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But honestly, it looks just like the tomato soup...

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Oh, right, right

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-There's no difference?
-But in Hong Kong, it's kind of..

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Western food like this is popular

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So, just like you've seen, you can choose red soup

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or white soup like this

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(Hong Kong Lunch)

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(North Point, Hong Kong)
Hello, this is Hong Kong Lunch

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We're going to a somewhat famous restaurant

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Yes

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(Into the shopping mall)

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(Common shopping mall in Hong Kong)

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This restaurant is actually a really old one

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That's right

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Feels like it's been around for,

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- like, 70 years...
- It's a restaurant that started in 1952

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That's amazing

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It has been newly renovated..

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- So, it's very clean
- Wow

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Wow, there's also that old telephone voice

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That's right

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(Sitting down)

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First of all, the atmosphere... is interesting

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It's very classic, kind of..

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- feels like the atmosphere from 50 years ago
- Right, and quite..

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Hong Kong's old foreign style

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Yes, yes

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The staff's clothes too

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are somewhat elegant

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and seem to be dressed classically like this

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They say there's only 70 minutes

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(Time Attack)

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I guess we have to eat a bit quickly

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If you come for lunch, it's just like this,

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there are only lunch set menus

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So here...

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- the one we always drink
- Tomato

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Yes, tomato

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Or here, it might be cream soup

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And just ABCDEFGH,

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you can't choose anything else

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This restaurant has a somewhat unique history

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The owner is Chinese

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Long ago during the war,

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he learned Belarusian cuisine in Shanghai

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And he brought it directly to Hong Kong

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and opened this restaurant

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So the restaurant's vibe, the food feels somewhat

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Belarusian Russian style

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I think it's really interesting

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Wow, it's hard to decide

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(Can't choose)

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I should eat set F

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(Unique atmosphere)

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This is the borscht soup 

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served here in the restaurant

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Kind of like tomato soup?

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But honestly, it looks just like the tomato soup

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- they serve at cha chaan tengs...
- Yeah, that's right

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- There's no difference
- But in Hong Kong, that kind of..

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Western food is in vogue,

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so you can still choose between red soup

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or white soup like this

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And secondly, the bread here is..

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really delicious

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You need to dip it and eat it

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It's really soft and tasty

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(Harmony with butter)

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The taste I had as a child

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(Remembrance)

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(Expecting)

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It's very soft, isn't it?

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- Also sweet
- Yeah

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The shape doesn't look much different from the bread eaten outside,

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but it tastes so good

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The reason this restaurant became famous is

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when Hong Kong films were booming

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and starting to get hot in the 1960s,

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they made a movie here,

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and because of that, this restaurant became famous

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After that, the restaurant gained fame,

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and it seems to have continued until now

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Wow, the soup is also..

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It feels refreshing inside

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(Warmth)

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Typical cream soup

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The softness seems to be twice as much

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(Satisfied)

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(Main course)

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Wow, the portion is... a bit large

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It is much

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Here we ordered fish, rice

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and vegetables

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With this mushroom sauce,

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this is some assorted meats,

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vegetables and a touch of pasta

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I like it so much because the portion is big

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This is Hong Kong-style Western food

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Right

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It's also a bit different from Korean-style Western food

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Right, right

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First, there is too much quantity,

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so I think I need to carefully cut them one by one

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(Careful)

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You're cutting very carefully

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It's a war, it's like a war right now

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(Close-up)

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You can choose between

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 rice, noodles...

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Potato

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Ah, including the potato

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You can choose one of the three,

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and I went with noodles

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(Shaking off the sauce)

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(First bite)

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Is it good?

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It's tender

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It seems like you're picking a few pieces here and there

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I guess the taste is okay

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From the side, I'm just continuously...

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(Confession)

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I'm stealing it

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Beef steak

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Wow, it looks really delicious

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(Unfinished battle)

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Even with the sauce like this

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(Sauce shower)

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But the quality of the meat is quite good

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It’s definitely way better than the typical mixed grill

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 you get at most cha chaan tengs

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Much more delicious

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I'll try the fish here

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(Flatfish)

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It's a fish I've seen a lot anyway

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(Savoring)

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Wow

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Really delicious

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This fish is really good

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(Tender)

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The name of this restaurant is Queens Cafe,

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and it opened in 1952

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The year 1952 is

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the exact year Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne,

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so they named it Queens Cafe

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The more I eat the fish, the softer it seems

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Since the sauce is a cream sauce,

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it matches very well

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Oops, it fell

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(Clean)

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The fish disappeared in an instant

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I finished the fish,

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but there's still a lot of this left

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(Contrast)

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I'm so full right now

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Truly, in the Hong Kong way,

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the moment I put down my fork and

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knife,

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- they've already taken it away
- Right

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And only after finishing everything,

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they tell you to order drinks

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It's been like that since I was young

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I guess old restaurants have that vibe

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Even the old restaurant we went to before,

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was kind of like that too

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From what I see, back in the days..

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it seems Western-style

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(Drink after meal)

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They serve coffee and drinks

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It's just black coffee

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This was included in the set menu earlier, right?

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Yes, because it's a set

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(Little coffee moment)

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So this Queen's Cafe was actually

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a chain store originally

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There were up to 4 locations,

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Back home, there's this huge mall

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called Festival Walk in Kowloon Tong,

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 and we used to go to that branch all the time

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For lunch, every Sunday,

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we went there a lot

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Now it seems like that place is closed, right?

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Many closed, especially during COVID,

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now only two are open

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Even those two,

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the one in this area,

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and the one in Wangjukhong area,

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are newly opened

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(Reopened)

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Even down to the old photos,

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(Telephone booth)

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they seem to have brought it exactly as it was

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It has an atmosphere

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(Into the memory)

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Old bread coupons,

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cake coupons

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It honestly felt like going back to Hong Kong

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- 30 or 40 years ago for a meal,
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 and I was really moved by it

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There were so many amazing things,

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and the food was really good

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- It was really delicious
- That's right

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(58,190 KRW)
The total price now came out to 331 dollars,

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so, for lunch,

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it's a bit pricier than usual cha chaan teng,

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but honestly, you can't say it's that expensive

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Considering the price and taste,

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it seems like it was really good

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So next time, we'll find a more delicious place,

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and continue our Hong Kong trip

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- Joykin
- Bye-bye

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(HKL's three-line review
1. Hong Kong style Western brunch
2. Generous portions and well-prepared course meal 
3. If you miss the old Hong Kong)