Mad Jack (Paradiz Centre)

Mad Jack Cafe

1 Selegie Road

Paradiz Centre #01 – 04

Tel: 6338 9771 / 6257 5951

11.30am – 12 midnight daily

A cafe offering rather affordable western food, attracting mostly teenagers and young adults. The menu has a wide range of selection from fish & chips, steak, burger, pasta, pizza, asian food, finger food, cakes, desserts etc.

Placing order is simple and hassle free, simply write down the item number on the order forms placed on each table, and make payment at the counter. However, the food did take quite a while to be served - at least 20 mins?

Here's what I had - Grilled Fish in Honey Lemon Sauce served with mashed potato and apple & peach salad. The fish was quite fresh and portion size is reasonable for the price of $8.90. My only complain is that the fish was a little too thinly slice that the texture became a little dry & tough. The apple & peach salad is a refreshing combination with the grilled fish.


My drink - Complexion Enhancer ($4)- from the range of Doctor Juices made from fresh fruits with no sugar added. The drink contains guava, orange and cucumber. Well, how did it taste? Hmm... what would you expect from such a combination?? It has a "freshy" taste in its natural sweetness, prob from the orange.


With such a great selection, I would be interested to be back to try different food from the menu.

Jones the Grocer

Jones the Grocer

http://www.jonesthegrocer.com/

Location: Blk 9 #01–12 Dempsey Road

Operational Hours: Mon 9:30am - 6:00pm

Tue - Fri 9:30am - 11:00pm

Sat - Sun 9:00am - 11:00pm

Tel: (65) 6476 1512

Located in the colonial style Dempsey Hill, this is a place where you can eat, if you're particularly hungry for cheese, and shop for grocery, mainly Australian products, since Jones originates from Australia and the Dempsey outlet is their 1st South-east Asian outlet.

The grocery section. Check out the high ceiling...

The deli section with long wooden tables and wooden chairs. A rather laid-back culture.

A snapshot of how its menu looks like altho this is a brunch and not lunch menu.

Cheese platter shared by 5 of us. One of the long white strip of cheese has a strong goat smell...supposed that is goat cheese? The other white cheese and orange coloured cheese tasted ok. It went well with the bland black biscuit. Have no idea why it is black - some said it is made of charcoal?!

The dried grapes were good, except that it would have been better if there were no seeds.

My honey baked ham sandwich ($11.50), squashed with loads of tomato and salsa. Thumbs up especially when it was served while the filling was still hot.

A close-up shot of my sandwich.

While the food quality is good, do not expect high service standards as they seem to have the same laid back culture, back home - Australia.

Mad Jack (Jalan Kayu)

The shop got me a little confused when articles pasted around the shop did not mention 'Mad Jack', I thought the owner was a little mad to help others advertise. It was only after I checked out the website that I realised that Mad Jack, Pancake King and PK Xpress are under the same F & B Group - Mad Jack Group.

Address : Jalan Kayu Outlet - 242, Jln Kayu (Next to URA Car Park)

Tel : 64831202/ 62575951

Before this place was taken over by Mad Jack, it used to be a Teochew porridge buffet place and I kinda miss it cos it moved out pretty quickly and quietly. One of those places where I've had meals with my parents. The deco and all remained unchanged after Mad Jack took over.

Anyway.... Mad Jack offers a variety of set lunch and dinner, applicable even on weekends. Full Menu.

Here's what we had ordered - Crazy Chick ($7.90), Grilled Salmon with Mushroom Rice ($14.90) and Sweetie pie, an apple pie with ice cream ($4).

Crazy chick was quite alright, comes with fried and fruit & veg salad. Half deep fried spring chicken. Can't quite go wrong with this.

Grilled salmon was ok, not fantastic though for the price we had to pay.

Sweetie pie was a little let-down... could have added more sweetness to it. The vanilla ice cream was the only saving grace.

They also had 2 display shelf of cakes and pastries. Was very tempted in trying out the chocolatey stuff but decided not to, in case it is another disappointment.