Young Singapore chefs serve up hope for street food's future

Hawker Neo Cheng Leong (R) and his apprentice Lim Wei Keat at Neo's chicken rice stall in Singapore. Lim is among a small but growing number of young Singaporean street food vendors, or "hawkers", fuelling hopes that a new generation will preserve the city-state's culinary traditions. - AFP

Singapore, Feb 13 (AFP): After the pandemic torpedoed his chance to work at a Michelin-starred New York restaurant, Lim Wei Keat returned to his roots by becoming a Singapore street-food chef cooking local fare.

The 25-year-old is among a growing number of young street-food vendors -- known as "hawkers" locally -- fuelling hopes that a new generation will preserve the city-state's culinary traditions.