Adam Road Food Centre II

Me and Daphne were in the area, so we decided to have dinner at Adam Road Food Centre. The seats were filling up fast, and since there was this gentleman who got a table cleaned for us, I felt obliged to buy from his stall. It was a good thing that he came from the very stall that I wanted to try the fried noodles from, since my mum had a pretty good bee hoon goreng in our previous visit.

Kway Teow Goreng: 7/10


For our foreigner friends, "goreng" is really the Malay word for "fried", so what we have here is fried kway teow. "Kway teow" is flat rice noodles that's pretty popular here in the Southeast Asian region. The fried noodles from this stall was not too bad, but the bee hoon option seems much better. The noodles weren't too oily nor spicy. I didn't like the vegetables much, some tasted a tad raw, but then again, I'm biased against vegetables haha. Daphne had this too and found it alright.

Roti John (Chicken): 5.5/10


When Daphne asked for chicken instead of mutton, I stared at her for a while and it took me quite a while to register that she really did ask for chicken. I've never imagined roti john with anything else than mutton. Roti john is like a murtabak, only that you have it on a french loaf instead. If you're wondering what's in a name, it seems that this pan-fried bread was created initially for expatriates, and since many Caucasians were colloquially and affectionately referred to as 'John' in Malay (especially in colonial times I would suppose), the John bread ("roti") was born.

But to have chunks of chicken instead of the usual minced mutton filling was odd to say the least. It didn't taste as nice and since there were only a few chunks of chicken, much of the bread was plain except for the bits of egg. I'm sure mutton Roti John would have tasted better.

Service
Good, and there wasn't any touting.

Price
$3.50 each.

Place
Adam Road Food Centre
Located at the junction of Dunearn Road and Adam Road,
Near Serene Centre.

Adam Road Food Centre

A couple of stalls were closed in the previous time that I was here with my friends, but this time round all were open as I brought my family here for dinner on a Sunday evening. We arrived at 6pm, so there wasn't much of a crowd yet. Adam Road Food Centre has just been renovated, it's been a month or so already actually, and looks like a miniature version of East Coast or Newton Circus food centres.

Nasi Lemak: 8.5/10


This is probably one of the best nasi lemak I've ever tried in Singapore. It explains why this stall has the longest queue in Adam Road (the queue for prawn noodles is also another long one) and for me, it was well worth the wait.


I chose the "Royal Flush" set, which consists of a fried chicken wing, otah otah (grilled fish paste), begedil (fried mashed potatoes), egg and anchovies. The chicken wing was really tasty and fried to a golden crisp, while the smabal chilli was spicily good! The best part of the dish, and often neglected by others, is the rice, which wasn't too soft nor too hard, was very fragrant and piping hot. Great stuff, went well with everything.

Place


Elera Rasa Nasi Lemak

Price
$4.50. A little on the high side, but worth it.

Fried Kway Teow: 5/10


In contrast to my nasi lemak, the fried noodles paled terribly in comparison. Lack of flavour, non spicy and ordinary, this dish could not impress anyone on the table.

Place


Unit #01-22. This stall is not the one with the longer prawn noodles queue by the way. It also claims to have "no pork, no lard", which is why my parents bought from this stall.

Price
$3.00. At least it was cheap.

Fried Oyster Omelette: 7.3/10


I'm not exactly a fan of fried oyster omelettes, but this came out to be a bit too oily and not crispy enough. I liked the way it was served though, in a small boat-like dish haha.

Place


Same as the above, Unit #01-22.

Price
$5.00.

Bee Hoon Goreng: 7.7/10


"Goreng" is a Malay word for "fried" actually. When used by an Indian stall like the case we have here, what you would get is fried (noodles) in tomato sauce, with egg, vegetables and mutton. The portion here came out to be pretty large, and it tasted good as well. Smelled so good that my mum found three pairs of chopsticks reaching for her noodles within seconds that it arrived.

Place


Naina Mohamed. I couldn't get a proper shot and had to zoom with my camera phone as well.

Price
$3.50.

Grilled Stingray: 6/10


Contrary to WanHua's rave comments, this turned out to be disappointing. After talking to her about it, I realised that she prefers her stingray with a sweeter chilli taste, which is what this stall from Adam Road offers. I prefer mine extra spicy with that sambal kick, like the ones you would find at East Coast. Taste is subjective, it always is. Perhaps this stall is trying to cater to the expats who frequent this place and would go for the less spicy options. Good that we ordered a smaller portion.

Place


Adam Seafood BBQ. Closed on Mondays.

Price
$6.00.

Mutton Murtabak: 8/10


If you aren't sure what murtabak is, you can see it as stuffed roti prata, cooked with an egg and onion filling with (usually) chicken or mutton. I like this one from Adam Road because it was very crispy and they weren't very stingy on the mutton bits. The curry was good too and went very well with the murtabak, which probably explains why I see quite a few people sharing murtabaks or having at least roti pratas as dessert, not willing to miss it while on a visit here.

Place


Adam's Delights.

Price
$4.00.

Overall
Food Quality
Generally fine, and it's quite clear that the nasi lemak is the best selling item here. I would of course recommend the Indian food as well, which is quite good.

Place
Adam Road Food Centre
Located at the junction of Dunearn Road and Adam Road,
Near Serene Centre.