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Dempsey Hill
Block 8 #01-14Singapore
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Telephone: (65) 6472-4977
Website: www.cacalifornia.us/aboutca.html
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Restaurants » Deli & Cafe
Affectionately called the “Ranch Home” by our fans, CA* California at Dempsey provides customers with a homely and comfortable setting complete with high ceilings, antique brickwork and even a living room area with a faux fireplace where fans can mingle. Above all, CA* hopes to bring that friendly and casual CA-style of service to our customers and regulars with a place where you can find real fuss-free good food and warm friendly service.
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I shall begin my traumatized review by quoting what CA California says on their website:
"CA* California was inspired by the rustic old-world beauty of Dempsey Hill, reminding the owner of his happy days at California and the fresh unpretentious good food he enjoyed there. In his bid to share that wonderful gourmet experience with Singapore, CA* California was started, capturing the spirit of food that is all Californian casual, laid back and wholesome.
Affectionately called the “Ranch Home” by our fans, CA* California at Dempsey provides customers with a homely and comfortable setting complete with high ceilings, antique brickwork and even a living room area with a faux fireplace where fans can mingle. Above all, CA* hopes to bring that friendly and casual CA-style of service to our customers and regulars with a place where you can find real fuss-free good food and warm friendly service.
From our Sandwich Board to our Grills and Oven menu, each dish was designed not just to be a sure hit with your taste buds but also to make an impact on your soul. We aim to serve food that are simple, unpretentious and fresh as we believe that sauces, salt and pepper should be used in moderation so that the freshness of the food stands out.
Our Ranch Home is designed with an open kitchen concept and we love it as it allows diners to make individual requests and also allows us to engage with them since at CA*, we believe in our philosophy that the kitchen is yours as much as it is ours"
NOT TRUE.
I made the unfortunate decision to dine here for a Friday dinner due to The Entertainer App vouchers which entitled us to a 1-4-1 main course.
To be fair, when I called to make a reservation (which turned out to be really unnecessary), they did highlight that they had reduced the menu (but please update your website!), but I didnt expect it to be that small a selection - 6 main courses: 3 pastas and 3 wraps a couple of random sides.
Sides - We picked onion rings - $12. About 10 rings obviously from a frozen pack served in a basket with a side of mayonnaise. Crappy value.
Pastas - 2 out of the 3 pastas were cold - fusilli and macoroni 1 hot mac & cheese. Portion was really small for a plate that cost $12.80 and while the accompanying chopped chicken breast and capsicum with dressing were edible, the pasta was strangely very doughy, nothing like what a cold pasta should taste like. Suspected it was frozen and not thawed properly before they popped it in the microwave. So I returned it and asked them to make another one. They came back to say their fusilli are all the same batch so a new order would taste the same (!). They offered to do the same but with macaroni - but same problem again. I returned it again. They offered to exchange it for a wrap.
The Mac & Cheese which the other guys ordered while was the only edible thingy of the night, was very average and very pricey for the $19.90 price tag.
Wraps - I choose the turkey wrap ($12.80) after failing to eat pasta. This was wrong too - cold tasteless wrap with a whole bundle of low-end turkey ham which left me with an overdose of sodium. Left it aside after 2 bites. Accompanying corn chips was a distraction.
Drinks - no happy hour and relatively expensive drinks here - 1 pint of Erdinger at $15.90. In dempsey, that's pricing suicide.
Service - the staff was at least genuinely nice about whether I was able to actually eat that night and said its good to have feedback. However, she also implied that the chef was off that day thus the bad quality (!?). Bad excuse! They didnt have to do any cooking at all: just assemble, deep fry, or mircrowave the hot stuff (we know because the Mac&Cheese came at uneven times and we realized it was because their microwave can only do one portion at a time).
They should really just focus on serving overpriced ice cream.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE. FAR FAR AWAY.
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16 Apr 2014 at 9:31 am