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went there for lunch on a saturday and saw a long line of people outside waiting for their takeaway orders. i was there to dine in. being greedy as always, i chose three out of twelve options (which cost hkd39; two options would have cost hkd33). you help yourself to unlimited rice, vermicelli/noodles, soup and dessert (today's was barley and beancurd skin) from big tubs behind the restaurant. can't say my meal was memorable, but it did fill me up so much so that i wasn't hungry even at dinnertime. the veggies had enough flavour and crunch, but the pumpkin balls which looked really good could have been crispier and warmer. the soup was bland compared to liza veggies or kam heung, and the food turned cold quickly no thanks to the fans and cool temperature outside. dessert was sweet, warm and delicious. the mock duck (fried crispy beancurd sheets) that two of my fellow diners had looked sinfully appetising and will be something i'll try next time if it's on the menu. you definitely have to share tables and it can get haphazard and cramped at the back as you stand waiting to dish your rice/soup. despite the crowd, i never felt like i was ever being hurried to finish my meal - but let's just say it's not a place where you'd want to be reading a book. if you can take this in your stride as part of the local experience (together with the cracked crockery and less-than-spanking-clean environment), it's one of the cheapest veggie options in central, or even hk island. if you read chinese, you can find its daily menu (vegan items are not marked) here: https://www.facebook.com/福祿壽健康素食-236496169884309/ the instore menu is also in chinese, so it might be best to come with a chinese-speaker. how it works is that you sit down and tell the staff which item numbers you want, then dish your own rice/noodles/soup from the back, and your dish will be delivered to your table later. i found out later that takeaway costs hkd24 for 2 options with no soup and hkd27 for 3 options plus soup. that's jaw-droppingly cheap by hk standards, which explains the long queue both before and after my visit there.