MIchelin Guide includes street food for the first time

[liuzhou]

The new Michelin Guide to Hong Kong has a Street Food category for the first time.

 

More here.

[Lisa Shock]

It's a great idea overall as food served in all sorts of places is improving. I just wish they'd change the star system for the street food category. (change it to hearts or something) I mean, in regular fine dining, service (front of the house) plays a hugely important role in getting Michelin stars, particularly the third one, which Gordon Ramsay often says belongs to the front of the house -the first two belonging to the kitchen. I don't doubt that someone somewhere is making street food worthy, taste-wise, of El Bulli. But, a street vendor simply could not compete with the attentive service which was El Bulli's hallmark.

[firion]

That's an interesting shift. Though not very surprising, as some street food is so delicious that it can outrun restaurants. Basically, they are restaurants, just cheaper and less exquisite.