irunnoft
I'm What Willis Was Talkin' 'Bout!!!!
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The last time I went to Jiko, I ordered the filet and it was good. To me, it wasn't in the same league as the filet at the California Grill, but it was good. I really didn't care for the mac and cheese. It was just mostly elbows. I didn't really get any cheese flavor at all. I might have had an off night for that dish, though. I'm going back to Jiko in a few days and I plan to order that dish, so I'll review that then.
We started off with the barbecue chicken flatbread and I thought it was quite good. My wife, who hates cillantro, thought it wasn't good for the sole fact that she tasted either cillantro or some sort of spice that was very close to it. If it wasn't for that, she would have loved it. Too bad. . . that meant more flatbread for me to eat!
The mixture of the barbecue sauce along with sweetness of the apple (it was like a slaw type texture of apples) created a great taste combination. I thought the onion added a little zip to it and the chicken was fantastic. I'm sure the barbecue sauce itself had the offending spice my wife didn't like. It was a smoky, sweet type of sauce. The flatbread was crisp and just plain delicious. I'd have no problems ordering this again.
For an entree, I ordered the barbecue short rib. This is one extremely large rib (think more like a roast with a bone in the middle). The meat on the rib was phenomenally seasoned and wonderfully tender. The meat just fell off the bone and was more of the consistency of a type of pot roast rather than the texture of meat you would expect on a baby back type rib. The Kenyan coffee rub used on the meat was just fantastic. Couple that with the oven roasted potatoes and it was a great meal. I'd have no problems ordering that again, either.
My wife had the maize crusted halibut that had a tomato buttery sauce accompanying it. She said the fish was light and perfectly cooked. I tried some of it and I'm not a big fish person, but I'd have no problems ordering that entree. It was delicious. The maize crust was crisp and not heavy. The fish was white and flaky - cooked to perfection. The addition of the tomato butter sauce was something that took a good entree to the next level. My wife has done nothing but rave about this fish since we dined there on 06/15/09.
My son had the oak fired filet from the kid's menu and it was a portion that would satisfy most adults! It was at least an 8 oz. filet. It, too, was cooked perfectly and he enjoyed it immensely.
We like dining at Jiko so well that we stopped at the host stand on the way out and booked another night during our trip.
We started off with the barbecue chicken flatbread and I thought it was quite good. My wife, who hates cillantro, thought it wasn't good for the sole fact that she tasted either cillantro or some sort of spice that was very close to it. If it wasn't for that, she would have loved it. Too bad. . . that meant more flatbread for me to eat!
The mixture of the barbecue sauce along with sweetness of the apple (it was like a slaw type texture of apples) created a great taste combination. I thought the onion added a little zip to it and the chicken was fantastic. I'm sure the barbecue sauce itself had the offending spice my wife didn't like. It was a smoky, sweet type of sauce. The flatbread was crisp and just plain delicious. I'd have no problems ordering this again. For an entree, I ordered the barbecue short rib. This is one extremely large rib (think more like a roast with a bone in the middle). The meat on the rib was phenomenally seasoned and wonderfully tender. The meat just fell off the bone and was more of the consistency of a type of pot roast rather than the texture of meat you would expect on a baby back type rib. The Kenyan coffee rub used on the meat was just fantastic. Couple that with the oven roasted potatoes and it was a great meal. I'd have no problems ordering that again, either.
My wife had the maize crusted halibut that had a tomato buttery sauce accompanying it. She said the fish was light and perfectly cooked. I tried some of it and I'm not a big fish person, but I'd have no problems ordering that entree. It was delicious. The maize crust was crisp and not heavy. The fish was white and flaky - cooked to perfection. The addition of the tomato butter sauce was something that took a good entree to the next level. My wife has done nothing but rave about this fish since we dined there on 06/15/09.
My son had the oak fired filet from the kid's menu and it was a portion that would satisfy most adults! It was at least an 8 oz. filet. It, too, was cooked perfectly and he enjoyed it immensely.
We like dining at Jiko so well that we stopped at the host stand on the way out and booked another night during our trip.
