The New Food Capital of the World
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This is old news, but anyways, it still makes for interesting discussion!
The New Food Capital of the World
Amazing... 191 Michelin Stars to Tokyo with Paris a distant second with just 97 Michelin Stars!!
I want this publication!
The folks at Michelin have finally wisened up!
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the only reason why we're not the food capital of the world .... is because the frogs still thought Singapore's part of China .... and the snotty surrender monkeys didn't care for our hawker centers ....
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Originally posted by Fatum:
the only reason why we're not the food capital of the world .... is because the frogs still thought Singapore's part of China .... and the snotty surrender monkeys didn't care for our hawker centers ....
Fatum, we're talking Michelin Stars here, not just good street food.
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Originally posted by Rhonda:
Fatum, we're talking Michelin Stars here, not just good street food.
yah, I know ....
I just fail to understand why we should let the frogs judge other culinary traditions according to their benchmarks .....
and also maybe because I'm a peasant at heart ... a couple of weeks ago I was eating a lamb rack at an italian resturant, I got fed up and threw down my knife and starting eating with my fingers ... i think a few patrons at the other tables were awed ... that's why I'd prefer to be tapping out tulang on a greasy hawker center table top instead ...
I also read that quite a few top resturants in japan refused to participate or be listed cos they deem it an affront to their art to be judged by foreigners unschooled in the subtleties of japanese cuisine ....
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Yes, but the way to teach others about the beauties of your cuisine, is not to adopt a hoity-toity attitude, but to approach them and say, "Might we enlighten you on the intricacies of our cuisine?"
I read "The Perfectionist" by Rudolph Chelminski about a 3-star Michelin chef, Bernard Loiseau, who committed suicide in 2003. The book also offered a glimpse of how Michelin awards its stars. The standards are really exacting and the judging is very harsh, in order to maintain the standards. The fact that the Michelin cronies have stepped outside their comfort zone and awarded Michelin Stars to Japanese restaurants is a gigantic first step that should be applauded, not met with name-calling.
This being their first foray into non-Western cuisine, I wait with baited breath to see how they will refine their criteria for subsequent years. I will only resort to derogatory name-calling if they still haven't polished up their act and gained the respect and reverance of all Japanese chefs.
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michelin stars has always been associated with haute cuisine ...
somehow I find them snobbish in associating fine dining with expensive dining ...
but hey .... that's just me ... the only frogs I like comes in a steaming claypot in geylang ....
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Originally posted by Fatum:
michelin stars has always been associated with haute cuisine ...
somehow I find them snobbish in associating fine dining with expensive dining ...
but hey .... that's just me ... the only frogs I like comes in a steaming claypot in geylang ....
Not all restaurants who receive Michelin stars offer fine dining.
BTW, the term 'fine dining' in itself already denotes expensive pricing.
Goodness... your last sentence sounds just like something Bear would say!
Has he influenced you that much? 
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The only reason why we don't have Michelin stars resturants here is because we have too much access to good and cheap food.
Who wants to pay through their noses when the local kopitiam can satisfy your senses
I agree it will be an experience but not something you wanna do often
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I enjoy both atas and peasant dining and everything in-between. I like variety.
However, dining at an atas place doesn't always mean you end up spening more than eating at a food centre.
e.g.
my share of the bill at vis a vis (french restaurant) recently was about $50+ (soup, main course, dessert)
recent newton gluttony outing: $60+ (granted, I ate a lot more there)
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Originally posted by av98m:
I enjoy both atas and peasant dining and everything in-between. I like variety.
However, dining at an atas place doesn't always mean you end up spening more than eating at a food centre.
e.g.
my share of the bill at vis a vis (french restaurant) recently was about $50+ (soup, main course, dessert)
recent newton gluttony outing: $60+ (granted, I ate a lot more there)
But if you were to compare food portions and type of food you get :PDamn I'm craving for more butter bbq crab and prawns :X
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Originally posted by elindra:
But if you were to compare food portions and type of food you get :PDamn I'm craving for more butter bbq crab and prawns :X
different kind of dining experience mah...small quiet cozy restaurant vs hot noisy smoky hawker centre -
Originally posted by av98m:
different kind of dining experience mah...small quiet cozy restaurant vs hot noisy smoky hawker centreYa la and you get to dress up nicely too LOL
I like both actually
Atas and non-atas
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Cheap shiok satisfying food.
Exquisitely designed food at 72nd floor atas place with a view to kill.
Somewhere between would be a bakery cafe with the view of the private boats and the sea with the sun setting.
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about atas dining.. bourdain did say something which struck me... he said that any idiot can make great tasting food with the best of ingredients like foie gras and whatever...
however, it takes a true master and ability to be able to turn something which butchers usually throw away into something delicious... and that is true cooking skill...
as for michelin stars.. why is the michelin man there? michelin makes tyres
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Originally posted by the Bear:
however, it takes a true master and ability to be able to turn something which butchers usually throw away into something delicious... and that is true cooking skill...
Innards....Hmmmmm -
Originally posted by elindra:
The only reason why we don't have Michelin stars resturants here is because we have too much access to good and cheap food.
Who wants to pay through their noses when the local kopitiam can satisfy your senses
I agree it will be an experience but not something you wanna do often
actually, i think michelin has been a guide for only the big cities in the US and Europe ... Japan was their first foray outside of these two places I think ....
we get no stars cos we're not rated ...