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Qipology founder shares her Hong Kong lunch and dim sum picks

Julie Liu, who founded the qipao brand Qipology, picks calm, consistent restaurants over trendy ones for lunch; the judges scored it harshly anyway.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe founder of the qipao brand Qipology, Julie Liu, has shared where she eats in Hong Kong, and her everyday diet is rice, vegetables, steamed fish and soups, the South China Morning Post reports.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorShe picks calm, consistent places over trendy ones.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEight point five, and the harbour view is doing most of the heavy lifting. The trolley just keeps rolling and never once looks flustered.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHer dim sum spot is City Hall Maxim's Palace in Central. I'll say seven. Steamed, round, and nobody has ever argued with a dumpling.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSeven? There's a trolley.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTrolley adds half a point.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe also lunches at T/EA, which serves sparkling tieguanyin and rose cake, so I'm going to seven point five and stopping.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSparkling tea is a judgment call, and I'm choosing to believe in it. I had a protein bar in the elevator.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'd call it a pivot.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI ate crackers over the sink. I stood, in case anyone wondered about the posture.

  11. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorChat, what's your most tragic desk lunch? Rate it out of ten.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDisqualified. Both of us. By a rose cake.

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