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| Cafe Iguana |
Looking
for a place with a selection of 100 labels of 100% blue agave Tequila
and Mescal, Café Iguana is the place for you. Founded in year 2000
by the same folks that set up Brewerkz, Café Iguana has been the
place-to-go for authentic Mexican food and margaritas at fantastic
happy hour price.
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| Monte Alban Tequila Reposado with Agave Worm |
We
started with Puerco en Chile Verde ($14) and Fuego Wings ($18).
Puerco en Chile Verde is Spicy green chilli stew pork served over
rice, with flour tortillas and sour cream. This little Chilli bowl is
kind of comfort food combining pork stew with rice. The pork are
tender but watch out for the spiciness that creep up later. Luckily
the sour cream helps to put out the fire. Fuego Wings is the mexican
answer to buffalo wings. Tangy and finger licking good. The spiciness
level is about 3/10, while it can be better if the chicken is more
crispy. Currently it tasted more like baked chicken instead of fried
chicken.
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| Puerco en Chile Verde |
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| Fuego Wings |
From the
Tequila Grill, you can have either Tequila Grill Chicken (1/2 for
$28) and Tequila Grill Prawn Brochette ($35). Both the chicken and
the prawn are marinated with lime mixture that made it tender and
succulent. You can taste the smoky flavoured with nice grilled marked
on the proteins. Both dishes are served with grilled vegetables and
poblano-scalloped potatoes. I personally like the chicken more and I
find the portion for the prawn is too meagre for the price.
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| Tequila Grill Chicken |
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| Tequila Grill Prawn Brochette |
Now to
everything from tortilla, the staple of Mexican dish: Shredded Steak
Chimichanga ($25), Red Snapper Burrito ($27), and Camarones al Diablo
($23). Chimichanga is a deep fried flour tortilla, with vegetables,
onions, cheese, sour cream and guacamole served with Mexican rice.
The shredded beef is well seasoned and tender. I personally like the
crispy deep fried flour tortilla, which taste like giant curry puff
crust. Let me say this, the portion is huge. If you want to try other
dishes, you might want to share this dish with others.
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| Shredded Steak Chimichanga |
Burrito
is flour tortilla skin heated on a grill, then filled with Mexican
rice, borracho beans, cheddar and mozarella cheese on top of the
thick red snapper fillet. This Red Snapper Burrito is a healthier
version compare to chimichanga. Although the fish is thick, it
remains flaky and moist. Good combination with the rest of
vegetables.
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| Red Snapper Burrito |
Quesadillas
is tortilla filled with cheese and mushrooms. In Camarones al Diablo
the quesadillas looks like a little flat pie, and it was served with
Prawns sautéed with fiery habanero chile, capsicum, ginger, cumin
and lime. If it is not in a Mexican restaurant, you can't be faulted
if you think it is an Indian prawn tikka masala, as the aroma exuded
was almost similar. A beautiful dish and I can't get enough of it. We
actually keep looking for extra carbo to polish off the sauce.
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| Camarones al Diablo |
The
spiciness level on each of the dishes are not mind blowing hot. If
you need something more challenging, there are three sauce to choose
from.
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| Three Different type of Hot Sauce made from Habanero Chile |
For
desserts, we sample two type of banana dishes Banana Chimichangas
($14) and Sautéed Bananas ($14). Banana Chimichanga is a Mexican
version of goreng pisang (fried banana). Deep fried tortilla filled
with bananas drizzled with caramel and strawberry sauce and avocado
ice cream. The tortilla texture is crispy filled with banana that
melts in your mouth. The caramel and strawberry sauce provide a good
ice cream toppings for the creamy avocado ice cream.
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| Banana Chimichangas |
The
sautéed bananas is a Kahlua-glazed baby bananas with vanilla ice
cream. The bananas are sweet, well caramelised and melts in your
mouth. The vanilla ice cream helps to tone down the sweetness,
however it is missing the crispy texture in this dessert.
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| Sautéed Bananas |
Ancho
Chile Chocholate Cake ($14), this flourless cake is dense and feels
slightly dry if eaten on its own .The vanilla ice cream helps grease
the cake but the margarita sauce are too insignificant to make an
impact to the desserts. Probably need about the same amount as a shot
of espresso.
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| Ancho Chile Chocholate Cake |
Churros
($12). The churros is crunchy and coated with sweet cinnamon powder.
The vanilla bean ice cream provide a good dipping sauce, however the
chocolate sauce in the bottom made it hard to get to. It would be
better if the chocolate sauce is on top of the ice cream.
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| Churros |
Café
Iguana is set up more like a gastro pub instead of the cafe. The
lights are slightly dim, but the atmosphere is lively. The seating
closer to the bar are using high table and chairs, while the ones
closer to the river are at normal height.
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| The Bar |
Overall,
I really enjoyed the food in Cafe Iguana and I learned a few new
things about Mexican Cuisine and different type of Tequila. While it
was supposed to be authentic Mexican food, I find there was much of
Tex-Mex influence in the dishes, especially the serving size. I
really look forward to our next visit here, hopefully I am off my
medications and can have some margaritas as well. Salud!!! Cheers!!!
Thank you
very much to HungryGoWhere and MENU team for the tasting invitation.
Food
& Drink: 7.5/10
Value:
6.5/10
Service:
N/A
Ambiance:
8/10
Budget
per Person: $51 - $80; $81 and Above
Cafe Iguana
30 Merchant Road
#01-03. Riverside
Point.
Singapore 058282
T: +65 6236 1275
OH:
Mon – Thu: 16.00 –
01.00
Fri : 16.00 – 03.00
Sat : 12.00 – 03.00
Sun : 12.00 – 01.00
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