Astons Express @ Jurong Cafe

Growing in Singapore, probably everyone who's been to a coffeeshop or foodcourt woulda tried the Western food stall, at least once. But, doesn't it always seem to be more or less the same everywhere you try? To my memory, there have been a few shifts in trends on the western food front over the years... namely,
1. The growing popularity of western + rice sets
2. Bigger plate phenomenon ( same amount of food )
3. Spagetti then cream pastas being added by certain stalls

However, no one really wants to eat steak or pasta at a western stall today if there was a better alternative cheaper than say, Jack's place which i think was the steak place etched into many Singaporean's minds as the place to go for steak back when i was younger.

Enter Astons Express. A place blogged on many a food blog, most notably brought to my attention on ieatishootipost.sg. I'm not sure if they have a tagline so i'm just gonna go into the food.

Menu:
Ribeye steak - Medium ($12.90)

Having eaten this 5-6 times (yes i usually order the same thing), i can judge the consistency here. There are 2 versions, Ribeye (180g) n Ribeye X-cut(250g) which is priced at $15.90. Tried Medium-rare and Medium, the former is preferred but tends to be sometimes overly rare and thus requiring a good chew. As for medium, tried it on 2 occasions, first time was great. This time it was slightly overly done. Comes with 2 sides of your choice. O chose potato salad and corn cob. Juicy steak with good sides at good value, a must try! Look at the size of that thing ~

I'm not an expert on steak but this definitely leaves your $6-7 western steak and edges alot closer to steakhouses at only a fraction of the price. Standard steaks go for around $10-$15.90 with their prime tenderloin going for $27-$28. Someday i'll try the WAGYU i saw them advertising... no i didn't ask how much it cost.

Menu:
Double-Up Chicken [Chargrill/Black Pepper] $9.90

They also serve surprisingly good chicken. Juicy and flavourful, this restored my faith in grilled chicken which were ALWAYS dry and bland (the ones i've tried). Basically this is a 2x of their single chicken of various sauces ($5.90) so at $9.90, is good value if you're really hungry. However, stay off the black pepper, watery and not a good match with the chicken. Astons has very good BBQ sauce and that is highly recommended. Or Chargrill that uses mushroom sauce.

Menu:
Popiah ($1.20/roll)

Another surprise find. For some reason i've not been able to find decent popiah for the longest time... till now. Generous with the ingredients, the popiah skin is not affected by the moisture of the contents within and retains it's firm texture. A slight dash of chilli and the right amount sweet/savoury in the popiah really made it hit the spot. Great!

This place actually has a roast duck store with very nice duck but that for another day. Also an indonesian set meal store which looks interesting...

For the etc, seems Coach is getting v popular with the ladies. I see this as much as i see that LV bag everywhere.