Just one example I wanted to highlight here:
Personally, I don’t think the Michelin inspectors were even aware that Tok Tok Mee Bamboo Noodles (which they listed on Bib Gourmand) just took over the location of Hong Kee Wan Thun Mee last year.
The noodle-makers from the Thum family who ran Hong Kee had learnt their technique from KL-based Jeffrey Tan aka “Loong Sifu”, who plies his own trade in Jalan Lazat, Happy Gardens, KL. They were the ones Michelin inspectors should be looking at, not someone else who just came to squat in that location. The true master chefs were being overlooked completely in this case.
Some of the other entrants in Kuala Lumpur and Penang were even more unbelievable.
