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2013-05-01
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After a good morning walk at Fort Canning Park, we found ourselves in Clarke Quay looking for a satisfying lunch venue. I suggested to my friends that we try out Boss BarBQ near the Clarke Quay taxi stand, as I heard about its popularity at night due to its live performances.There was no customer at all when we entered the restaurant, probably because Clarke Quay is a famous night spot, so it's a ghost town at 1pm in broad daylight? Anyway we were brought in by a Filipino waitress, & the first
There was no customer at all when we entered the restaurant, probably because Clarke Quay is a famous night spot, so it's a ghost town at 1pm in broad daylight? Anyway we were brought in by a Filipino waitress, & the first thing that caught my attention was the restaurant is pretty small with a stage in front & reeks of smoke.
The restaurant is famous for its fried chicken & barbecue meat, so we ordered a plate of 9 pieces of Boss Fried Chicken to share. Too bad can't mix spicy and original flavours for the 9-piece plate, only 18-piece plate then you can mix the flavours. -_-"
The 3 accompanying sauces to the Boss Fried Chicken were mustard, chilli and spiced salt. My favourite was the spiced salt! The chicken were very crispy too. Good!We also ordered a Kimchi Pancake and Army Stew to share.
We felt the Kimchi Pancake was a bit overcooked till "chao da" (burnt)... The sides were too crispy, did they deep fry the pancake together with the fried chicken? -_-" That size is also definitely not worth $28++. As for the Army Stew, we were hoping for a redder coloured soup base so was somewhat disappointed. Fortunately it wasn't as bland as I thought but it's not wonderful either. One of my friends who can't take spicy food said she liked it though. But for 2 of us who can take spicy stuff, this somehow lacked some kick.
Our final bill came to about $92 after 15% discount with Citibank credit card (note that the 15% discount doesn't apply to the Boss Fried Chicken , wonder why...). We don't think we will go back again as for the hefty price, we did not even have free side dishes or free flow of Korean tea, and the service was very lousy. Initially there was only our table and shortly after we ordered, another group of 3 came. But even then, it was just 2 tables & the waitress still could forget what we ordered and the way she served us was pretty careless as well. Oh and talking about the Korean tea, we saw from the menu that it is chargeable at $6/cup (or maybe it's per head, since the tea came in a pot for each table?)! The price of side dishes was not indicated on the menu but I confirmed with the waitress that it was chargeable, so we told her to remove. This is quite horrible isn't it? Real Korean restaurants NEVER charge for side dishes & the barley tea!
So unless you are feeling filthy rich, in Clarke Quay & just can't eat anything else other than Korean food, then maybe you may go there, but just be mentally prepared for the bill & lack of service...
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