Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodles stands out as Singapore's only Michelin-starred hawker, renowned for pioneering dry bak chor mee - or minced pork noodles. From the moment it opens its shutters in the morning, the stall attracts long, snaking queues of local and foreign customers. When a competing stall, with a similar name and offerings, started popping up around the island, it prompted the original owner to clarify their Michelin status through a newspaper ad.
Food Feud delves into the backstory of these rival outlets, exploring their shared history and putting the two noodle offerings to a taste test.
00:00 Who is the Michelin-starred bak chor mee hawker?
02:28 Tai Hwa pork noodles gets a Michelin Star
06:13 Tai Hwa vs Tai Wah: Similar names, different noodles?
08:01 Origins of Tai Wah
11:03 Reason for confusion: two different Michelin awards
11:54 Taste testing both stalls' bak chor mee
14:29 Tai Wah's rapid outlet expansion
17:13 Do all Tai Wah's outlets taste the same?
21:21 Will either outlet change their name?
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