What’s for dinner is the
age old question that 83.7% of
Americans can’t answer at noon each day according to
research quantified by Foodservice
Solutions® team. That’s
OK, because you can get great grocerant fresh prepared food Ready-2-Eat and
Heat-N-Eat food almost everywhere today.
How good is great fresh
food? For Chan Hon Meng of Singapore a
(food truck) street food chef was stunned after his hawker stall becomes
world's first to earn Michelin star. Keyan Milanian first reported that
“Chan Hon Meng, who is also the chef at Hong Kong
Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle in Singapore, said he was left dumbfounded”
when he found out that he won the first Michelin star for a hawker stall.
Malaysian-born
Chan Hon Meng, said yes when he got a call from the famous restaurant reviewers
inviting him to an awards ceremony. Then he was “even more shocked when he was
handed a prestigious one star award for his work.”
Chan, who
has been working in kitchens for 35 years and trained in Hong Kong, said:
"When I received the invitation I was uncertain." …I asked them, 'Are
you joking? Why would Michelin come to my stall?'" he continued….
"I said, 'I've never heard of Michelin inspectors visiting a
street stall, can even a hawker be nominated?'
"He
said, 'We only judge based on the food, not on the venue.'" Incredibly,
the 51-year-old, who works 17 hours a day, was then honored with a one Michelin
star award.
One
success clue for foodservice professionals is do what you love and love what
you do as that is what Chan Hon Meng does every day. When Chan first became a chef there were
chefs who told me the highest honor you could attain is to be in the Michelin
guide.
"At that time, we didn't imagine that
the Michelin Guide would come here [to
Singapore]. We thought it was just something found abroad. "For us chefs
we long for the day we are recognized internationally."
Chan sells 180 chickens a day and serves Hong Kong -style soya sauce chicken
noodles, regularly seeing queues of 100 people lining up to buy a portion of
the meal. The hawker feast, priced at just over £1 per portion, is now the
cheapest Michelin-starred meal in the world.
Millennials are in search of fresh food discovery
in the US. Are you selling great food
fresh, fast, and ready to be famous? You
never know but a Michelin Guide reviewer might just be your next customers.
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