Street food, hawkers and the Michelin Guide in Singapore

Henderson, Joan C.

doi:10.1108/bfj-10-2016-0477

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“…Structural changes in status have been critical to the reimagining of hawking. Singapore was the first Southeast Asian nation to be rated by the Michelin Guide, and in 2016 (the first year of rating) several hawker stalls were awarded Michelin stars (Henderson, 2017). Iwashina and Pellegrini (2011), linking Chan with the story of 85-year-old Jiro Ono, sushi master and owner of a 10-seat, three-Michelin-star restaurant in a Tokyo subway station.…”

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Hawkerpreneurs: Hawkers, Entrepreneurship, and Reinventing Street Food in Singapore

Tarulevicz

2018

Rev. adm. empres.

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The hawker center is an icon of contemporary Singapore and an essential element of national identity, but one that has undergone multiple reinventions. Most recently hawking has repeatedly been presented as approaching crisis, prompted by an aging hawker population. The response of the Singapore government has been to begin another historic transformation of the hawker, focusing on the hawker entrepreneur - the hawkerpreneur. Ahead of reinvention, codification of knowledge about hawking was required and provided by museum exhibitions and cultural celebrations in media. The hawker became romanticized, a figure of history, distanced from an emergent next generation. These new hawkers are imagined by public and private interests as being successful entrepreneurs and glamorous, suit-wearing people. A change in status for hawking, achieved by a new image and structural changes, such as rankings by Michelin, are being used to signal this new phase of Singaporean street food.

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confidence: 99%

Hawkerpreneurs: Hawkers, Entrepreneurship, and Reinventing Street Food in Singapore

Tarulevicz

2018

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“…On a country specific scale, several types of tourism markets have been explored: street markets in New Zealand (Kikuchi and Ryan, 2007), craft markets in South Africa (Kü sel and Ras, 2010), and the day time open air Pike Fish Market in the USA (Aiello and Gendelman, 2008). Researchers have also analyzed markets in Singapore (Henderson, 2000;Ibrahim and Leng, 2003) and Thailand (Bishop and Robinson, 1999). The studies have examined the multiple benefits to tourists of visiting local markets: first, the markets provide the opportunity to purchase locally-made goods (Henderson, 2000); and second, markets of this type offer authentic experiences in terms of novelty, socialization and better appreciation of the region's unique cultural differences (Chang et al, 2007;Kikuchi and Ryan, 2007;Ooi, 2002).…”

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Shining a light on Asian night markets: vendors’ and visitors’ views

Lee¹,

Pearce

2019

IJTC

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to build on both the theoretical work concerning the co-creation of experiences, and the need for micro-businesses to adopt a consumer-friendly orientation. The researchers examined the compatibility of vendors’ views of their visitors’ perspectives and the visitors’ own assessments of two Hong Kong night markets. Using a large sample survey with over 1,900 tourists and 120 vendors, and examining the data through mean difference testing and factor analysis, the comparability of the views was examined. Key findings were that vendors consistently overestimated the positivity of the visitors’ views. Value for money, trustworthiness of the vendors and product variety were items indicating strong differences where vendors assumed visitors perceived night markets more favorably than did the visitors themselves. The work challenges some assumptions of service design logic and speculates that the durability of night markets is at risk without better vendor understanding of the visitors’ perspectives. Design/methodology/approach The study builds on both the theoretical work concerning the co-creation of experiences, and the need for micro-businesses to adopt a consumer-friendly orientation. The researchers examined the compatibility of vendors’ views of their visitors’ perspectives and the visitors’ own assessments of two Hong Kong night markets. Using a large sample survey with over 1,900 tourists and 120 vendors and examining the data through mean difference testing and factor analysis, the comparability of the views was examined. Findings Key findings were that vendors consistently overestimated the positivity of the visitors’ views. Value for money, trustworthiness of the vendors and product variety were items indicating strong differences where vendors assumed visitors perceived night markets more favorably than did the visitors themselves. The work challenges some assumptions of service design logic and speculates that the durability of night markets is at risk without better vendor understanding of the visitors’ perspectives. Research limitations/implications For the present work, it would be desirable to ascertain that the figures reported apply to other night markets in Hong Kong and China. Further, the generalizability of the results for different market types, those that offer food or cater to specific interests needs examination. The possibility exists that the general night market will fold as specific tailored options, such as craft, art, flower and homewares themed spaces replace the basic all-purpose format. Practical implications The implications from this work are that vendors may have to form new group alliances to understand and then deliver the overall atmosphere, quality of goods and service interactions prized by tourists. Vendors need to sustain their appeal and sales through maintenance of these overall night market characteristics. The vendors may be able to escape individual censure and rejection for a while due to the transient customer base, but broader destination and attraction image concerns are likely to be a longer-term force requiring attention. Social implications The implications from this work are that vendors may have to form new group alliances to understand and then deliver the overall atmosphere, quality of goods and service interactions prized by tourists. Vendors need to sustain their appeal and sales through maintenance of these overall night market characteristics. The vendors may be able to escape individual censure and rejection for a while due to the transient customer base, but broader destination and attraction image concerns are likely to be a longer-term force requiring attention. Originality/value The broad aim of the study can be identified as the desire to examine the compatibility of vendor and tourists’ views, and the more specific aims of this broad agenda will be articulated after reviewing the core conceptual ideas driving the work.

