Adam Road, Mee Heart You

There are a number of places when i declare fervent support for (read: Cedele Bakery Depot and Ichiban Boshi) but they are mostly subjective with comparable alternatives, but I swear by this mee soto. I mean, I don't even like mee soto to begin with but I find this version from Adam Road irresistable. Despite the regular ingredients (I recommend getting an extra portion of tripe), this mee soto is in a 'liga' of its own. The secret is in the broth that bags incredible oomph and is so intense you can't see the bottom of the bowl.



Que Engima's Return to Innocence.



An order of any dish from Amirah & Nur Aniqah entitles you to a potato cutlet- otherwise, you can fuggeditabouttit. You can cry, beg or pretend its your death wish before you embark on the Atkin's Diet and Amirah will hardly budge. Oh yeah, this guy probably pays more income tax than you do but I doubt he will care if you throw a hussy fit. You can toss your nose at such practice but those who have enjoyed these chunky patties would not only understand but appreciate the selectivity.

Though the mee soto left us reeling in satisfaction, we were itching for more. Like a kid who have just had a chocolate fudge cake and now wants his Reese's Peanut Butter cups, we wanted the Nasi Lemak.



Surprisingly we found two coextending queues for the nasi lemak at No 1 Nasi Lemak and Selera Rasa- good to know that Selera Rasa wasn't hogging the limelight. Dad queued at the No 1 Nasi Lemak for a good 10 minutes for ONE plate, because IT JUST SO HAPPENS some guy before him bought like 10 packs worth of takeaway (doesn't it just kill you when you queue up at the supermarket after this guy with a trolley full of party junk food, for a bottle of coke light).


(Couldn't decide which picture looks better)

Going by the picture (the number of forks and spoons), you could probably tell that we wasted no time in getting all nip/tuck. It was well worth the wait, though funny enough it wasn't the usual fried chicken, fried egg or fishcake that sealed the deal but the rice. The light airiness was something to relish; paired with mind blowing sambal, it was a plate-scrappingly good.

Adam Road Nasi Lemak

when adam met gutherie.

though i am an early- bird by nature, i would only wake up EXTRA early on a sunday morning for one reason and ONE reason only- grocery shopping at cold storage gourmet at gutherie house along sixth avenue.. arh, i just thrive *think dreamy here* in that homely atmosphere borne out of the fresh aromatic coffee and bakery just nearby.. ok fine, i admit i am a supermarket snob and although ntuc is frequented for convenience reasons, i have absolutely no spanking desire to patronise somewhere like 'shop and save' because to me, grocery shopping is all about the "eeeex-pe-rienceeeee"- my marketing prof would have been proud.

we used to go to the gourmet cold storage more frequently in the past but lifestyle changes (read laziness) gave way to other brunch options. anyway i initially had every intention of going down to 'simpy bread' for breakfast so you can imagine my surprise when dad turned into adam road food centre instead.

but well, there are probably a dozen bakeries in denmark but hell-no nasi lemak or mee soto... and this is literally nasi lemak fit for a king, in our case the sultan of brunei who gets his takeway from here. although there are a couple of nasi lemak stores, this is supposedly the queue to join (second store from left upon entrance).. although i must be honest, i cannot tell the difference.. they are all good!


royal flush- otak, chicken wing, fried egg and potato cutlet with a heavy dose of sambal and ikan bilis.

doctor to himself: *rubbs hands together* "at this rate, i can start planning for my french polynesian holiday..."



whilst Parents were at cold storage, i wandered off to 'simply bread' for a cursory visit and my, how much it has grown since the last time i was there! the bread/ sandwich culture is definitely thriving in singapore.. a tribute to gaultier's pain culture, the sticky bun and raisin+strawberry jam pastry caught my eye though after that fiasco at breakfast, i had enough sense to walk away.

concidentally, mum went over later to get brunch for jimmy and jie and bought the exact same pastries that i had been eying. are we predictable or what? haha..