Magical food sellers of Hung Hom

Tonight i want to tell you about some magical food sellers in Hung Hom, who give you special treatment if you go to their shop more than once. This is extra special that they recognise exchange students as all white people look the same.

1. DUMPLING LADY

Dumpling lady is awesome. She is the only English speaker at the homemade dumpling shop, and takes special care of foreigners.
Like many food sellers in Hung Hom, she seems to have magical powers of knowing what people want to eat as soon as they walk in. She also knows what people don't want to eat. For example i once wanted to order spicy sichuan soup and she said 'no, you won't like it.' I tried it a different time, and turns out she's right, i didn't like it.
Tonight i ordered soup and dumplings, and when i went back to pick it up she explained to me that because i go there often she put the dumplings in a special smaller container of soup, instead of in the main noodles. I felt special. Thankyou dumpling lady!


2. DESERT MAN

Desert man is equally awesome. He has dozens of different deserts, and when you go in and sit down he says 'tonight i think you would like ....' and his judgement is also good.


3. PANCAKE MAN

Pancake man is less gentle and more authoritarian in his way of knowing what you want to order. He has a stall on the corner with pancakes, waffles and this other thing i don't know what it's called. As you wander past, and stop briefly outside his dingy shop hole thing points at you and yells 'PANCAKE!' and you don't really have a choice. once i tried to order a waffle, and he didn't let me, and gave me a pancake. i don't know whether it's because 'pancake' is his only english word (except for 'eight dollars') or because no locals like his pancakes so whenever foreigners walk past he aggressively fobs off the precooked ones.


Sometime later i'll do the 'worst food sellers of Hung Hom' including 'dirty shirt noodle man' and 'scary korean rice woman who won't give you the drink you want.' Actually there's probably more dodgy food people than nice ones, but dumpling lady makes up for it. Hooray for special dumpling soup!