JAG Wine situated alongside East Coast Street (near Joo Chiat district) was a restaurant we checked out this time as a result of 50% low cost by way of Eatigo. Recognized for his or her curated wines and connoisseur dishes, we determined to drop by to seek out out why JAG Wine continues to draw locals and expats alike…
JAG Wine Assessment: Our First Impressions
Upon entry into JAG WINE, it felt that we had entered right into a quaint little restaurant in Europe. Wood furnishings and rustic finishes welcomed us and we had been instantly proven by the employees to our desk for two. Immediate and courteous service. First impressions had been undoubtedly good…
After being proven to our seats, we had been launched to a few of the gadgets on the menu this night. We had been additionally requested if we had been having some wines – leaving our wines glasses behind after affirmation from us. We had been then given a while as we scanned by way of the menu at JAG Wine…
JAG Wine Assessment: Menu at JAG Wine East Coast Street
There have been a number of gadgets that we needed to strive on the menu this night such because the Braised Lamb Shank, French Duck Confit in addition to the Spaghetti Aglio Olio. Nonetheless, we settled for
1. Crab Cake (Selfmade recent blue crab cake with garlic aioli and basil oil) – $15
2. 4 Cheese Pizza (Tomato Mozzarella, Blue Cheese, Parmesan and Ricotta) – $23
3. BBQ Pork Ribs (Pork Ribs with potato of the day and every day greens) – $28
4. Beef Cheek (Gradual Braised Wagyu Beef with potato of the day and every day greens) – $36
With the Eatigo deal, all the above was 50% off aside from the starters (tapas) of crab truffles. Subsequent, we went to decide on our bottle of wines for the night…
There’s a little wine cellar inside JAG Wine the place all their wines are on show. There’s an in-house wine connoisseur who accompanied as we chosen our wines. She was additionally conscious of the meals that we ordered and really useful to us wines that will go together with our meals decisions this night. Nonetheless, the primary couple of wine suggestions exceeded $100 per bottle and we shared that we needed to maintain to inside $100 for the night.
With the finances in thoughts, we had been really useful the Chianti Classico Uggiano (Status). We had been informed that it was the one bottle left and bought at price worth. Moroever, it matched our meals decisions this night…
A fast search revealed that Vivino bought the wine at $88 (the worth that we purchased from JAG Wine). In fact, there are web sites that bought for much less however to be introduced into Singapore, there could be some prices concerned as nicely. Furthermore, the “Classico” exhibits that the bottle of Chianti was produced within the historic Chianti district in Italy. Therefore, we had been pleased with our choice and advice by our JAG Wine connoisseur this night.
Quickly, our dinner was served…
JAG Wine Assessment: What We Had at JAG Wine
Having tried a few of the greatest crab truffles at San Francisco Wharf (Cioppinos) and even at Chops Grille on Quantum of the Seas, we discovered the crab truffles at JAG Wine to be okay. Largely due to 2 elements. Firstly, the portion was somewhat small. They resembled extra like crab cake “poppers” fairly than a well-portioned crab cake – most likely the smallest crab cake that we’ve tried. Secondly, there was a slight rancid odour upon style as a substitute of the recent candy crab meat that we anticipated.
Subsequent, got here our mains…
First up, the 4 Cheese Pizza. We loved the rendition of the common-or-garden 4 cheese pizza at JAG Wine. Although it might appear easy, the selection of cheese in addition to the pizza dough that delivers the crisp textures got here collectively completely. The advanced style of the cheese coupled with the skinny crust pizza was merely scrumptious.
Subsequent the Selfmade Balsamic Pork Ribs. What we love about this dish was the gravy. Tangy and attractive. The meat of the pork ribs had been additionally fall-off-the-bone tender. Each are corridor marks of a terrific rack of pork ribs. The one factor that we didn’t like was that the meats on prime of the ribs was not chunky. It was fairly “skinny” which lowered the general texture on chew. A method to enhance on this is able to be to cut back the variety of ribs however improve the meatiness per rib – one thing that JAG Wine may think about.
Lastly, the Gradual Braised Wagyu Beef Cheek. This was the dish that we completely loved. No complaints about it. The meat was chunky, tender and flavourful. As you tear into the meat cheek, you may see that the sauce had infused into the meat, granting it an attractive pinkish pink tinge, indicative of the sluggish braised course of. Positively a well-prepared dish.
Concluding Ideas on JAG Wine
As we loved the remainder of our bottle of Chianti Classico at JAG Wine, we had been fairly glad with the advice by our wine connoisseur. The Chianti had a crisp texture with tastes of berries as a medium-bodied wine that went fairly nicely with our chosen mains this night. The atmosphere within the restaurant was additionally informal the place visitors had been seen to be having a fairly good time amongst family and friends.
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There have been a few misses within the meals division although (crab truffles and pork ribs). Nonetheless, if we had been staying within the East Coast / Joo Chiat space, we may undoubtedly see the attractiveness of JAG Wine to locals and expats with its atmosphere, intensive alternative of wines and a few nice connoisseur delicacies on provide as nicely. When you have visited JAG Wine, tell us your ideas within the feedback part under!
