Kuala Lampur, Nov. 14 -- You could hear the chuckle across Kuala Lumpur the morning the 2026 Michelin Guide for KL & Penang dropped. Not applause. Not outrage. Just a long, collective Malaysian "Aiyo." - the kind you reserve for a friend who has well and truly embarrassed himself.

Because this year, Michelin didn't just stumble. They face-planted into the sambal, rolled into the longkang, and emerged holding a Select certificate. for a restaurant that has been closed for more than a year.

Qureshi at KLGCC.

Closed. Shuttered. Packed up.

Yet awarded.

It's the culinary equivalent of giving a Grammy to a band that broke up in 2023 and whose lead singer moved to Ipoh to start a vegan bakery.

And with that single moment, Michelin revealed...