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{{short description|Street food stall in Singapore}}
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'''Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle''' ({{zh|first=s|s=香港油鸡饭·面|t=香港油雞飯·麵}}) is a [[street food]] stall in [[Outram, Singapore|Outram]], [[Singapore]]. It is owned and run by Chan Hon Meng. In 2016, the stall became one of the first two street food locations in the world to be awarded a [[Michelin star|star]] in the [[Michelin Guide]], although it lost its star in 2021. It has since become internationally franchised under the English name '''Hawker Chan'''.
==Description==
Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle is a [[street food]] stall, one of over 6,000 such stalls within Singapore. It is owned and run by Chan Hon Meng, and has a signature dish of [[soy sauce chicken]] served with [[rice]]. On average it sells around 150 lunch chicken dishes each day; as of 2016, these dishes were priced at [[Singapore dollar|S$]]2.<ref name="telegraph"/> It is staffed by Chan and his two assistants. The stall itself is fairly typical for those in Singaporean [[hawker centre]]s, featuring a [[neon sign]] and rows of hanging cooked chickens.<ref name="guardianqueue">{{cite news|last1=Han|first1=Kirsten|title=Michelin star for Singapore noodle stall where lunch is half the price of a Big Mac|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/aug/04/michelin-star-for-singapore-noodle-stall-where-lunch-is-half-the-price-of-a-big-mac|access-date=8 August 2016|work=The Guardian|date=4 August 2016}}</ref> Chan later opened a restaurant at 78 Smith Street named ''Hawker Chan Soya Sauce Chicken Rice & Noodle''.<ref name = "Michelin">{{cite web |url= https://guide.michelin.com/sg/en/singapore-region/singapore/restaurant/hawker-chan-soya-sauce-chicken-rice-noodle|title= Hawker Chan Soya Sauce Chicken Rice & Noodle|last= |first= |date= |website= guide.michelin.com|publisher= [[Michelin Guide]]|access-date= 23 May 2022|quote=}}</ref>
==Reception==
The stall became one of the first two street food stalls in the world to be awarded a [[Michelin Star]], alongside [[Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle]], gaining the recognition in the 2016 list for Singapore.<ref name="telegraph" /><ref name=Today/> This was the first time that Singapore had a [[Michelin Guide]] created for it.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|last1=Kim|first1=Soo|title=Singapore street food stalls get Michelin stars|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/singapore/articles/singapore-street-food-stalls-get-michelin-star/|access-date=8 August 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=25 July 2016}}</ref> However, Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle failed to retain its one Michelin star in the 2021 list.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/food/zen-joins-les-amis-and-odette-to-get-three-michelin-stars-in-singapore|title=Fine-dining restaurant Zen joins Les Amis, Odette to get 3 Michelin stars in S'pore|newspaper=[[The Straits Times]]|date=31 August 2021|first=Ah Yoke|last=Wong}}</ref> The restaurant was later included in the Michelin Bib Gourmand.<ref name = "Michelin"></ref>
Chan hoped that the award would result in more young people entering similar businesses, as he had concerns about stalls being run by elderly chefs with no successors to inherit them.<ref name="telegraph"/> Following the announcement of the Michelin star, the queues at the food stall increased in length and a two-hour wait was not uncommon. Sales also increased, from the previous average of 150 dishes per lunchtime to around 180.<ref name="guardianqueue"/> Chan said that he would not increase the prices of his dishes, saying "it’s not fair to raise them just because I won an award, in fact, my suppliers have increased prices four times in the last seven years and I’ve not changed my prices at all. I will continue trying to absorb the price increases until I really can’t do it."<ref name=Today>{{cite web|last1=Tay|first1=Therese|title=Michelin star a double-edged sword for hawkers|url=http://www.todayonline.com/lifestyle/food/michelin-star-double-edged-sword-hawkers|publisher=Today|access-date=8 August 2016|date=8 August 2016}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of Michelin starred restaurants in Singapore]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{commonscat-inline| Hawker Chan}}
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[[Category:Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand restaurants in Singapore]]
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[[Category:Restaurants in Singapore]]
[[Category:Street food in Singapore]]