in search of non-halal tony roma’s
I dedicate this blog entry to Dr. Liew forummers 
A few years ago, J and I were in Singapore, and she took me to Tony Roma’s located along Orchard Rd. I gasped at the price (Malaysians doing the currency converting, remember?) but it became one of the most memorable dining experiences of my life so far.
I… had… never… tasted… such… succulent… ribs…. EVAR!!!!!
Not that I have had a lot of grilled pork ribs at that point of my life, but hey, you know good food when you eat it.
Fast-forward to year 2006. Word got to me that Tony Roma’s is opening an outlet in KL. I was ecstatic.Word got to me that it’s going to be a halal restaurant. I was dumbfucked.
HOW CAN?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!
In retrospect, they can lah, considering that this is an Islamic country and we get a lot of tourist money from the Arabs and it makes economical sense and all that. But… the sanctity of the food…. COMPROMISED!!!!
So when I was in Singapore early this week, I made it a point to revisit good ol’ Tony.
Tony Roma’s half Onion Loaf (S$8.50).
They have all sorts of stuff on their menu — soups, salads, grilled chicken, seafood, burgers, sandwiches, pork and beef ribs and assorted combo grills. I was there for the ribs and ribs was what I ordered and I got what I ordered hence this photo of my dinner that is the original baby back ribs 
Mine was the regular slab (S$27.90). Should have gone for the half slab (S$20.50) because I had great difficulty consuming all of my meal (yeah, over ambitious again). In the end help was needed and tendered (thanks babe).
The baked potato sprinked with piggy bacon bits was wonderful! The ribs… well it was nice lah. But as great memories go, they are best preserved, left untouched and never revisited.
Next up: Friends and Booze.