Wednesday, 13 October 2010

Tony Roma’s

Dinner at Tony Roma's was sadly a crazily rushed event because i had to zoom off for a meeting after that. But i enjoyed my dinner there in any case. (:

i love bread. You all know that, don't you? (: for a teaser to our big meal ahead, we were served two pieces of french loaf. Initially, i looked at them and wondered, "hmmm, how are we going to split that among the 5 of us?" Well, silly me. i realised that they had already cut it for us :P The crust was crispy and the bread was nice and fluffy. absolutely gorgeous x) and i loved the garlic spread that came with it!


The last time i came to Tony Roma's, i saw that the other diners had ordered the onion loaf, and i was dying to try it when we visited the restaurant this time!!! We ordered the half loaf ($8.90), which the waitress told us was "very small". And i highly doubt her judgement now, because, well, just look at the photo! does that look small to you?! It was just meant to be an appetizer! We enjoyed it greatly - giant hand cut onions, breaded and deep-fried. Sinful xD actually these are EXACTLY like the 'onion rings' which i so detested at Handburger, but since they weren't meant to be onion rings, i was fine with these. I guess it's a matter of perception :P but what i loved about this dish was not so much the onions, but the SAUCE! oooh, now THAT was the main attraction for me! i slathered every ring of onion with the bbq-mayo sauce, which was just perfect! (:

for the main course, we ordered the chicken & steak combo ($31.90). you have a choice of two sides, and we chose ranch-style beans and french fries. first off, i have to say...I LOVED THE SIDES more than the chicken & steak! :P The ranch-style beans must have been the nicest beans i've ever eaten! :P I'm not really one who likes baked beans, and i pretty much detest the beans served at mexican restaurants. but this was different somehow! i just adored the sauce. yummm! :D the french fries were very tasty too! i don't mean that the chicken & steak were bad though! the steak was medium done, pretty good, but a bit too chewy for me (gave my jaws quite a bit of exercise). i felt the chicken could have been tastier, as it was only the skin with the barbecue sauce that made it tasty. the meat itself seemed rather bland :/


now tell me, who does not order ribs when they go to Tony Roma's? THAT IS NOT ALLOWED!! Tony Roma's ribs are famous! they're a must-try! although i suppose the standard is sometimes inconsistent...hmmm...

We ordered the regular slab St Louis-style ribs ($27.90). They're supposed to a larger, meatier cut of pork ribs with more natural marbling (umm whatever that means? I'm not a connoisseur :P anyone care to enlighten me? please comment!). There are a few choice of sauces to chose from and we tried the Bourbon BBQ (first picture) and Tony Roma's Red Hots (second picture)! :D  I was actually kinda disappointed with the Bourbon BBQ ribs ): I felt that there was not enough sauce, and hence it was not as tasty as i expected? The Red Hots ribs were another story though! now, don't be afraid of the name. i was rather apprehensive as well, imagining fire burning down my throat, but nah, it was not really spicy actually. but the sauce, compared to the BBQ ribs, was zesty and yummy, and i loved it! :D

I'll always go back to tony roma's (: Hopefully i'll have the time to enjoy my food slowly the next time (: This time i was so tempted to kill the waitress because she took forever to bring the bill and i was in such a rush xP

Tony Roma's
Suntec City Mall #B1-007
Tel.: +65 6337 9055
Mon-Thu: 11.30am-3pm
6.00pm-10.00pm
Fri-Sun: 11.30am-10pm

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