“**Dai Pai Dong**” is a kind of cooked food stall operated in streets and alleys. It is said that with their licences larger than any other hawker licences and the stalls being packed side by side forming a row of stalls along the streets. The word “Pai” is a transliteration of two Chinese homophones meaning a “licence” or a “row”.) “Dai Pai Dong” food stalls were very popular in the post-war years, providing food and drinks to the common folks at affordable prices.
**Tea houses** were the place for tea and dim sum while Chinese restaurants were for banquets where quests were treated. Famous tea houses of the early 20th century included Ko Sing, Luk Yu, Lin Heung and Dor Nam, while Tai Sam Yuen, Kam Ling and Heung Kong were well-known Chinese restaurants.
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