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FYI SOUTH Magazine, June 2004.

Mongkok 24 Hours Dim Sum & Lounge 279, LiuHe 2nd Rd., ChienJin, Kaohsiung City (inside the Hotel Holiday Garden) (07) 241-0123；Open 24 hours www.mongkokdimsumlounge.com.tw

       Almost certainly Taiwan's very first lounge-bar-style dim sum establishment, Mongkok--a co-operative venture with the Hotel Holiday Garden--seats up to 120 patrons at conventional dining tables and comfortable sofas. The chef, specially brought in from Hong Kong, creates delicate and inexpensive dim sum dishes. Items are priced at NT$38 per serving and up. The lighting is easy on the eye, yet not so gloomy you can't see what you are eating. The decor is classy but simple, and according to the owners, the style of music played will be lounge and more lounge. Drink choices include plenty of alcoholic and non-alcoholic (teas, coffees, juices) options. As the name indicates, this place will be open 24 hours per day, seven days a week, making it suitable for daytime gatherings; romantic evening meals; and post pub-crawl snacking in the wee hours. Enter through the hotel (located on the corner of LiuHe and ChengGung roads), or by the double doors that face LiuHe 2nd Road. --By Steven Crook