Taking Penang's Street Food Global
By Sheryl Teoh
December 2024 COVER STORY
IN 2016, a chicken rice stall in Singapore was awarded a Michelin star. This, and a stall selling pork noodles, are the first two hawker stalls ever to receive Michelin stars. Prior to these instances, it had long been assumed that these coveted stars are awarded only to swanky fine-dining establishments serving haute cuisine, far out of reach of the likes of street food hawkers. After all, the Michelin Guide was started by two Frenchmen—Édouard and André Michelin—and the French...
Sheryl Teoh
holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Linfield College, a liberal arts college in the United States, and majored in History with a focus on Classical Greece and Rome. Her interests include the study of philosophy as well as a range of humanities and socio-political issues.
