After a tumultuous year of dietary restrictions, some street vendors and restaurants in Singapore have been cheered by the unveiling of the Michelin Guide’s Bib Gourmand results.

This year, 9 new tables, made up of 4 street vendors and 5 restaurants, entered the Bib Gourmand list, which rewards tables offering “very good value for money”, with a complete and quality menu at a maximum price of S$45′, according to the guide of the French tire company.

A total of 67 restaurants received the Bib Gourmand label this year, two less than last year.

New restaurants that made the cut this year include Indonesian restaurant Cumi Bali (which moved to Tras Street); Fool, a modern wine bar from chef-owner Rishi Naleendra, who also runs Kotuwa (a Bib Gourmand restaurant that serves Sri Lankan cuisine) and the Michelin-starred Cloudstreet; and One Prawn & Co in MacPherson Road, started by Gywneth Ang, a former Burnt Ends chef. The restaurant is known for serving shrimp noodles which have a rich, full-bodied broth.

Rounding out the new restaurant segment, Un-Yang-Kor-Dai, which specializes in Isan cuisine from northeast Thailand, is known for its Leng Zaab and Pen Laos Signature Chicken and Grilled Eel Restaurant Unagi Tei, which was formerly known as man-man.

Kim Keat Palm Market & Food Center in Toa Payoh has two stalls with freshly minted Bib Gourmand status. These are Hai Nan Xing Zhou Beef Noodles, which specializes in Hainanese-style beef noodles, and Lixin Teochew Fishball, which serves handmade fish balls.

Other new hawkers on the Bib Gourmand list are Sing Lung HK Cheong Fun at Beach Road and Kelantan Kway Chap · Pig Organ Soup at Berseh Food Centre.

Notable failures on the Bib Gourmand list

Drop-outs include hawker stalls such as Balestier Road Hoover Rojak, Bedok Chwee Kueh at Bedok Interchange Hawker Center, Chef Kang’s Noodles (by chef Ang Song Kang who runs the only Michelin-star chef Kang’s), Depot Road Zhen Shan Mei Claypot Laksa , Fresh Taste Big Prawn Noodle at Zion Riverside Food Center and Hock Hai Curry Chicken Bee Noon Noodle at Albert Center.

The Chinatown Complex Food Centre’s Hawker Chan stand, which lost its Michelin star last year, failed to earn a Bib Gourmand accolade – a wish its founder-chef Chan Hon Meng had hoped for. However, his Smith Street outlet is still on the Bib Gourmand list.

Gwendal Poullennec, International Director of the MICHELIN Guide, says: “With this selection of newly awarded Bib Gourmand places, we are celebrating the dynamism of the local food industry, which has lost none of its passion nor the quality of its offerings. . The Hawker Center stalls and street food are an integral part of Singapore’s very unique culture, and our inspectors were amazed to dive deep into these authentic dishes full of flavor, culinary experiences and led by talented professionals who enhance the common ingredients.

All eyes on the stars now

All eyes will now be on the announcement of the coveted list of starred restaurants which will be released next Tuesday. The list will be unveiled at a gala dinner and ceremony at Marina Bay Sands on July 12.

(Related: Hawker Chan Keeps Cutting – Michelin Star or Not)