maggies is abit like Jason in a sense that both have completely no sense of direction when it comes to walking because they drive alot hehe;p We met up with Jason's other friends - Connie & Esther. Guess Jason was abit too happy to meet up with his friends to intro me to them, we had to do our own self introduction^^

I might say that the cafe has a really nice ambience, however i felt like the menu needed abit of work as they were kinda lost in protraying what kind of cuisine they were really offering. You had everything form Creole chicken to Hot Dogs to Fish & chips; you can say its an international menu, but it just was lacking to me... They've even offered a live band that plays on the premises on the weekends from 9:30pm till 1am and according to connie(who's a regular there) they're quite good.

So this is what I ordered while waiting for Jeff & Ryan to arrive:

Grilled Creole Chicken as it was named on the menu, its supposed to be Grilled Chicken thigh, served on a bed of Potato wedges and Greens, served with a Spicy Sauce(made with Olive Oil,Red& Green chilli, Garlic, Onions, Spiring Onions & Cilantro).
Now here was the problem... I don't see any sauce, all I saw was just oil drizzled across my plate and it was even on the edge of the plate, I was wondering if they ever heard of Creole cooking before?... In case you're wondering, Creole cuisine are mainly for the small group of islands in the Sychelles, just abit off the coast of the African Continent. Creole foods, usually incorporate inspirations from Chinese, French & African cuisines so its quite a delicate mix and if not done right can be very disastorous (Case in point - the above)

Not only that, the chicken was overcooked(Never overcook your protiens - its very hard to swallow it down let alone pay for it!!) and not exactly tender. It was very dry and felt like it needed abit more seasoning. Greens were even more surprising; I was surprised that the cook overcooked it, as when the greens arrive, they were on the verge of turning yellow; a sign of it being overcooked or just using vegetables which are not fresh... It was a sad dish for me and to top it off, the wine that I ordered, it was served chilled as i would believe the bottle was either opened the day before and kept in the chiller to prevent it form oxidising. The wine was abit flat and lacking in characters of its variety, it was a 2006 Cabernet Shiraz from South Australia... tsk tsk...

I was trying my best to be very nice and since I was extremely hungry(in the wrong place!) I decided to give their German Hot Dog a try...

I know, which part of it is remotely German?
This came with a side of coleslaw, and fries. If you wanted it to be German, at least put some saukraut on the side to fool some of us... And its sooo much cheaper than coleslaw...
The Bread was just a simple plain bread, no spread at all for it, the meager mustard(french mustard even, German?!?) that was squeezed on top was not even enough for me to spread on the bread. The sausage was a huge disappointment again, the items used were so not reflective of Germany at all. It felt like they were using commercial hot dogs & surprisingly I somehow managed to finish it. I think it was just because of my hunger... hehe;p

Good thing that Jeff & Ryan came on time so we decide to walk to somewherelse to continue our conversation - total spent on my bill - $45.00 plus GST & service charge.. Urgh... I feel my guts convulsing....