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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 ktta »

kagamine wrote: post #83
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.

I think one of the important factors is the consistency of the food (taste, presentation, etc.). I learnt this from my research[0]

[0] Jiro Dreams of Sushi on Netflix (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772925/)

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

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Post by aedron »

markcerqueira wrote: post #98
beisner wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure how tongue in cheek you're being, but for those for whom English isn't a first language, calling a large city like DC or NYC a 'town' is pretty common, and is a more colloquial way to describe a region rather than to indicate the size of the named region. Often it is used interchangeably with 'place', for instance: "I've lived in New York City all my life, I've got to get out of that town."

Must be a regional thing because I've never heard of cities like NYC or SF referred to as towns. I would also say "get out of town" is a saying that means "I need to get out of this specific place." Whether the place is a town, city, region is besides the point.

"New York, New York, a helluva town. The Bronx is up but the Battery's down"

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

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Post by dempseye »

fatjokes wrote: post #7
avar wrote: post #4

The article doesn't make this obvious, but the Michelin Guide just expanded into Singapore this year. Singapore has some amazing food, and the hawker stalls are no exception. If anything they exceed far fancier restaurants with their focus and authenticity. But as far as this being news or worthy of HN goes, this just seems like shameless corporate propaganda, even the video accompanying the article is entirely produ…

Suggestions for delicious street food in Europe? I travel to Europe pretty often and consider myself quite the glutton but have yet to experience good street food (great restaurants, yes, but not street food).

Europe is much too diverse to give you proper recommendations without knowing what city or country you'll be in.

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

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Post by david-given »

dempseye wrote: post #102
ali0sha wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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'.

> unless you're someone in high society, in which case it is just 'Town' Please give us an example of this usage.

Go read any of Dorothy Sayer's Peter Wimsey novels --- not only are they excellent, but they're an interesting insight into upper-class cultureof the 1920s. The main character says this a lot.

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Post by Retric »

billskills wrote: post #110
philovivero wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's not right. If you discount China as a superpower, then you discount a country that could single-handedly throw the entire world into a state of political, economic, and military chaos overnight. Defining power as military-only is as naîve as defining it as male-only or violence-only or sword-only. You are right. One should take care defining a word so narrowly that it can only apply to one thing. If "superpower"…

Look, you eggheads can whine about China's economy all you want, fact is, "power projection"/"force projection" is a _military term_ for the ability to assert military force in a given part of the world in a short period of time. You can argue about _that_ being US-centric if you want, and maybe you should, because most accountings of that metric have the US far ahead of the rest of the world.

China has nuclear weapons and a massive military so it clearly has force projection. The simple fact is the root of all military power is economic power to support a military. US for example does not spend an unreasonable chunk of it's GDP on the military, it just has a massive economy.

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Post by yomly »

smcl wrote: post #88
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?

That's pretty true - quality of food in HK and SG really is at another level for certain cuisines (though options for decent European food are naturally fewer).

From what I've noticed, Asians seem to be more prepared to queue for a good meal.

Examples above aside, those in London need only to go to Kanadaya by Central St Giles to see queues galore.

Jury's out on whether this is a down to a great desire to experience good food or people being kiasu (fear of missing out)

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Post by dempseye »

david-given wrote: post #114
dempseye wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> unless you're someone in high society, in which case it is just 'Town' Please give us an example of this usage.

Go read any of Dorothy Sayer's Peter Wimsey novels --- not only are they excellent, but they're an interesting insight into upper-class cultureof the 1920s. The main character says this a lot.

Says what, though? I'm just looking for a single sentence that demonstrates the particular usage.

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Post by yardie »

fab1an wrote: post #94
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.

One shouldn't forget that the Guide Michelin started as (or maybe still is?) a content marketing strategy for the tire manufacturer Michelin! The original idea (~100 years ago!) was to boost demand for cars and tires in general, and what better way to do that than to provide a list of amazing places you'll only get to visit as a motorized person.

The guide was made because the founder of Michelin liked to travel and liked to eat. Over time it grew into an actual product. Rail is well established in Europe. You don't necessarily need a car to visit any of these places

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Post by coldcode »

akiselev wrote: post #73
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…

I don't know of anyone who has done it for 35 years but most small business owners I know in competitive industries like restaurants work at least 12-14 hours a day, often taking only a few days off a month. Perhaps this has to do with the higher cost of living in their areas but it's pretty well accepted that small business owners and sole proprietors generally work a lot more than regular employees. Due to western…

I used to eat at a little Chinese place where the owner worked 364 days a year. I told him he should close on Sunday but he said "my customers would miss me".

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Post by taejo »

dempseye wrote: post #102
ali0sha wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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'.

> unless you're someone in high society, in which case it is just 'Town' Please give us an example of this usage.

A Google Books search for "in town for the season" gives a result in Memoirs of a Peeress (1837) [0] which unambiguously refers to London. (The difficulty is not so much finding an example, as finding an example which explains which town is referred to, since it's "obviously" London)

   [0] https://books.google.de/books?id=ZdpPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA197&dq="town+for+the+season
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