Botak Jones has been around for a while, but we only got to try it when a friend bought the chicken wings over to our place for a party. Since we were quite impressed by them (even eaten cold!), we decided to head over to the AMK branch to try it out. This is market as cheap but good american food, so don't expect anything from the venue, the place sits at a neighbourhood coffeeshop at the bottom of an old HDB block.
We arrived a little early before they had properly opened, so we took our time to read the really thick menu. We both decided to have a burger & sides. I went for the Simple Botak + bacon + cheese, with the corn and cheese potatoes as sides. *Shinta went for the Double Botak+ egg + bacon, with fries and corn as sides. The menu warns you that the Double Botak is "more than you had in mind" and sure enough, *Shinta had trouble finishing the huge double patty burger which could barely balance the egg on top. The patties were the American style very thick, heavy and meaty kind; probably 1 Botak Jones patty = 4 Mcdonalds patties? The fries were nice and hot, not too oily, but not particularly fantastic either.
Finally though, we managed to eat the main thing we were waiting for... the barbequed chicken wings! These are really really really good! They came nice and hot, with the meat was soft and easily falling off the bone. Unlike the usual off-the-shelf bbq marinade that other places drown their chicken wings in, this place uses their own type which is more subtle, not too sweet with a slight hint of spiciness, giving the wings a small kick and bringing out the flavour nicely. At $1.60 for a pretty large wing (min order of 3 wings), this was a really good deal.
Marketing itself as "Damn Good Food At A Damn Good Price", I must say I quite agree! We had an insane amount of food for around $30, even *Shinta and I could barely finish what we had ordered. A simple pretty large burger is only $6, but its a little hard not to order extras on top of it, plus the fantastic chicken wings.
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Botak Jones (AMK branch)
Block 529, Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, S(560529)
Tel: 67551225
Hours: 11.30am-10pm
http://www.botakjones.com/
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