Buckaroo BBQ & Grill

This is where it all begun and the place holds special memories for Mr Porky and I as this is where I brought him for dinner on our "first date". Then, he was shy guy who couldn't look me straight in the eye and I kept wondering what was wrong with my hair because he kept looking over me and not at me! Well, I made sure he overcame his shyness, but that's another story all together. Back to the food review .....

Even though we live on the another end of the island now, we still make the effort to go back every now and then to relive that special day. It helps that the food really isn't too bad even though it may be slightly overpriced.

I would like to think that I could be adventurous when it comes to food, but everytime I go to Buckeroo, I end up ordering the same dish - Buffalo wings level 2 spiciness. It's that good that I keep coming back for more. I don't have a particularly high tolerance for spicy food but level 1 does little for me and the one time I tried level 3, I had more water in my belly than buffalo wings. Level 2 is just right for me, the spiciness is just about tolerable and I get to lick my fingers and enjoy the tastiness of the wings. The wings here are the best I've had to date. A bonus after my meal is that the spiciness leaves my lips bee-stung like Angelina Jolie's and I get to pucker up to Mr Porky.

So, even though I always order the buffalo wings, luckily for me, Mr Porky always tries to order something new. We've tried the rest of the menu which is typical western/american fare such as fish and chips, the burger, the ribs, and they've all been above average. The side dishes like the onion rings and casear salad are rather enjoyable too.

Buckeroo may be located at an isolated northen tip of Singapore, but the drive from the east all the way there every now and then is well worth the trouble because of its unique ambience and relatively good food (and the memories it holds for us :))

Oh yeah, this is situated somewhere in a corner of Singapore.
Unless you know how to get to Bottle Tree Village, otherwise you would'nt be able to find this place.

I've been there twice.

Basically it quite a cosy place to sit around, eat and drink.

Recommended foods are

(1) Buffalo Wings
(2) Hawaiian Pizzas
(3) Steaks
(4) Their special Beer

Do not eat the Lazagne!!! Urg...It doesnt come out and taste the way I expected it to be. It's too cheezy and Yeeksss, juz don't order it.

The foods isn't that expensive either, the main courses cost $10-15.

But it's not air-conditioned, it's open concept.
So it's advisable to go on a windy day, not on hot and humid or rainy day.

PS: Spray some insect repellent if mosquitoes think you are their favorite "restaurant".

Finally went down to this place for dinner last Friday. There were four of us foodies, eager to try out the food. Me and my other half had only heard good reviews about this place, and decided to check it out with another couple.Judging from the previous reviews, we pretty much ordered the same things.

Anyway, we drove down after making booking the day earlier. Parked at some obscure spot and walked downhill to a bright and cheery place that pretty much seemed a contrast to the neighbourhood around it. Bright lights, rather soft music, but the place was filled with laughter. It was a Friday night so there were a lot of people. I was starving, and secretly hoped that they won't take too long to serve.

We were seated promptly at our table and looked through the menus even though we knew what we were gonna order. The menu, although standard bbq/grill options was really interesting. I WANTED TO HAVE EVERYTHING!!!! It's great that they put the weight of the steak/meat of the dish on it cos that pretty much was a deciding factor on what to order. i mean, 500g steak was a portion large enough to share right? Especially if there were a dozen wings, onion rings, soup etc that was to be ordered along with it...

If you're not too sure on portion size, its always good to keep your eyes open. The tables are quite close to each other so you get to see what other customers are having. Honestly the portions are huge, and worth the price.

By the way, i ordered :

1)half dozen buffalo wings level 2 ( haven't read any reviews about level 3 onwards, so thought level 2 was a safe option)
2)clam chowder
3)onion rings (regular sized portion)
4)t-bone steak - 500g served with sauteed vege and baked potato with halal bacon bits (hahaa.)
5)cock and bull combo - 300g ribeye steak plus chicken thigh fillet, served on mini caesar with dollop of mash potato.

verdict : I LOVED IT. ALL OF IT.

Soup was really good. The four of us only ordered one soup since we didn't want to get too full. Its actually a good portion for two. The clam chowder is really thick and creamy, with a generous portion of clams. And the bread that is served around it is just gorgeous. Soft and warm, it goes very well with the soup. Comfort food to the max!

