While we have the restaurant setting a stall in the coffee shop (think Cilantro), and there’s also the restaurants invading the heartlands, and we can’t possibly forget about Angmohs, or Caucasians setting up a stall in the coffee shops selling western food. Botak Jones was the benchmark, and now we have our latest entrée, Crazy Angmo!
Crazy Angmo was featured in the papers, with the trend of more Angmohs selling western food in the local heartlands. Having their first stall in Bishan, the owner, Paul, had opened his second stall at Bukit Batok. Whether it’s coincidently or not, Botak Jones happened to just set up an outlet in Bukit Batok too, just one bus stop away.
Chicken Parmagian ($7.90)
The chicken paramagian was one of the more expensive item on the menu, other than the steak and the lambchop. There’s cheaper options like the express meal chicken cutlet, chicken chop at $4.80. But for “higher-end” options, the rest are priced at $6.90-$7.90.
Coated with a thick layer of melty cheese and tomatos, the chicken paramagian was quite good, i especially like the melted cheese which tasted great with the crispy chicken. But i did find the layer of tomato sauce, which was in between the cheese and the chicken, a tad sour. You needed to eat the chicken fast as it became soggy after a while. Nonetheless, the generous sides like the mashed potatos, and salad provided a hearty meal.
Crazy Burger ($7.90)
The crazy burger, being one of Crazy Angmo speciality, deserved a try. I think it’s better value for money than the Botak Jones burger, since this came with cheese and egg, while the latter at $8 only had the burger plus one additional topping of either cheese or egg. The Botak Jones burger was $7 at a set, and to add egg and cheese, it’ll be $9 already.
I particularly enjoyed the inclusion of pineapples within the burger, and the melty cheese together with the runny egg was excellent. However, i did find the beef patty being over marinated with pepper. The bun was rather hard and toasted to char. And the fries were simply ordinary and forgettable.
But overall, i did think that the crazy burger at $7.90 was not too bad, and definitely better than Botak burger. The owner Paul was very confident of his burger, “This is the best burger mate!“
Total bill was $15.80 for two western meal sets. Prices are a tad higher than your usual hawker centre western food, but like what i mentioned before, if you compared Botak Jones, Crazy Angmo with the normal western stalls, prices certainly will be more expensive. On the other hand, thinking it as a cafe western food, these stalls will be much cheaper than the cafes and restaurants.
Crazy Angmo
271 Bukit Batok East Avenue 4
Hawkerway coffee shop
never been impressed with botak jones, all the time i been there, the food is very sub standard, just that servings are huge.
looks like i would go and try out this crazy ang moh since i stay so near…hmm
where is my street directory ?
LIC, maybe u should include a map of the place in posts where it is not so obvious where the stall is. restaurants are easy, coffee shops much harder to locate sometimes
azarael — October 30th, 2008 at 10:32 amI was hesitating to try the one at Bishan. Hehe.. I wanted to try their roast lamb which was only available on weekeends.
didally — October 30th, 2008 at 10:42 amI’m so gonna have to try this! the chicken paramagian looks so darn good!
Sihan — October 30th, 2008 at 1:09 pmand the guy looks cute too haha.
i havent even tried botak jones b4, but heard their standard dropped alot. must try out these two places n compare!
btw u back from taiwan? what happened to yr royal copenhagen write-up? haha.
Evan — October 30th, 2008 at 9:22 pmJust looking at the crazy burger, it made me feel full. Haha. Ya…the chicken parmagian looks delicious.
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Foodies Queen — October 30th, 2008 at 10:10 pmI always thought that Botak Jones is overhyped. No doubt, the serving is huge and is not bad in terms of taste but some of the Western food are priced close to $20 and that one has to queue and the wait was long for my last visit… Though, nothing unpleasant happened but I thought it was pretty steep to eat it at a coffee shop. On the contrary, I do enjoy my visit at Aston’s specialties (lucky me to avoid the queue due to off peak hours).
Kudos to LIC, we have often neglected the nice food in the West and I am surely keeping a lookout these days for your recent entries.
The Chicken Parmagian looks so yummy… *Drooling*
Fen — October 30th, 2008 at 11:15 pmI must be the crazy one, not the ang mo….because I have not tried Botak Jones or Crazy ang mo before.
tigerfish — October 31st, 2008 at 12:01 amThis angmo is handsome…haha!
pawpaw — October 31st, 2008 at 9:21 amI’ll digg the Chicken Parmagian .
well that is one good looking crazy ang mo.. heh ;]
Y T — October 31st, 2008 at 6:44 pmgirls, he’s taken
see the ring on his finger! muahaha!
