I was craving beef.. and good beef not just sucky food court steaks, after reading Aook's blog on her pilgrimage to Mortons. Decided that Botak jones, with their fantastic burgers at reasonable prices deserved a visit to resolve beef cravings....
Wasnt disappointed in the slighted. Ate their double botak burger with cheese.. YUMMMMMMIIIIEEEEEEE.... unfortunately had to share it with hubby, cos he dint believe i could finish a double. i ate 1.5 patties, and he had to make do with the remaining half, most of the fries and the coleslaw.. Their patties are so mouthwateringly scrumptitious, juicy, succulent, flavourful... really really good BEEF. ahhh.. u r soooo missing out if you dont eat beef - i pity u.
but, best part is we discovered a little gourmet coffeeshop tucked away in Toa Payoh!! Although tucked away in some inaccessible part of TP, basically the industrial estate cafeteria, the place was cool, airy, clean and spacious. A much better place to enjoy Botak Jones than their AMK outlet (which is a pretty DINGY coffee shop ewww). Almost all stores served some form of gourmet food (ie.. priced abt 6 to 10).
Besides Botak Jones, there was an Italian cafe (run by an Italian cook no less) called il Piccolo. We dint manage to try it, but pizzas and pastas start from ard 6. And these are proper italian named pizzas and pastas, not your sickening american 'hawaiian' pizza types. The menu read like something from Spizza. There was also Thai, Japanese (which seemed popular) and a desert shop called Chocolate Hearts. Tried a belgian waffle with chocolate dip ($2.40). The waffle was reasonable, but the dip was pretty good! Generous and thick choc! yum. cutlery provided was fork and knife for the waffle, and a spoon for scooping out the choc fondue if there was any remaining after the waffle (quite likely). For drinks, hubby had the iced kopi, while i took the iced milo from the drink store both at 80cents each, which was pretty thick and yummy.
Will definately revisit the coffee shop.. this time, will order the double botak burger (without sides), and maybe can find space for the tiramisu and panna cotta which iL Piccolo recommended.
oh, and Botak jones now has a sister outlet called Brewski Jones also at the coffee shop.. seems magaritas are the recommendation and things will prob get real swinging after dark at this Toa Payoh food centre.
A couple of links i found on iL Piccolo.. we saw the chef at the coffee shop!
http://www.stomp.com.sg/stfoodiesclub/hawkerfare/11/index.htmlhttp://jadeite.ketsugi.com/2007/11/12/il-piccolo/
Oohh..sounds like a secret hideout. After reading your blog on the yummy burger, I decided I shall have carls' jr for dinner. 
