Motormouth had been a reliable source of food guide. On my oncall day, where am too lazy to go far, yet yearning for some good western food, browse through motormouth website would be good for an idea where to go.
Tucked inside Pasir Puteh, along the the main road from MunChung towards Station 18 direction, the restaurant is at one of the corner on the right side of the road. If one would drive along that direction, the shop is before hitting on what used to be Shatin Food Court.
Hot Jack, a name which really belittle its food. I would have thought this would be one of those kopitiam food joint with few chicken chops as pseudo-western food. Surprise, surprise. The place is rather comfortable, staff are ample to entertain any request. The shop has more than enough air-conditioner to keep the place cool. The tables are placed in a way the shop appeared spacious. There is a continuous flow of customer, and there is a reason why.
At first, the menu came, which is just a few piece of A4 photostated paper. Ouch. Not good, but once I browse through the choice, it was a surprise. There is only very limited Asian selection, mostly rice, which is only limited to one page. The rest are rather western, mostly chicken, fish, lamb etc with the usual pasta. True, they do not served more exceptional food such as pies, or lasagna etc, but the selection of steak, chops are more than enough.
Food finally arrived, in HUGE plate, making the dish look small in comparison. But in actual fact, it is rather adequate even for someone as big as me. First, my Italian chicken chop with lemongrass (RM13.90) is really an eye opener. The meat is rather tender and juicy, not chewy at all. The taste is nice, and the sweet and sour sauce elevate the taste even further. Served with the usual coleslaw and mash potato and fries, the dish is really filling. Wife's pan grilled fish with cheese and spicy tomato with parmesan (RM 14.90) is even more impressive. The fish meat is rather thick, though the dish appeared small. The chef is never stingy with the amount of cheese, and even more parmesan on top of the dish. Each bite itself is cheesy, but not too much to cover the taste of the fish. We were so impress that we added mash potato (RM3.90) to our order. It is home made, rather than the machine made ones. It is nicely done, with some bite size chunks among the grind potatoes.
Overall, with the kind of mid range pricing, this is rather more than what we expected. The food here is definitely worth more elsewhere, and the taste is up to par with other more expensive restaurant. The food is more to mainstream though, unlike places like Tammys which rely heavily to spice and herbs (to my liking). Definitely will visit again.
Ratings: 4 poink! (additional poinks for the price), 3 half if just considering the food alone
comments: the final drawback was the 6& service charge.
Cafe Hot Jack
1, Jalan Pasir Puteh 1
New Pasir Puteh,
Ipoh05-3221090
Lunch & dinner
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