Had dinner at HOT BOX BISTRO - way out west at Jurong West tonight.
It was a WOW experience to say the least. It felt that the idea is to serve top notch italian food catered to the masses at very very affordable prices.
I paid $8.90 for a seafood pasta - ingredients were very very fresh, nothing frozen, portions were generous, and the sauce draped around the pasta strands just the way it was meant to be. Nothing made from instant sauces. I could see and taste the tomatoes that went into making the sauce. Wow!
I can't stop raving about it cos it was just so good! This definitely is better than some italian restaurants I've been to and at such affordable prices too. No GST no service charge and the server and chef are so obliging and polite too.
My only regret is in not taking my camera with me tonight. My dining partner had the aglio olio seafood pasta and boy it was good!! The perfect taste to aglio olio. Mama mia!
Standards like this leaves Botak Jones way far behind in competition, and the rest of the italian places at Bt Timah Market eating dust too.
They've just opened in April 2010, and I really hope that they are able to sustain their food quality and/or prices. So do support if you are in the vicinity. Local businesses need all the support they can get, otherwise we consumers just have to put up with sub-standard food quality/ portions or pay an arm and a leg for a decent meal.
503 Jurong West Ave 1
HOT BOX BISTRO
Inside Kopitiam
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