adam road food centre




one of my favourite places for malay and indian food is the adam road food centre which underwent upgrading a few years ago (2001 - 2002). it is located at the junction of adam road and dunearn road. used to be a haunt of singapore university students when the campus was at bukit timah. the upgrading also saw an increase in the number of parking lots. but i often free park at a side road near the bus stop.

many years ago, after my morning exercise at macritchie i would drop in at this place for the roti prata and the teh tarik. the teh alia (ginger tea) is quite authentic; one of the best i have tasted. used to prefer the one from sultan stall at tekka food centre.

there are a few other good stalls at this food centre. the nasi lemak stall, which even the sultan of brunei patronises, is the 2nd stall from the left. the owner is called yusof. the $3 nasi lemak comes with chicken wings, ikan bilis and one fried egg. in place of chicken wings, you can ask for kuning fish. there are two stalls selling nasi lemak and they are side by side.

the mamak's mee goreng stall. there used to be more than one mee goreng stall, both equally good. i like the way the noodles are fried, not too damp and not too dry. we usually 'take away' the mee goreng for ida.

the mee rebus and mee soto stall. this one is operated by a plump malay woman. the stall does not open early.

the prawn mee stall is recommended by ong hong ghee. it is stall no 27, noo cheng adam road prawn noodle. closed on mondays. opening hours: 9 a.m. - 3.00 p.m., 5.00 p.m. - 11 p.m.

the tau suan from the dessert stall is also above average.

there is also the franchised yu kee duck rice stall.

the bbq stingray and the roti john are also recommended.

some of the stalls are open way past midnight.