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2012-07-07
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Bangkok Jam – as the name says it – cooks up Thai-inspired dishes that appear mouth-watering on the menu. Prices here are largely extravagant but the portions here are tiny. We couldn’t pass any verdict without reading the impressions from the reviews we had viewed online, which mainly skewed towards the ‘not recommended’.And I must say before you read any further, their service is better than good. Greeted by warm-hearted people, I kind of enjoy the atmosphere here.For starter, we had a Pomelo
And I must say before you read any further, their service is better than good. Greeted by warm-hearted people, I kind of enjoy the atmosphere here.
For starter, we had a Pomelo Salad with Shrimp ($9.90). Topped with cashew nuts sprinkled with a sweet lemon zest sauce, this pomelo salad is a refreshing starter that opens up our appetite. The portion was so small even though we expected it to be a large plate from the picture, and I think it is fairly overpriced for such a small dish.
We also ordered the Fried Chicken Wings with Fish Sauce Marinate ($8.90), and it was a letdown because we can’t taste the fish sauce marinate. In fact, it was quite weird because we were thinking don’t people dislike the smell of fishes? Why add a fish sauce marinate into the fried chicken wings? We gave some better name suggestions like ‘Golden Roasted Thai Wings’ which would definitely sound more attractive, I guess this sauce should be a secret recipe but we’re not sure whether they meant the sweet chilli or not. Confusing.
One of my friends had this, which I believe is Fish N’ Chips (can’t remember the exact name). Kind of strange to find western food in a Thai cuisine place, but it turns out that when you sink your teeth into the soft white flesh it appears quite delicious to eat as well! However, the chips was a sloppy chunk of moist potato slices that have been left exposed to the air too long and tasted like dry mashed potato. Absolutely weird.
We also had the red curry chic ken with rice and the green curry chicken with rice that both cost $11.50 each. Was there any distinguished taste? I think the portions is too small to satisfy. With a palm-sized ball of rice and barely any meat in the curry, I thought that it would be better if this was served with prata or as a snack instead. The red curry was better because it was less oily but I thought the green curry was more fragrant and at least had more vegetables in it.
We didn’t order any Thai iced teas, they serve water for free on Bangkok Jam coasters, which I presume that is why the cost of the food was more high-end because they’re spending on unnecessary decorations to touch up the place like this.I’m a fan of Thai food but I just felt that this was just not the one and improvements must be made. Therefore we all agreed that we do not recommend this as well, and I personally felt that they should have a feedback form so that we could give them our thoughts.
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