It's Official: Here are Singapore's 17 Michelin-rated Hawker Stalls in 2016

Yes, a plate of chicken rice that costs less than $5 can earn coveted Michelin Guide recognition.

Just not the Michelin stars - those are the testing grounds of full-fledged (read: more atas) restaurants. Instead, eateries, hawker stalls and restaurants that plate up "good value" meals for less than S$45 contend for the Bib Gourmand award.

(UPDATE: If you were looking for the 2017 list, which has some additions to the list, go here.)

On Jul 14, one week before the official release of the inaugural Michelin Guide in Singapore, Michelin announced that 34 such establishments made the mark. 17 are found in traditional hawker centres, 14 are restaurants and 3 are under the ‘other street food' category.

Did the list do the hawker scene justice? That's the talk of the town - but our CEO-readers have some seriously famous hawker eats they probably wish were in this list.

In the meantime, here's to local favourites such as Hainanese chicken rice, Katong laksa and curry puffs. Noteworthy, too:  there were a total of 19 cuisines represented in the list - quite a reflection of Singapore's standing as a food capital of the world.

Here's the full list.

17 Bib Gourmand Hawker Stalls

(sorted by hawker centre)

 #

Hawker Centre

Establishment

1.

Alexandra Village Food Centre

Claypot Laksa (Depot Road Shen Zhen Mei Shan)

2.

Amoy Street Food Centre

A Noodle Story

3.

Amoy Street Food Centre

Famous Crispy Curry Puff

 4.

Amoy Street Food Centre

Hong Kee Beef Noodle

 5.

Amoy Street Food Centre

Hoo Kee Rice Dumpling (Hoo Kee Bak Chang)

 6.

Golden Mile Food Centre

Wedang

 7.

Timbre+ (formerly at Golden Mile)

Fishball Story

 8.

Hong Lim Market & Food Centre

Famous Sungei Road Trishaw Laksa

 9.

115 Bukit Merah View Market & Food Centre

Na Na Curry

 10.

127 Toa Payoh West M&F Centre

Chey Sua Carrot Cake

 11.

Maxwell Food Centre

Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice

 12.

Mei Chin Market & Food Centre

Shi Hui Yuan Hor Fun

 13.

Newton Food Centre

Alliance Seafood

 14.

Tiong Bahru Market

Tiong Bahru Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice

 15.

Tiong Bahru Market

Hong Heng Fried Sotong Prawn Mee

 16.

Whampoa Market Place

Balestier Road Hoover Rojak

 17.

Whampoa Market Place

Liang Zhao Ji Duck Rice

Trivia: The "cut-off" point for the Bib Gourmand varies from country to country - it's usually 35 euros (S$52) for European cities, 5000 yen ($64) in  Japan, and HK$300 ($52) in Hong Kong.)

3 "Other Street Food" Bib Gourmands

#

Name

Cuisine / Speciality & Location

 1.

Bismillah Biryani

Biryani, Dunlop Road

 2.

JB Ah Meng Kitchen

Cantonese, Geylang Lorong 23

 3.

Sin Huat Eating House

Crab Rice Noodle, Geylang Lorong 35

14 Bib Gourmand Restaurants

#

Name

Cuisine / Speciality & Location

 1.

Alaturka

Turkish, Bussorah Street

 2.

Hjh Maimunah

Malaysian, Jalan Pisang

 3.

Ka Soh Restaurant

Fish Head Noodles, College Road

 4.

Kok Sen

Tze Char, Keong Saik Road

 5.

Lagnaa Bare Foot Dining

Indian, Little India

 6.

New Ubin Seafood

Singaporean, Sin Ming Road

 7.

Peony Jade at Keppel Club

Cantonese, Bukit Chermin Road

 8.

Shish Mahal

Indian, Albert Street

 9.

Song Fa Bak Kut Teh

Bak Kut Teh, New Bridge Road

 10.

328 Katong Laksa

Laksa, East Coast Road

 11.

True Blue Cuisine

Peranakan, Armenian Street

 12.

Whole Earth

Thai, Vegetarian, Peck Street

 13.

Yhingthai Palace

Thai, Purvis Street

 14.

Zaffron Kitchen

Indian, East Coast Road

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Looking for a reliable restaurant guide? Head on to The G Restaurant Awards 2016 - we dined anonymously with our esteemed food panel to bring you the definitive list of Singapore's best fine-dining establishments.