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Tiny street-level restaurant providing a frame to this new world. This hole-in-the-wall feels integrated into the night life. People are passing by in-and-out of frame. Life feels like it’s being lived.

It feels so nice to be out at night with no specific agenda, amongst others doing the same. Meals, restaurants are so much more social here. It stands in such stark contrast to the pervasive Western attitude of individualism and optimization. They’re all out on the sidewalks, they’re not only focused on themselves. This is as nourishing for the soul as this warm meal.