Unfortunately Ian had to work on his birthday. They’re so busy at work at the moment and under staffed that his leave to take his own birthday off was denied.
I knew what he wanted for his birthday but unfortunately the product Ian wants isn't actually available until end of the month. So to be creative (and funny) I came up with a place holder in the mean time. He opened his card to find this in it.
Being a Friday though I had it off so we agreed Eli and I would join him for lunch in town. I invited E and my sis K to join us at Suminoya, a Japanese BBQ restaurant.
That
evening he still was “on call” so dinner plans was out of the question, if anything
we had left over’s that night as we were still full from lunch that afternoon.
Saturday I
took him to where I originally wanted to have lunch (if he had the day off),
Jazz City Diner. This place has been highly recommended by lots of people
claiming it servers really great American style food.
The
restaurant is this tiny diner on the side of the road. It can only accommodate 10
parties with a maximum of 4 people as it had 4 booth style seats. The waitress
wore a traditional American diner costume and there were a few American
memorabilia around the room. What spun us out was seeing a friend’s name parked
on the wall. When asked why these people have their names on the wall the
waitress just said they were friends of the owner.
I ordered
the chill fries, jerky chicken with onion rings. Ian had the macaroni and
cheese and the chicken with waffles. We also both ordered milk shakes as people
raved how yummy there were. My overall review … over rated. Admittedly I should
have tried one of the burgers as they had about 6 different types.
The jerky
chicken was 5 small drumsticks serving covered in this brown powder and did not
taste nice at all. The coating must have contained chill in it cause it was
also very hot, I only had 1 piece. The chill fries tasted like it had spaghetti
bolognaise sauce and cheese poured on top. I had enough of the macaroni and
cheese after 3 bites, the chicken waffles were edible but again nothing
memorable.
The prices
was also on the pricey end so I was expecting this place to serve delicious,
generous serving food.
Would I eat
here again? Only if the owner invited me to a free meal. There are far better restaurants
/ diners out there in Sydney
Have you eaten at Jazz City Diner? What was your experience?