Evan — October 31st, 2008 at 11:34 pmoh my! i want to try that burger!!! did i see beetroot?
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foodiegymmie — November 1st, 2008 at 2:04 pmI was just about to say he is pretty charming, hahahaha. I love the burgers at Blooie’s manz~ At Siglap!!
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michie — November 2nd, 2008 at 6:23 pmWah looks delicious… plus the angmor quite handsome!!
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Bobo — November 2nd, 2008 at 7:37 pmHaha, finally Yuan and I specially made a trip to Crazy AngMo and try their chicken paramagian and crazy burger… Then I bought back their aussie half chicken, fish & chips and chicken paramagian for my family…
Yuan likes the combinations of egg, beetroot, pineapple, cheese, vegetables and bbq sauce… Making it juicy, if not on its own, the patty is alittle overcooked…
Chicken paramagian, surprised me alittle, due to a small portion of chicken for $7.90. A little tough but the sourish seasoning does stimulates my appetite…
Overall, we thought Aston’s was better since the dishes were overloaded with sides and thus lacking the satisfaction index but nevertheless, it is a good recommendation (at least, I don’t want to travel all the way to the East).
Fen — November 2nd, 2008 at 9:46 pmyes aston s better. burger wise, crazy angmo burger is decent enough
Johnson — November 2nd, 2008 at 10:25 pmI tried crazy angmoh at their 1st outlet and didn’t think too much of it. I still prefer Botak Jones. However Botak’s standard seems to have dropped somewhat.
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jo — November 3rd, 2008 at 3:23 pmazarael: hahaha ya so near our place. hmm, i’m not that IT savvy leh. put in a google map eh? haha
didally: no harm trying since it isn’t expensive. the lamb only on weekdays?
sihan: hahaha. let me know after u try yeah?
evan: haha. i still in taiwan until nov 9. thats why you see i didn’t reply the comments until now. the posts are all written before i left Singapore. Royal Copanhegan have to wait till i come back. lol!
foodie queen: they got quite a range of choices, so we just randomly pick two.
fen: yep. i do think that their food is okay, been there twice but not “wow” so wont really keep going back
tigerfish: haha! botak jones got quite a lot of branches now, so its quite easy to visit them.
pawpaw: go there and peep at the ang moh : )
YT: hahah. everyone is talking about the owner. but sorry to break the news, he’s married
evan: you are the sharp one! hahaha
foodiegymmie: yep thats beetroot.
michie: bloodies at Siglap? Noted! haha
bobo: another one! lol! go to their bishan branch, i think bukit batok too far for u. haha
fen: haha. you really went eh? which one u go to? but how come u took home? shld eat there on the spot better. prices are like botak jones, slightly more than the normal hawker centre western food
johnson: ya aston is really value for money. but i only been there once, and its a year ago so no idea whether their standards are the same
jo: ya botak isn’t as good as before
ladyironchef — November 7th, 2008 at 7:13 pmI’ve tried the chicken parmagian and my bf had the chicken scnitzel. Both of them were reallie good! adore the fresh sides. Very hearty portions indeed. And the chicken was OOHh.. so GOOD!
Sihan — November 9th, 2008 at 2:48 pmi was really impressed with the crazy ang mo staff particular with the chef, name was bong, he’s so really friendly and smart. when u ask orders, he alwayscoordinating you. and he is really approachable. anyway, the foods are all good and really wonderful, it is really recommended with the people who finds meal around the singapore. i love the foods in all outlets of crazy ang mo. tnx, and m ore power with all the staff and keep up the good work.
bong rivera — November 17th, 2008 at 10:50 pmsihan: haha glad you like them. i guess they are all right, since they are not really expensive.
bong rivera: oic, i didn’t notice their name. but when i went the owner was there and he was real friendly.
ladyironchef — November 20th, 2008 at 6:18 pmHi, sorry to post here, but do you know the nearest hawker to Regent Heights condo ? Thanks before.
vincent — January 3rd, 2009 at 7:34 pmvincent: the nearest hawker to regent heights? should be this one already. block 270+ there. if not u have to go the central already.
ladyironchef — January 4th, 2009 at 8:13 am