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A street food vendor in Singapore has only gone and bagged himself a Michelin-star after tasters tried his food and couldn't get enough of it.
Malaysian-born Chan Hon Meng, who is also the chef at Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle in Singapore, was blown away when he got a call from the famous restaurant reviewers inviting him to an award ceremony.
And he was even more shocked when it turned out they wanted to hand him a Michelin-star to go with the invite.
Chan has been working in kitchens for 35 years and trained in Hong Kong.
Speaking of his disbelief about the award, he said: "When I received the invitation I was uncertain. I asked them, 'Are you joking? Why would Michelin come to my stall?'"
"I said, 'I've never heard of Michelin inspectors visiting a street stall, can even a hawker be nominated?'
But he certainly could be nominated and now the 51-year-old, who works 17 hours a day, has been honoured with a Michelin star award.
Chan sells 180 chickens a day and serves soya sauce chicken noodles.
The feast, priced at just over £1 per portion, is now the cheapest Michelin-starred meal in the world, although he's regularly seeing queues of 100 people lining up to buy a portion of the meal.
On receiving the award, he told Reuters: "Never knew hawker food can go global. Hopefully the next generation will also pick this up."
Good on you lad, makes me want to taste some of your grub.
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Words by James Dawson