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“…Yiyecek, turistler için önemli bir cazibe unsuru olarak değerlendirilmiştir ve birçok destinasyon turistlere yemek deneyimi sağlamaya çalışmaktadır (Cohen ve Avieli, 2004 (Henderson, 2017). Bunun yanı sıra "Sokak Yemekleri Meydanı Derneği", "İtalyan Sokak Gıdası Derneği", "Hindistan Sokak Satıcıları Ulusal Birliği", "Atlanta Sokak Gıda Koalisyonu", "İngiliz Sokak Gıdası Dernekleri Birliği" çeşitli dernekler sokak gıda endüstrisinin hayatta kalması ve daha fazla gelişmesi için mücadele veren sivil toplum kuruluşlarıdır.…”

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Sokak Lezzetlerine İlişkin Tüketici Tercihleri: Gaziantep Örneği1 (Consumer Preferences Related to Street Tastes: Case of Gaziantep)

Solunoğlu¹,

Nazik²

2018

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Yerel ürünler, turistlerin yerel kültür hakkında bilgi sahibi olmalarına yardımcı olmaktadır. Yiyecek ve kültür birleştiğinde "yemek manzarası" olarak adlandırılabilecek benzersiz bir resim çizmektedir. Yiyecek turizminin gelişmesi için sadece satılması gereken gıdalar değil, tüm "yemek manzarası"nın kullanılması gereklidir. Bu bağlamda sokak lezzetleri oldukça önemli bir yemek manzarası sunmakta, sahip olduğu potansiyel ile ön plana çıkmakta ve bahsedilen yemek manzarasını deneyimleyebilmek açısından oldukça geniş imkanlar sağlamaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı tüketicilerin Gaziantep sokak lezzetlerine yönelik tercihlerinin tespit edilerek, yaş, cinsiyet, eğitim, gelir düzeyi, harcama ortalaması ve tüketim sıklığı gibi çeşitli değişkenler açısından farklılıkların ortaya konulmasıdır. Bu amaçla Gaziantep ilinde sokak lezzetlerini tüketen 424 katılımcıdan elde edilen veriler incelenmiş ve çeşitli bulgulara ulaşılmıştır. Bu bağlamda tüketicilerin sokak lezzetlerine ilişkin tercihlerinin genelde olumlu olduğu, cinsiyet açısından tercihlerinde bir farklılık olmasa da eğitim, gelir ve meslek durumlarına göre farklılıkların bulunduğu ortaya konulmuştur.

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Street food, hawkers and the Michelin Guide in Singapore

Cited by 35 publications

References 44 publications

Hawkerpreneurs: Hawkers, Entrepreneurship, and Reinventing Street Food in Singapore

Hawkerpreneurs: Hawkers, Entrepreneurship, and Reinventing Street Food in Singapore

Shining a light on Asian night markets: vendors’ and visitors’ views

Sokak Lezzetlerine İlişkin Tüketici Tercihleri: Gaziantep Örneği1 (Consumer Preferences Related to Street Tastes: Case of Gaziantep)

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