Selera Rasa VS No.1 Adam Road
The Battle of the Adam Road Nasi Lemaks
2 long queues, side by side, will draw your attention as you take a walk through Adam Road Food Centre. Look closer and you will realise that both are serving the same food - Nasi Lemak. You will then have a sudden urge to join the crowd to see whats so good about their coconut rice, but which will you pick?
the only thing to do is to go for both and do a direct comparison, aspect by aspect..
Selera Rasa's Full House ($4)
No.1 Adam's Nasi Lemak's Adam's Special ($4.50, plus 50cents more for an extra otah= $5)
The visible differences:
1) No.1 Adam's was more crammed, with 2 extra slices of fishcake, roasted peanuts and a small portion of mutton rendang.
2) No.1 Adam's laid a piece of banana leaf as a base for the rice.
3) The colour of Selera Rasa's chicken wing was of a much nicer golden brown hue.
Digging in;
Selera Rasa Nasi Lemak
Rice: Full marks for their soft grains of warm basmati rice. Mildly fragrant and lightly lemak, you can take consecutive mouthfuls without having any coconut overkill. A wow factor.
Chicken Wing: Its probably the best hue of golden brown you can every achieve in deepfried chicken wings. Its suprising how every piece of this can consistently be of this beautiful colour. The skin is wonderfully fried to a light crisp. The chicken is quite bland though.
Otah: This is one of the only disappointing part, where its dry and average tasting. Nothing special about it.
Egg: The yolk here is cooked for long until it solidifies, but it is rather greasy.
Ikan Billis: Completely crunchy, nothing to complain about.
Chilli Sauce: Another wow factor. It is sweet initially as you taste it, but slowly emaciates a strong spicyness in your mouth. Fragrant and thrilling enough.
No. 1 Adam's Nasi Lemak
Rice: Not moist enough, drier and less fluffed up than Selera's. Coconut taste was not exactly sufficient as well.
Chicken Wing: Looks greasier and not as well-fried but its more tasty.
Otah:Their most distinct wow factor. Its super soft, moist and comes with an unique spice taste. A definite victory over Selera's otah.
Egg: A pretty circular shape, but with a runny yolk. Also greasy.
Chilli Sauce: Certainly more oily looking, and of a darker shade. No match for Selera's.
Overall: My final pick will still be Selera Rasa Nasi Lemak - the rice and chilli is simply enough to win me over. Thumbs up! But since opinions differ, its best to try both personally. No matter what, Adam Road is a good place to be when a nasi lemak craving hits.
The Battle of the Adam Road Nasi Lemaks
2 long queues, side by side, will draw your attention as you take a walk through Adam Road Food Centre. Look closer and you will realise that both are serving the same food - Nasi Lemak. You will then have a sudden urge to join the crowd to see whats so good about their coconut rice, but which will you pick?
the only thing to do is to go for both and do a direct comparison, aspect by aspect..
Selera Rasa's Full House ($4)
No.1 Adam's Nasi Lemak's Adam's Special ($4.50, plus 50cents more for an extra otah= $5)
The visible differences:
1) No.1 Adam's was more crammed, with 2 extra slices of fishcake, roasted peanuts and a small portion of mutton rendang.
2) No.1 Adam's laid a piece of banana leaf as a base for the rice.
3) The colour of Selera Rasa's chicken wing was of a much nicer golden brown hue.
Digging in;
Selera Rasa Nasi Lemak
Rice: Full marks for their soft grains of warm basmati rice. Mildly fragrant and lightly lemak, you can take consecutive mouthfuls without having any coconut overkill. A wow factor.
Chicken Wing: Its probably the best hue of golden brown you can every achieve in deepfried chicken wings. Its suprising how every piece of this can consistently be of this beautiful colour. The skin is wonderfully fried to a light crisp. The chicken is quite bland though.
Otah: This is one of the only disappointing part, where its dry and average tasting. Nothing special about it.
Egg: The yolk here is cooked for long until it solidifies, but it is rather greasy.
Ikan Billis: Completely crunchy, nothing to complain about.
Chilli Sauce: Another wow factor. It is sweet initially as you taste it, but slowly emaciates a strong spicyness in your mouth. Fragrant and thrilling enough.
No. 1 Adam's Nasi Lemak
Rice: Not moist enough, drier and less fluffed up than Selera's. Coconut taste was not exactly sufficient as well.
Chicken Wing: Looks greasier and not as well-fried but its more tasty.
Otah:Their most distinct wow factor. Its super soft, moist and comes with an unique spice taste. A definite victory over Selera's otah.
Egg: A pretty circular shape, but with a runny yolk. Also greasy.
Chilli Sauce: Certainly more oily looking, and of a darker shade. No match for Selera's.
Overall: My final pick will still be Selera Rasa Nasi Lemak - the rice and chilli is simply enough to win me over. Thumbs up! But since opinions differ, its best to try both personally. No matter what, Adam Road is a good place to be when a nasi lemak craving hits.
posted by Elaine Ng. at 7:16 PM
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