pianomania: SUKA MAKAN: ADAM ROAD FOOD CENTRE AT NIGHT (WHERE WE GO TO EAT AFTER CONCERTS!)

Adam Road Food Centre by day.

It's after half-past-ten in the evening after a concert, where do we eat before going home? Our tried and tested solution, which is also among Singapore's Vintage Eating Places, is Adam Road Food Centre. This favourite haunt opens for many hours, but the stalls are active during different times of day.

Here are the stalls we frequent:

Bahrakath Mutton Soup
reminds us of its deserved Michelin status.

Golden rule of sup kambing:
the greasier, the tastier!

In the mornings, the famous nasi lemak stalls do brisk business. At lunchtime and early dinnertime, the Chinese stalls become busy. Late at night, it is the mamak (Indian Muslim) stalls that come to live, opening till the wee hours of the morning. We have our favourites, including Bahrakath, a Michelin-starred sup kambing (mutton soup) stall and Al-Sheik, our trusty mee goreng (fried noodles) outlet, that does it the way we like it.

Deen, whose family originally came from
Chennai, is happy to be our chef.

Having tried the "red" mee goreng, we've always preferred the "white" version fried with ikan bilis (anchovies). It has a more subtle touch and taste, and is never cloying from the sweet red paste. Deen the cook never disappoints, and he does other mamak dishes like roti john and roti prata. Only murtabak is not in his repertoire. All this is washed down by the ubiquitous teh tarik (pulled milk tea) and Janet's preferred teh halia (ginger milk tea).

How to lose weight at this rate? All this food just makes one alert and ready to write reviews. Reviews about food or music? It does not really matter when both the food and music are Michelin-starred.