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| Adam Spread Nasi Lemak |
Have
you been to Adam Road Food Centre around lunch time? If you have,
then you definitely seen this stall or even tried it before. The
queue from this shop and the rival next door are just tremendous,
basically nobody wants to seat at the tables near their stalls.
Chubby
Botak Koala & The Little Devil survived 60 minutes wait here to
get the taste of the ever popular nasi lemak here. We have heard of
these notorious nasi lemak place, but this is our first ever visit
and it was unplanned as well.
While
I was waiting for my turn, I was listening to other customers on the
phone checking with their office or family if they want any takeaway
for their lunch. Apparently the sight of customers ordering between
10 to 15 packets each are normal here. When it is almost my turn, I
heard that they are actually preparing order for 100 packs. No wonder
the line is moving at turtle speed.
I
ordered the Adam Spread ($5) consist of mutton rendang, chicken wing,
fried egg, bergedel, ikan bilis & nuts, acar and of course the
coconut rice. LD ordered Sutra Special ($4.50) consist of otah, fish
cake, chicken wing, ikan bilis & nuts. While LD requested for
extra chilli, I asked for extra rice and the lady just build rice
mountain on my place and with no extra charges.
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| Adam Spread Nasi Lemak |
So
after 1 hour in line, how is the Nasi Lemak? The rice is very
fragrant and unique. They use basmanti rice, which is more healthy
than normal long grain rice resulted in more al dante version of
rice. Ikan bilis and nuts is crispy and crunchy. The chicken wings
are pipping hot, crispy and juicy. However the marination is only
skin deep, while the meat is tender but tasted bland.
For my mutton rendang,
the gravy is thick and sweet. The mutton is tender, but more on the
dry side due to the lean meat used. Begedil is very tasty. LD's otah
is huge in size, creamy and very flavourful. The fish cake is springy
(qq) and in her opinion, the sambal (chilli) is the top notch and
star attraction here. It is sweet, not to spicy, with multiple layer
of flavour and very appetizing. No wonder people willing to line up,
like bees going for their honey.
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| Sutra Nasi Lemak |
The service here is very
friendly but your patience will be tested while waiting. Normally
there will be two lady serving, however today she is flying solo.
Also, the popular stall next door was on holiday, so their customers
went there to overcome their cravings for nasi lemak. The positive
side of the slow service, is that the kitchen can keep up with demand
and churn out pipping hot food.
As we ordered the two
most expensive set, the rest on the menu are chicken set and fish set
($3.50 each). Consist of chicken wings / fried fish, fried egg,
coconut rice, sambal, ikan bilis & nuts. There are some other
dish you can add to your set, unfortunately you can't order extra
chicken wings.
Overall, we can now say
we tried No.1 Adam's Nasi Lemak.
The pricing here is very reasonable. However, if you ask me to wait
for another 1 hour for a grub of Nasi Lemak here, I will say NO! But
if I am around the area before or after the peak hours, I might try
my luck and eat here again. Cheers!
Food
& Drink: 8/10
Value:
8/10
Service:
9/10
Ambiance:
6/10
No.1 Adam's Nasi Lemak
2 Adam Road
Stall 1 Adam Road
Food Centre
Singapore 289876
Op Hours: 08.30 –
15.00
Closed on Tuesday.
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