Dec 25, 2007 Part 2- Japengo Cafe

Continuing our Dec 25 dinner, hubby and I chose to dine in another restaurant. A few blocks away from Bento-Ya Kitchen, this time in front row, is Japengo Cafe.
As we opened the doors, the smell of sauteed food is evident. Bright, clean cafe and cooks in the open kitchen will entice you to try this restaurant. The same concept in another branch of Japengo in Mall of Emirates.
Japengo Cafe is a modernized Japanese restaurant, this time, it also offers other cuisines- Mediterranean, Italian and Arabic/Lebanese, in addition to the usual Japanese items. Since we had our fill of Japanese food, it's time to try other items.
Grilled Chicken Ceasar Salad

The real reason why we chose this restaurant is because we were checking if the consistency of this item is the same with the restaurant's other branches. In MOE, this item satisfied us. However, my hubby has his own satisfaction measurement, which I agree.
We both loved Dusit Dubai's Grilled Chicken Ceasar Salad, and we went there twice ( that was start and end of last year), and it truly satisfied our palates. The leaves were nicely cut, the grilled chicken moist and the amount of dressing was just enough.
In Sheikh Zayed Road branch, the salad was dripping with the dressing (a no-no for me and hubby, this type of salad must be justly dressed, due to the richness of ceasar dressing). Disappointingly, the chicken pieces were grilled dry.
Though, garnished with lots of shaved parmesan and the black olives and cherry tomatoes hidden in the center of the dish, the main ingredients were still disappointing. Good thing was, there were too many leaves, letting me fork in more leaves to balance the dressing.
The garlic bread is good, however, due to the nature of our orders, we have not touched it, too much carbs already!
Clubhouse Sandwich

I ordered this item, for no reason at all. I just craved for it and I have to have it. Looking into the plate centered with a pile of french fries certainly reminded me that I do not want to have a carbo load at night time. 4 pieces of triple layered sandwich surrounds the fries with a small portion of salad with vinagrette dressing.
The sandwich in detail
The sandwich is layered with grilled chicken, turkey and the usual stuff- cheese, tomatoes,lettuce etc. The bread was good, but yet again, the chicken was dry.

We might be disappointed with the dishes (we left most of the fries, black olives, boiled egg slices of the salad), but the service was great. The server already anticipated the fries, hence she placed all the condiments we may need. A wow! for that.

Approx AED 95 with one diet coke.