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Neighbourhood hidden gem, Mei King Dim Sum restaurant.

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Neighbourhood hidden gem, Mei King Dim Sum restaurant.

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Every early morning starting from four o’clock to eleven o’clock, Mei King dim sum restaurant started its hustle and bustle when the estate is sound asleep, readying for customers swamping in for an early breakfast or a late night treat. Shek Kip Mei estate is the first public housing estate in Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest resettlement buildings that is built in 1954. Most of the first settled residents have stayed there for decades and established a neighborhood of their own. Mei King Dim Sum restaurant has been there for over a decade and gained a bunch of regulars. One may think early dim sum only appeals to elders. However, Mei King has attracted many student customers throughout the years. Most students are from nearby universities, including the City University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist university. After pulling an all-nighter, they tend to walk or take a taxi over to have steaming hot dim sum to reward a night of hard work.

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Two students are walking up a stairway thats leads to Shek Kip Mei Estate where Mei king is on the platform of the estate on Nov. 23, 2022.

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Mei King restaurant is located at the platform of Shek Kip Mei Estate and opened at four o'clock in the morning on Nov. 23, 2022.

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A regular customer (who did not reveal his name) arrived as the restaurant was about to open, and made himself a pot of hot tea from the back kitchen where most customers are not allowed in on Nov. 23, 2022.

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Customers are arriving and queuing up to get fresh dim sum from the food stands on Nov. 23, 2022.

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Mrs. Leung 56 years old, who has been working in Mei King for almost a decade, is getting steamed dim sum from the cart for customers on Nov. 23, 2022.

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Mrs. Leung 56 years old, who has been working in Mei King for almost a decade, takes a bamboo case full of steam buns from the rack and let the customer choose on Nov. 23, 2022.

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A worker is refilling freshly made dim sum from the kitchen to the food stall after it had been swept clean by the first round go customers on Nov. 23, 2022.

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A worker is walking in and out of the kitchen refilling congee to the food stall on Nov. 23, 2022.

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Mr. Chan has been a dim sum chef for most of his life and worked in Mei king for over a decade, is frying turnip cake and shrimp pancakes while delivering food to customers on Nov. 23, 2022.

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Mrs. Chan has been working here for almost 5 years and is introducing today's dims while clipping dishes of them from the bamboo cases on Nov. 23, 2022. She said the working hours here are tough as it opens during the early morning but it is nice seeing familiar faces every morning. She joked she might consider quitting if it had to open later than eleven o'clock.

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Dim sums including siu mai, rice rolls, steamed beef balls and etc are freshly made by the dim sum chef and steamed in a bamboo case from the kitchen on Nov. 23, 2022. The dim sum will be refilled once the ones outside are cleared out and run out usually a little bit before closing time.

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The deep-fried food, one of the popular items in Mei king restaurant, is stored in a heated glass display box on Nov. 23, 2022. Mrs. Leung said the deep-fried custard buns are popular among the students.

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Kalista Ng, 22 years old (left), and her friend Bonnie Chiu, 19 years old (right) are enjoying their dim sum after finishing their assignments on Nov. 23, 2022. They are both students from Baptist University and stayed on the same floor in the student residence hall. Chiu has been here a couple of times while today is Ng's first visit. It is as good as she had imagined said Ng.

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Mr. Lee ( 72 years old) is having a cigarette after finishing his dim sum on Nov. 23, 2022. Lee has been living in Shek Kip Mei Estate for twenty years. He enjoyed coming down not for dim sum but for hot tea and company said, Lee.

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Mei Choi House is one of the estates in Shek Kip Mei Estate that most will walk past when leaving Mei King on Nov. 23, 2022.