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This is a noodle place

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that just opened recently in the Kwun Tong area

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Oh, it opened recently

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It's quite clean

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I went there once

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Have you been there?

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Yeah, I've been there just once

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Actually, this area

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has a lot of great noodle places

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Yeah, there are a lot, so many

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[Entering]

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The menu doesn't have English

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but if you use a translator

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Actually..

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It's not that hard

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It’s basically just choosing

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what ingredients to add to your noodles

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That's right

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It's kind of like Tamjai style

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Yeah, that's it

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Topping style

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In Korea, they usually pre-pack the ingredients

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but here it’s more like checking off what you want

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Right

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You can choose what you want to eat

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[Check with a pen]

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Two toppings cost 37 HKD (about 6,790 KRW)

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and three toppings are 46 HKD (about 8,440 KRW)

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You have to choose the ingredients

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You also have to choose the noodles

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And you have to choose the soup

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[Order completed]

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Oh, it's exhausting

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[Drained]

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I feel particularly stressed when I come to places like this

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It's frustrating at first

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Right

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Since communication’s a bit tough

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Others are busy choosing the menu

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It's awkward to ask

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There's a limit to translation

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When translated

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"pickled mushrooms" or "rotten fish"

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It comes out like this

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[Old Hong Kong Signboard]

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The interior is decorated

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to recreate the old Hong Kong vibe

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as much as possible

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[Drinks arrived]

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-Thank you
-Thank you

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You said it's a new place, right?

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Yeah, a new place

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It's definitely clean

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Definitely clean

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Somehow

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What you said is exactly right

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It's not a feeling that comes from tradition

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Yeah, yeah

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It’s like how Seoul’s Hanok Village

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Yeah, yeah, yeah

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recreates a traditional Korean village

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Yeah, yeah

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But the interior seems pretty

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Somehow the entrance

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feels like an old store

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But it's kind of new when you come inside

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Something hard to see in Hong Kong

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It's kind of like that

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The drinks came out, and they even served them

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- in disposable cups like this
- They give disposable cups

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A designed, pretty one

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One downside is that

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noodle places like this

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often include drinks

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Yeah, that's right

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But here, they charge 12 HKD (about 2,200 KRW)

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to 14 HKD (about 2,570 KRW) per drink

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Usually, if it’s part of a set, drinks cost 
around 5-6 HKD (about 920-1,100 KRW)

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I know

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I ordered pork shoulder, dumplings, and sausage

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I think they gave me this again

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telling me that this was what I had ordered

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They don’t give separate receipts here

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Instead, they hand you the menu

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and you use that to pay

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That's how the system is set up

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Mine is beef shank broth

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The color looks pretty rich, right?

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I just added all the meat toppings

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I added pork shoulder

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and pig’s trotters too

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Pig's trotters?

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Yeah, it was on the menu

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Oh, they had pig's trotter

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I also ordered slightly thin noodles

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[Drinking the broth first]

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The broth is delicious

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Is it okay?

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Isn't it spicy? It's medium spicy one

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I got the medium spice level, but it’s not spicy at all

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Beef shank broth is so rich

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If you choose the the ingredients

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with a star next to them

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Looks like you can't go wrong

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You should choose the ingredients with a star

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First of all, this is so delicious

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Pork shoulder

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Wow, is this pork shoulder?

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Yeah

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I think this is better

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than grilled Korean pork shoulder

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It's the dumpling style I really like

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Inside, there's...

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corn

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Dumplings with corn inside are really good

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[Personal taste]

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You’ll find dumplings like these at hot pot places

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Yeah, they do

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Actually, all the ingredients here

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taste pretty good!

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Personally, the sausage is a bit

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[???]

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not worth the cost

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[Regret]

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But wasn't it supposed to be cheese sausage?

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I know

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But there's no cheese

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How's the broth?

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Try it

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The peanut flavor is really strong

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Remember that tantanmen place we went to?

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I liked it because the peanut flavor wasn’t too strong

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[Understood]

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Hmm, rather?

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Just right

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Just enough

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A moderate flavor is nice

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but when it's too strong

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it can get overwhelming while eating

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The taste isn’t bad

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but the bowls and overall vibe feel more like a snack bar

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than a restaurant

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If I could suggest a solution

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[Hong Kong's Baek Jong-won]

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they should use smaller bowls

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Aha

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It looks too empty

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even though it’s not

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To be honest, the portion size isn’t exactly small

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It's not small, but the bowl is too wide

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Actually, that’s why

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smaller bowls might work better?

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But when I see other people

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it looks really plentiful

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Isn't it because you ordered sausages?

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Oh, really?

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[Problem solved]

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[Observing Order Paper]

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Is it an extra 10 HKD (about 1,830 KRW) 
if you get more than three toppings?

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[Looking carefully]

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Yeah

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If you have a good appetite

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4-5 toppings might be a good choice

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Wow, but I’ve never seen anyone get 4-5 toppings

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Always

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[Personal Experience]

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My wife always tells me

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"Never order veggies at a noodle place like this"

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Don't order vegetables

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Yeah, there's vegetables

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at the menu there

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Veggies and meat cost the same here

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Ah, right

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Some places usually give

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a bit of veggies by default

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but here, it’s just one lettuce leaf

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I had a lettuce leaf too

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What I’m realizing while eating is that

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the portion is surprisingly big

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Maybe because I ordered only meat, I feel a bit full

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Did you order only 3 meats?

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Meats only

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Oh, but I think you have to go with meat no matter what

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I get worried they might take my bowl when a staff comes by

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[Trauma]

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The taste isn’t weird

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or like I can't eat it

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But it feels like it’s missing that extra 2% to be perfect

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Wow, right, right

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I don't know what that 2% is

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but anyway, there's something a little lacking

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That's right, because of that 2%

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I said it felt like a snack bar earlier

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But I can't find what it is

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There's a slight disappointment

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A bit of something missing

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The meat tastes good on its own

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the noodles are great by themselves

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and even the broth is flavorful

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But there's something lacking

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Maybe it’s because they just opened

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so we might need to give them some time

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Or if we come back a few more times

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we might figure out what that missing 2% is

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Exactly, it’s not like I wouldn’t come back if someone suggested it

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My bowl got taken away

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[Sad Ending]

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I gave it back because of the 2% lacking

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[Give Away]

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I really like the table

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You know those slightly round ones, right?

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The round ones are really uncomfortable

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This is spacious

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and honestly, it's okay to share a table like this

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Yeah, it's okay

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The total came out to 146 HKD (about 26,780 KRW)

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Oh~

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Actually, for a noodle place like this

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it's a bit on the expensive side

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Plus, seeing that the drinks are also expensive

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That's right

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It has a bit of a premium feel

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and the taste isn't definitely bad

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It's not

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It’s just the price that feels a bit disappointing

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Yeah, right

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It's definitely a bit expensive

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So next time, we'll find a tastier place

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and continue our journey

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Joykin

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HKL's three-line review
I don’t care noodles (Kwun Tong)

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1. Retro Hong Kong interior

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2. A clean, newly opened noodle shop

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3. An almost perfect unfinished taste