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Jerry’s BBQ & Grill – Jerry is My New Guy!

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Wow I can’t believe it took me so long to blog about Jerry’s BBQ & Grill. The food there is awesome! You can feast on American-style goodies like hot, hot buffalo wings, meaty steaks and saucy ribs, then wash it down with a cold beer. It’s the kind of food that makes you wanna ignore your doctor’s advice, throw all health caution to the wind and just pig out!

A perfect starter to this belt-loosening meal is of course the most-talked about buffalo wings. What’s very interesting is that you can choose from three varying levels of spiciness — Smoking, Intensi-fire and Chef’s Challenge, which I hear is crazy-hot!

Buffalo Wings

Buffalo Wings (Intensi-Fire)
SGD12.95++

As we love the shiok-ness of eating spicy food, but aren’t brave enough to venture to the far end of the hotness meter, we went for the level 2 Intensi-fire. The half-dozen buffalo wings arrived looking really hot anyway. You can still see the chili flakes and seeds on them. Goodness! How very exciting!

The size of the wings are ample, nothing like those wee little hot n’ spicy drumlets you get at the Colonel. Each one is coated in a hot sauce that makes the skin of the chicken taste extremely good! It’s a little sweet and sour too, which is nice. The chicken flesh itself is flavorful even on the inside. It also retains a slight bit of moisture, because no one enjoys tucking into a dry and hard chicken!

Overall, the spice level is quite comfortable on my taste buds, getting a little fiery only on my third wing. With that said, I think I’m brave enough to take up the chef’s challenge next time!

Deep Fried Mushroom

Deep Fried Mushroom
SGD10.95++

As the meal is likely to be heavily meat-oriented, it’s a good idea to order a non-meat dish to mix it up a lil’. The deep fried mushroom is a highly-recommended item by the restaurant and moi. Firstly, the button mushrooms are dipped in a special batter. Then, they are lightly fried to a glorious golden brown. And finally, they are served piping hot with tartar sauce.

When I bite into each one, mushroom juices burst out! It’s really hard to describe how awesome it is. You can have it with or without the tartar sauce because both ways taste fantastic! I think this might just be the best mushroom dish I’ve ever had in my life. Nothing else even comes close.

After these flavorsome bites that totally woke our palates, we almost didn’t have room for the main course — a half slab of babyback pork ribs.

When it comes to pork ribs, very often it is more bone than meat. This is the case even for the highly popular, award-winning babyback ribs at Tony Roma’s.

Tony Roma's Babyback Pork Ribs

As you can see from the photo above, it’s really just skin and bones at tony’s. (it still tastes pretty damn good though.) now compare that with Jerry’s.

Babyback Pork Ribs

Babyback Pork Ribs (Half slab)
SGD21.95++

For the ribs here you can visibly see a thick layer of tender meat on the bones that oozes flavor with every bite. I heard that they cook the ribs over special controlled hickory smoking ovens. The slow barbecuing process helps get rid of the fats, breaks down the tougher tissues, resulting in meat that falls off the bone easily!

And that’s not even the best part. The ribs are smothered in a thick, savory tomato-based barbecue sauce that totally completes the dish. Seriously, this trumps Tony’s ribs by miles! When people ask me for a good place for ribs, I won’t mention Tony’s name anymore. Yup, Jerry is my new guy.

Jerry's BBQ & Grill

Let me now talk about the location. The flagship outlet is at Jalan Kayu, and the second outlet at Club Street near Chinatown. The latter is housed in a blue pre-war shophouse building with a small indoor dining area. I hear there are seats available on the second floor, although it wasn’t open when we went on a Saturday afternoon.

Jerry's BBQ & Grill

The interior is decorated with black and white photographs on aviation, and car license plates from various American states. There are also two separate washrooms at the back that customers can use after getting their hands dirty with the awesome buffalo wings.

Like I said, Jerry is my new guy. Check him out if you haven’t! For those who have, feel free to recommend your favorite dishes from there. I’m definitely dropping by again in the near future.

Update: That said, I don’t have any good words for the service. We witnessed one of the staff at Jalan Kayu (a tall Chinese man in his late 30s to 40s) scolding and being extremely rude and arrogant to customers. His distasteful and unprofessional behavior kinda spoils the experience and we’re boycotting that outlet for now.

Jerry’s BBQ & Grill
92 Club Street
Singapore 069460
(65) 6323 4550 | Website
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Bus services: 51, 61, 63, 124, 166, 174, 186, 197, 851, 961, 970, 961C
Nearest MRT: Chinatown

Opening hours: 12pm – 10pm daily

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Melissa
December 2, 2008

Veron, your reviews should come with a warning: Do not view during after-dinner hours. I had my dinner but looking at that plate of chicken wings makes me wanna eat them all up!

