The culinary expertise of a popular restaurant which specializes in Amala and other local cuisines has been unveiled in Ibeju Lekki and environ yesterday with the opening of its third outlet in the Lagos Island area of the state.
The unique restaurant, ‘Amala Hut’ located at Knightstone Building, Awoyaya Shopping Complex, Awoyaya, Ibeju Lekki, Ikota Shopping complex is accessible with good packing space for its customers.
While making a heads-up of the menu which include Amala & Gbegiri, white Soup, Egusi Soup, Vegetable Soup, Fried/Jollof Rice, Coconut Rice and many, Chief Niyi Adams, the chairman of the Restaurant said that the Amala and all other dishes from the new outlet will still maintain originality.
The outlet is quite spacious, with the main restaurant space downstairs and the extension upstairs linked with a staircase through the section downstairs giving a very stress free connectivity between up and down spaces.
The spaces are so convenient that they can be perceived as private restaurants. With very convenient restrooms, the spaces indeed have the same cozy, unique and artistic interior designs.
The classic touch of the painting from outside, decorations and artworks really embodies a modern hut for satisfaction and protection.
The sitting arrangement, in cool air-condition halls, their food display, warmer showcase sets, lightning and the plates in which the food is served are all alluring.
With less than N1,000, one can still have a feel of this unique amala food and other delicacies.
According to Comrade Adams, the chairman, the journey of Amala Hut is not ‘Niyi Adams’ but a family business.
“We have other outlets aside from this. We keep trying and expanding. We deemed it wise to have something of this nature in the heart of Ibeju Lekki, with a local touch.
“As a businessman it’s always good to have a business that will bring in regular income. We could have opened this in Ikoyi or Victoria Island and say if you don’t have N100,000 you cannot but we decided to come to the lower part of the ladder, where with N1,000 you can eat and if you have N1000,000 you can as well eat. It’s for everybody. This is a grassroots area you need to provide for them,”
On the prospect of expansion, he said, “We’re thinking of going beyond Lagos State to other parts of the country and even outside the country. The vision is to have one more this year and one next year in Lagos before we go outside Lagos. I’m passionate about Lagos because I’m an indigenous Lagosian. The founder of this business, my first daughter, is a lawyer. She has first class in law. This is a family business and we’ll protect it and ensure we maintain quality,” Adam added.
“Wherever you see the Amala Hut logo, it’s all about history. We want to put Amala in the world record, we have what it takes.
“We’ve assured of buffet services. With this package, one can pay a little token and eat whatever he or she wants to eat. That’s only for Saturdays and Sundays,” he said.
While cutting the tape to declare the outlet open for business, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly called Jandor, noted that in a perverse economy as in Nigeria today, food business is the only viable means of generating a sustainable daily income. He encouraged the management to keep to standard.
Jandor who was the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Lagos state governorship candidate in the 2023 elections said, “People are hungry, they want to eat. You must make sure that what you produce here is top notch, I have no doubt that Chief Adams’ involvement in this venture will make the difference because he is a man of integrity.
“He has given some of us professional politicians a challenge.”
Speaking at the event, Majority leader at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Naheem Adams lauded the chairman fur his foresight and business acumen and stressed that he looks forward to seeing Amala Hut outlet extended to all the 20 local government areas in the state.
“I’ve no doubt that with the involvement of my brother Chief Niyi Adams, quality, integrity and ingenuity are assured.
“We’re proud of my brother Chief Adams, he is a successful businessman. I want to request he extends this outlet to the 20 LGAs of Lagos and also build a complex in Ibeji Lekki to be christened Amala complex, am sure people will patronize it greatly, that will take this service to another level.”
Mrs Uzoma Udumukwu, a guest at the event expressed satisfaction with the quality of Amala and other meals served by the restaurant.
“I give thumbs up to the management over the entire business set up ranging from the beautification, sitting arrangements, elegant waitresses and coziness of the place.
“As an Igbo woman I’ve come to love amala so well. The amala at Amala Hut is second to none. This is a place to be. My friends that ate vegetable soup and other delicacies have all attested to the high quality of food here.
“I encourage Lagosians to patronize Amala Hut. We’ve observed that those things expected to make a restaurant thick are here, no doubt.”
“We’re also pleased with the rate here. Like the owners said, with less than N1,000 one can get a plate of food as well as enjoy a buffet at a reasonable cost on weekends,” she added.