The Marine Parade / East Coast Road / Tanjong Katong neighbourhood has definitely seen quite a fair bit of activity when it comes to the opening of new F&B establishments of the late; a new addition right beside the outlet of Plain Vanilla along East Coast Road would be that of an establishment named Sta Western. Some might find the name of the establishment rather familiar; these folks are actually related to the Star Western stall that is located in the The Coffee Shop By Yaowarat Thai Kway Chap situated near Kovan MRT Station — this is the first time that these folks are independently operating its space by itself. Just like Star Western at Kovan, Sta Western focuses its offerings on local-style Western food; the items on the menu at Sta Western features western plates that features different types of meats (think chicken, fish, beef and lamb) that mostly comes with hotdog, baked beans, garlic bread, sunny side-up, fries and coleslaw — Sta Western also serves up a small variety of side dishes as well.

The Chicken Chop at Sta Western does come in a few variants; being paired with rice or fries, while the sauce options accompanying the chicken chop includes that of Mushroom Sauce, Black Pepper Sauce and Hainanese Sauce. For our order of the Chicken Chop, we went with the version that came with fries and mushroom sauce; it also came accompanied with hotdog, baked beans, garlic bread, sunny side-up and coleslaw as mentioned earlier. Going for the chicken chop itself, the chicken chop does come juicy and tender; the mushroom sauce does add an element of savouriness typical of the brown sauces that comes with the same that is being served up at other similar stalls, though the version here does come a little richer and punchier than most — also accompanied with bite of mushroom for a bouncy and earthy bite. The choice of fries that Sta Western has went for to accompany their various dishes would be shoestring fries; these are seasoned with Cajun spices for a slightly spicy kick that tickles the tastebuds for those whom are tolerable to lower levels of spiciness. There is nothing much to mention about the hotdog and baked beans, though the garlic bread does come toasty, garlicky and crisp — best to be enjoyed immediately to experience it at its best consistency, while the sunny side-up was free from any unpleasant odour of overused oil and came with a runny egg yolk. The coleslaw comes suitably creamy with greens that had been chopped to small bits; refreshes the tastebuds from the carbs, meat and starches that came along with the dish.