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Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star

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Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star

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Post by ponyfleisch »

r00fus wrote: post #80
dak1 wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Being classified as a "superpower" is a term in political science that means the country has the ability to project unparalleled influence on a global scale. Don't let the prominence of discussions of China's "rise" fool you though, it is most certainly not a superpower. It certainly has the capacity to be one some day, but its power projection capability is fairly restricted to its immediate vicinity in East Asia st…

I must respectfully disagree. China is the worlds manufacturing center. The power it projects globally cannot be understated.

I think this is about military power.

Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star

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Post by 2muchcoffeeman »

voycey wrote: post #50
bane wrote: post #21

Until recently, I thought Michelin stars were awarded everywhere if the food was good enough. As it turns out, only select cities are reviewed. Recently there's been a big push to get Michelin to review food in Seoul, South Korea (which was successful). I always just thought the lack of stars meant the food scene wasn't quite good enough. It turns out the lack of stars in, say, Washington D.C., just means they haven'…

Yeah not a thing over here in Australia which I find strange as being a UK expat the food over here is exemplary even at a cafe level!

Well, we have our own Hat system in Australia.

Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star

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Post by kagamine »

phantom_oracle wrote: post #27

Not to discount the efforts of this chef, but is it not possible that the organization called Michelin has done this in an attempt to stay relevant with the growing East-Asia market? It kind of reads like a touch-your-heart story that will increase brand-presence of Michelin and the validity of their ratings of food. Who knows though...

the food is not just rated on taste and the decor (or lack of it in this case) is not a significant factor afaik. From my extensive research[1] the reviewer takes into account:

1. taste

2. presentation

3. use of local ingredients

4. use of fresh quality ingredients

    [1]every episode of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares UK.

Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star

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Post by jpatokal »

hiou wrote: post #49

* > Incredibly, the 51-year-old, who works 17 hours a day* Could anyone comment on if this is an exaggeration? After commuting plus basic life tasks like bathing etc, this would allow him for a realistic maximum of 5 hours of sleep a day. And that is optimistic as likely this results in about 4 hours a day. It seems like the story of a person who has gone 35 years on 4 hours of sleep a day is possibly more interestin…

It's quite plausible. However, it's also common for successful hawker stall proprietors to hire staff to do much or even all of the work for them, and since it's essentially a cash-only business, it's easy to avoid taxes for a good chunk of your earnings.

A good example of this is 328 Katong Laksa, once Singapore's most famous hawker stall, which has fragmented into at least half a dozen competing variants: one's at the original location, one has the license to the name, some are run by the original dude's family, etc.

Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star

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Post by jwdunne »

drauh wrote: post #44
bjornsing wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like how you call Washington D.C. a "town". That's a very modest description of the capital of the world's only superpower. :P Now, Järpen in Sweden is a town (with about 1400 inhabitants). It has a restaurant called Fäviken. This restaurant has two Michelin stars [1]. 1. https://www.viamichelin.com/web/Restaurant/Jarpen-83005-Favi...

The English refer to London as a "town". E.g. Town and Country Magazine (est.1769). [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_and_Country_Magazine

In fact, in the north at least, when we say "town" as though its a proper noun, we mean the city centre. To me, that's Manchester despite living in Salford. For example, "I'm off to town this weekend" means I'm going Manchester.

Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star

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Post by aries1980 »

dak1 wrote: post #57
Retric wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

China clearly qualifies as a superpower. Though, it's influence is more economic than military it still wields considerable influence on the global stage. EX: This is more than a decade out of date, but it's a useful reference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superpower#/media/File:1_AD_to...

Being classified as a "superpower" is a term in political science that means the country has the ability to project unparalleled influence on a global scale. Don't let the prominence of discussions of China's "rise" fool you though, it is most certainly not a superpower. It certainly has the capacity to be one some day, but its power projection capability is fairly restricted to its immediate vicinity in East Asia st…

> is a term in political science that means the country has the ability to project unparalleled influence on a global scale

What is the quantitative metric of this?

Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star

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Post by yeukhon »

achamayou wrote: post #28
bane wrote: post #21

Until recently, I thought Michelin stars were awarded everywhere if the food was good enough. As it turns out, only select cities are reviewed. Recently there's been a big push to get Michelin to review food in Seoul, South Korea (which was successful). I always just thought the lack of stars meant the food scene wasn't quite good enough. It turns out the lack of stars in, say, Washington D.C., just means they haven'…

That's true in the US and Asia, but not in Europe, where you will find that the majority of three star-rated places aren't in big cities to begin with.

My wild guess, however, is that many of these three-star places are in some ancient / traditional / cultural towns.

Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star

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Post by smcl »

yomly wrote: post #12

Really fantastic achievement and a really down to earth take on food - good to see Michelin not adopting a stuffy elitist stance on their awards. I shudder, however, when I think of the queues to try this tasty goodness. For reference, queues can easily top 90 mins if a hawker stall is locally well reviewed! And just over the sea, the queues for Tim Ho Wan (Michelin star dim sum in Hong Kong) are also already oppress…

Given the multitude of good quality food you can get in Singapore (and presumably also HK) I cannot imagine that there's a hawker stand worth waiting 90 minutes for. Am I missing something?

Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star

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Post by oliwarner »

yeukhon wrote: post #87
achamayou wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's true in the US and Asia, but not in Europe, where you will find that the majority of three star-rated places aren't in big cities to begin with.

My wild guess, however, is that many of these three-star places are in some ancient / traditional / cultural towns.

Not at all.

When you have the requisite density of Michelin reviewers, you can be in the arse-end of nowhere and still get your stars if your food, service and venue are up to scratch.

Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star

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Post by ali0sha »

drauh wrote: post #44
bjornsing wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like how you call Washington D.C. a "town". That's a very modest description of the capital of the world's only superpower. :P Now, Järpen in Sweden is a town (with about 1400 inhabitants). It has a restaurant called Fäviken. This restaurant has two Michelin stars [1]. 1. https://www.viamichelin.com/web/Restaurant/Jarpen-83005-Favi...

The English refer to London as a "town". E.g. Town and Country Magazine (est.1769). [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_and_Country_Magazine

Not quite. London is clearly a city and referred to as such, unless you're someone in high society, in which case it is just 'Town'.
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