Club Street is an enclave of many good restaurants. But places like Dempsey and Holland Village hog all the limelight.

Question: How do you maintain your figure with all the good food you’re eating?

(p.s. I love the font you used on that ribs photo :P)
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Monika
December 3, 2008

Those look very spicy. The food sounds delicious! Wish I was in the area to stop in and have a feast.
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Veron
December 3, 2008

Melissa: I think you’re right. The few times I have been to Club Street, the restaurants always appeared to have pretty slow business. Dempsey Road has been heavily marketed. That’s probably why people still flock there even though it’s much more inaccessible.

Monika: You’ll have your chance! There’s another outlet in Jalan Kayu too.
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Jevon Louis
December 4, 2008

Actually there’s also a Jerry’s at Tanglin Shopping Centre. I’ve always thought it to be far better than Tony, or any other BBQ rib place I’ve tried. You should try a place called Blooies too, if you like this sort of cuisine.
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acroamatic
December 4, 2008

A place with better ribs than Tony’s? Hmmm… must check this out!
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Veron
December 5, 2008

Jevon Louis: The Jerry’s at Tanglin has closed down already! It’s a real shame because that would be the most accessible outlet for many of us. I used to visit Blooie’s regularly, mostly for beer. Back then I was working in Science Park and Blooie’s occupied the same building! Some afternoons my colleagues (boss included) and I would just head down for a cold beer to loosen up and “brainstorm”. Haha! In fact, Blooie’s was one of the first food reviews I wrote!

acroamatic: Check it out, you must! I used to be a regular customer of Tony’s. But after getting to know Jerry’s I don’t think I’m ever going back to Tony’s again!
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uzyn
December 5, 2008

Woah. Just realized that you’ve just added in the nightfall theme. It’s really cool.

You should try triggering the theme based on the local visitor time. That would be cool. (Or you are doing that already?)

Thanks for another great food recommendation. Feel like trying out the buffalo wings already.
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Sorina
December 6, 2008

Wow, those look delicious! This is the first time on your blog. Itâ€™s great. Love the layout.
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py
December 7, 2008

Thank you for alerting me to places that I have never been to. Before I had read this post, I didn’t even know that Jerry’s BBQ & Grill exist. I am not a red meat eater, yet it is good to know where to find such food so that I can bring friends who love ribs there to enjoy!

Have a lovely weekend. :)
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Veron
December 7, 2008

uzyn: For some reason I think you of all people would love the buffalo wings! Call it a hunch :) Automatically toggling the theme based on the visitor’s time is a great idea! I think I would go ahead and do just that!

Sorina: Welcome!! Thanks for dropping by and do stay a little while longer :)

py: No worries – you can still indulge in the mushrooms and buffalo wings!
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alldoneup
December 17, 2008

mmmmm, everything looks so delicious, especially the chicken wings with pepper flakes!
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Veron
December 17, 2008

You bet! My friend and I can’t wait to have the deep fried mushrooms again. I’m still waiting to take up the chef’s challenge buffalo wings! My colleague told me that they are so spicy, they would cause you to temporarily lose your sense of taste. Whoa!
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Fenny
December 18, 2008

Hi Veron!

How are u? Feel the xmas mood ON now hehehe…I m at spore already…and had tried MARCHE resto…delicious food and unique place. Will try this Jerry and Rakuzen! hehehe…
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- Veron
  December 18, 2008
  
  Wow!!! You must go to Jerry’s but stay away from the Chef’s Challenge buffalo wings! I was so curious about it before so I had it for dinner today. Boy, it BURNS! It’s seriously not for the faint-hearted. So do not have that unless you really have very high tolerance for spicy stuff!
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Fenny
December 19, 2008

hahaha….forgot to tell u that most indonesian ppl loveeee spicy food! yummy!! hehehhe
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- Veron
  December 19, 2008
  
  Ohhh I wouldn’t doubt that! Let me know how it goes if you do decide to take up the Chef’s Challenge!
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Fenny
December 19, 2008

hahaha….sure…will let you know ASAP! :)
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erin
January 3, 2009

Totally agree with you! Jerry definitely serves one of the best American goodies in Singapore.My partner and I have been frequenting the Jalan Kayu Outlet eversince 2007.Thumbs old to its old world charm ambience too!:D
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- Veron
  January 5, 2009
  
  I haven’t been to the one at Jalan Kayu, but I think the Club Street branch has that old world charm too, it being in a shophouse district near Chinatown. I wonder if the food quality is the same.
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mike
March 19, 2010

saw this a while ago while walking thru club street.. looks good!!!
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