of soto and adams | mad jacks

Had soto ayam after my gym workout just now, and my stomach’s still rumbling from all that chilli. Hadn’t had soto for the longest time. We’ve kind of decided not to patronize the mee soto stall at adams anymore. The food made spider sick 2 days before the wedding…hmmph! And the makcik never ever smiles. Funny how there’s always a queue for her food even though her service sucks, then again we were guilty of patronising her too despite her sulks and her curt way of dealing with customers. Not anymore though, not after the diarrhea!

But that doesn’t leave us with much choice. There’s really not much halal food on offer. You have the nasi lemak stall, the mee soto stall (out!), the rojak stall, the nasi ayam stall, the nasi padang stall (which is always closed by evening), the claypot stall (which I’ve never ever frequented…hmm why is that?), and countless Indian stalls selling the same fare. Errrr okay when I list them down like that it does look like a lot, but seriously, the options are not appetizing. Why is there no hor fun or char kway teow or stuffs like that? How come theres no laksa, or gado2? Or even chicken wings? YES why are there no bbq chicken wings sold there?? Any hawker centre worth its salt would sell bbq chicken wings, but there’s none there! And there’s no stall selling things to munch on, like goreng pisang or epok2.

If you feel like having western food, there’s an eatery across the road from adams. Our first taste of mad jack’s was there, a few months back. And we were far from impressed. There were many dirty dishes left on tables unattended, probably because the outlet was undermanned. Plus I just didn’t like the place, something about it that was missing, something I couldn’t place my finger on. We chanced upon another outlet at jalan kayu a few weeks back, and decided to give the eatery another try. Our verdict: the ambience here’s definitely better than the one at adams. I love the rustic, laid-back air that it exudes, probably cos its located in jalan kayu (in the middle of nowhere as some would have said) and not alongside the busy busy adam road. I love that the outlet’s occupying one corner of the row of shophouses, which means that it is able to have 2 open sides, instead of the usual 3 walls and 1 open side (for the entrance) that the other outlet and most other eateries have – makes it look more open, less claustrophobic. Food wise, it’s ok. Not great great, though they claim to serve the best fish & chips around. And the portion’s super small, was kinda expecting more for the money that I’m paying.

my fish & chips

his chicken burger

the jalan kayu outlet

we discovered a lovely little road very near the outlet, out of bounds to vehicles. decided to follow the road to walk off the oil-laden meal that we had, and what do you know, we came upon an lrt station that looks so out-of this-world i didnt even know it exists..hehhe! so now we know...if you ever want to go to the eateries at jalan kayu but have no transport of yr own to get there, just take the lrt to tanggam!

the lovely little road to.....tanggam lrt station!