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
#2I have tried to comment on this several times but cannot say what I mean : my last try...
This is a fairly big deal for me - not because Michelin awarded a street vendor a star. I don't think this is a stunt, Singapore has sufficient vibrancy in this market that someone was going to be worth a star once they started looking.
No this is a big deal because of the golden future of humankind. Somehow it's possible for all humans to live safe middle class low energy democratic not in a war zone lives. It's a 5% chance maybe.
But it means that to do it we need to raise the lives and lifestyle "bottom" billions. This is the goal of the UN millennium goals and their new follow on work, and it is worthy - and this award, while not really about the poorest of the world, is about how we are spreading the wealth, spreading the capability. A street vendor has the supply chain, the training the market to cook Michelin starred food. This is a tiny tiny hint that we can do it - We can pull everyone up to the golden future
I know there are a million objections to this - but to bastardise William Gibson, the golden future is here, it's just unevenly distributed.
Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star
#3I have tried to comment on this several times but cannot say what I mean : my last try... This is a fairly big deal for me - not because Michelin awarded a street vendor a star. I don't think this is a stunt, Singapore has sufficient vibrancy in this market that someone was going to be worth a star once they started looking. No this is a big deal because of the golden future of humankind. Somehow it's possible for al…
A wonderful thought and insight, and you're right that this is a positive indication. Perhaps for those of us here on HN, a worthwhile thought is how we can accelerate this change and help more rapidly distribute it as well.
Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star
#4The 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 produced by Michelin.
If anything I think the newsworthy aspect of it is why there's been literally no street food stall in Michelin's established markets deemed good enough for certification? Maybe I just have my guilty pleasures, but there's some truly delicious street food to be had in Europe.
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#5Wonderful! I worked in Singapore in April, and the street food is indeed great! I looked at the pictures in article and didn't recognize the chef or his restaurant. My other favorite place to eat in Singapore, that I would like to recommend: in the basement of the famous "Buddha Tooth Relic Temple" is a cafeteria where the monks and the public eat; delicious food!
Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star
#6I thought Michelin stars were about the whole restaurant experience, and especially the consistency. That's interesting they said it was just about the food in the video, that really opens up the award to a more contemporary foodie audience, which is interested in where to get the most delicious X, which is rarely even expensive.
Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star
#7The 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).
Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star
#8I thought Michelin stars were about the whole restaurant experience, and especially the consistency. That's interesting they said it was just about the food in the video, that really opens up the award to a more contemporary foodie audience, which is interested in where to get the most delicious X, which is rarely even expensive.
Me too, but I suppose they are attempting to get with the times. There's always been an air of pretension and stodginess around the whole process. Undoubtedly the food must be excellent, but this is also a feel good story for Michelin and great PR.
Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star
#9I thought Michelin stars were about the whole restaurant experience, and especially the consistency. That's interesting they said it was just about the food in the video, that really opens up the award to a more contemporary foodie audience, which is interested in where to get the most delicious X, which is rarely even expensive.
Street food can have an experience too, if you open your definition of experience beyond white tablecloth
Re: Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Michelin star
#10The 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).
London is packed with street food, but other than that there's less by orders of magnitude than Asia or Latin America. (I'd love to be wrong on this one).