Adam Road Food Centre, also known as the Adam Food Centre, is a popular hawker centre located next to the Bukit Timah Canal in Bukit Timah, Singapore.
History
editThe hawker centre was opened by Edmund W. Barker, then the Minister for Law, on 28 September 1974. It was built at a cost of $224,500 to replace the Hawkers' Centre in between Bukit Timah Road and Dunearn Road, which was demolished to make way for the Adam Road flyover.[1] The centre underwent a five-month million upgrading in 2002, after which it became the first hawker centre in Singapore to utilise solar panels. The renovation works cost $1.73 million.[2][3] According to Sam Chua of today, the centre prior to the upgrading was a "stuffy little place with a less-than-clean environment but really good food", while the centre after the upgrading was "clean, bright and well-ventilated" with "even better" food.[4]
The hawker centre was placed on the Bukit Timah Heritage Trail by the National Heritage Board in July 2007.[5] It underwent a six-week facelift beginning in February 2008.[6] In July 2013, Joe Biden visited the centre with his son-in-law Howard Krein while on his first official visit to Singapore as the Vice President of the United States.[7] On 16 November 2018, Justin Trudeau visited the centre while on his first visit to Singapore as the Prime Minister of Canada.[8]
In 2023, three of the stalls in the hawker centre, Adam Rd Noo Cheng Big Prawn Noodle, Bahrakath Mutton Soup and Selamat Datang Warong Pak Sapari, received the Michelin Bib Gourmand Award.[9] Another prominent stall is Selera Rasa, a nasi lemak stall which Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, reportedly patronises for breakfast while on trips to Singapore.[10] Its nasi lemak has also been served to Joko Widodo, the President of Indonesia. According to the National Heritage Board website Roots, the stall is "arguably" the hawker centre's "most famous" stall.[2] Other popular stalls include Cheng Ji and Adam's Indian Rojak.[11] The hawker centre underwent renovations from 1 October to 31 December 2023.[12] It reopened on 1 January 2024.[12]
References
edit- ^ "New food centre". New Nation. Singapore. 26 September 1974. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Adam Food Centre". Roots. National Heritage Board. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Food centre reopens". today. Singapore. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ Chua, Sam (8 May 2004). "Join the Adam Road queue". today. Singapore. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "NEW HISTORY TRAIL FOR OLD BUKIT TIMAH". The Straits Times. Singapore. 24 July 2007.
- ^ Lim, Jessica (12 February 2008). "Adam Road Food Centre to shut doors for six-week spruce-up". The Straits Times. Singapore.
- ^ Tan, Tam Mei (9 November 2020). "Joe Biden's memorable visit to Singapore in 2013 included surprise stop at hawker centre". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ Goh, Yan Han (16 November 2018). "Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau drops by Adam Road Food Centre for lime juice". The Straits Times. Singapore. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ Sukri, Hazeeq (15 June 2023). "Michelin Bib Gourmand 2023 list: 79 eateries in Singapore make the cut". CNA Lifestyle. Singapore. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ Wong, Kim Hoh (29 April 2016). "The story behind the famous Adam Road nasi lemak". The Straits Times. Singapore. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ Kang, Jethro (2 January 2024). "12 hawker stalls for the best food at Adam Road Food Centre". Lifestyle Asia. Singapore. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Adam Road Food Centre reopens after 3-month renovation". sg.style.yahoo.com. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.