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HUNGRY CITY

It’s 3 a.m. at Sun Hing, a raucous dim sum parlor in Kennedy Town, the westernmost section of Hong Kong Island, and a crowd of tipsy night owls are competing for table space with early-bird old-timers. This is a true neighborhood joint, the kind of place where menus in Chinese characters are posted on the wall and there’s not much table service. When fresh baskets of quail-egg dumplings and black-sugar cake leave the kitchen, it’s up to you to grab some before they’re gone.

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