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> No, not everyone can afford to try a Michelin Star restaurant.

If I'm not mistaken, Good Luck Dim Sum has a Michelin star. If you're already in San Francisco, or if you can get there, then basically everyone can afford it.

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They don't! They might be Michelin-rated, but that's different.

Here's the full list in SF: https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/california/san-francisco/re...

There are some cheap Michelin stars in Asia, which were added rather recently after the guide got flak for being too snooty. A few local spots in HK and Singapore cost just a few bucks and have stars (and incredibly long lines).

Also in HK, rather weirdly, mediocre mid range restaurants are rather expensive. So much so, that I've been invited to such restaurants and ended up paying about the same as I'd pay in 3 Michelin starred restaurant like Forum (we average around 70 usd per person for Dim Sum) or Tang Court (about the same).

Much of traditional high-end Chinese dining revolves around status, meaning you can easily pay megabucks for a luxury ingredient like shark's fin or abalone, but the taste and presentation of the $100 dish containing these will otherwise be identical to the $10 one without them.

In sf there's Al's place which is affordable, also there's a sushi place in noe Valley that got the bib award. Imo quality wise it's good, just the service is regular. There's also an Indian place down the peninsula that isn't to expensive. Forgot the name and exact town

They gave a Michelin star to a (Hainanese) chicken and rice stall at a hawker market in Singapore. I think it's mostly PR honestly because it wasn't all that interesting. The food was very tasty for sure, but it wasn't particularly refined or unique.

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