Next, the Onion rings. This is the first time I've seen onion rings served vertically, like a pole of onion rings. Very interesting. They used real onion rings, breaded and then deep fry to a crisp. Very oily and very very good. i think there were almost 25-30 onion rings, and this is just a regular sized portion. Yummy. It actually comes with a dip, but I totally overlooked the dip until I worked my way down the rings and realised that hey! There's some sauce thing on the celery/carrot sticks! Didn't try the sauce though cos i was super distracted by the buffalo wings.

The buffalo wings were so damn good. I speak for myself now, but i am sure my friends loved it too. And there's no other way to eat buffalo wings but to use your fingers! Damn, these things can get pretty messy so don't have your first date here, unless you pretty much know what you're in for. The chicken wings are fried, i'm sure and slathered with a hot/sour/spicy sauce that goes very well with the chicken. Level 2 wings are pretty hot, although tolerable and its very very addictive. I had two wings myself, although i could have had more, if not for the very tiny voice in my head, telling me to GO SLOW (ie, don't gobble everything so fast!) and make room for my steak/chicken combo.

Our second course came roughly 10 minutes after the table was cleared. Just nice for us to digest what we had earlier. When the waiter came over to the table, i held my breath! And when he placed the T-Bone steak in front of my friends, my eyes went as big as the steak.

IT IS HUGE! ( and definitely, not 500 g, i swear its HUGE)

I think the TBone was as big as the plate and it came with lotsa baby corn, french beans and a nice baked potato. My friends and i couldn't get over the size of the TBone. In my head i was thinking, I am so ordering the TBone the next time i come here! My friends had Mushroom sauce with the Tbone, and enjoyed it very very much. They had the steak medium rare, and it came perfectly, a little pink and not too much blood. They finished every bit of it, all the way down to the bone. It wasn't very fatty, a very good cut of meat was served and worth the price~!

My combo came a while later and on an even bigger plate. The steak, although MW done, was still a huge generous portion. Slightly fatty, i must say, but full of flavour! We ordered a black pepper sauce to come on the side, which it did, but strangely it tasted more like a red wine sauce added with black pepper. Well, we didn't eat much of the sauce, cos honestly, my bf and i love our steaks as is. But something worth mentioning, the mash potato. Its beautiful.Creamy, buttery and just damn good.I attacked most of it, heh. Our combo also came with a mini caesar, that didn't look very mini to me. Quite a nice caesar, good mix with the heavy meats.

One thing though, the chicken that was served with the combo was just a-ok, as compared to the steak. It was a tad salty and had quite a lot of skin. And a sweet sauce on the top of the chicken, which i wasn't very fond of. But still pretty delicious, all in all. The chicken was quite tender and big in portion. I can't get over the portion size here. Its ridiculous, in a good way!

So anyway after all that eating, we were really really stuffed. Even though the four of us made it a point to eat light during lunch and eat our fill during dinner. We were so full, that we just sat back after the entire meal and said " I'm so damn full!" over and over again. and over again. :P

I would recommend this place to anyone who wants to have a good time. They serve alcohol too ( but of course!) so its a nice place for friends to catch up for dinner. The crowd here, a mix of locals and expats, all in the mood to relax and have a good time. Its a little noisy, but the place has such a good feel about it and that's why i think lots of pple still make the effort to come all the way there for their dinner. My friends and I would definitely be back here to have the buffalo wings and steaks again. In fact, my boyfriend texted me the day after, saying that he had a craving for buffalo wings! That's how good they are!

One more thing, if you're going to order the buffalo wings, make sure you grab a whole bunch of serviettes before you start on the wings. Each table has got its own napkin holder, but trust me, when your hands are full of sauce, the last thing you'd wanna do is try to grab a napkin with sticky hands. Every single clean napkin i got my hands on pretty much had sauce on it by the time i passed it on to a friend!

And location wise, gotta get a car or taxi into this area. I was wondering if there were bus-stops nearby. we did drive past one on the way out, but we were too full, so couldn't get to sit up properly to see the bus number. hahahaaa! :)

I give this place a two thumbs up. :)