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薄面佬 [Mee Pok Man] (Eric Khoo, 1995)
May
24
National Caterers Appreciation Day
Bunny (Michelle Goh) leaning on a small table littered with empty beer bottles. Mee Pok (Joe Ng) is to her left, holding a stack of dirty dishes. In the background, a large pile of noodle boxes leans against the restaurant wall. DP: Yoke Weng Ho.
At night, a small group of prostitutes frequent a local 面薄 / mee pok #restaurant. One of them, Bunny (Michelle Goh), caught the hawker's eye, but she's not interested in the “mee pok” (the “fish ball”, as they call the vendor) (Joe Ng) and besides she has a boyfriend. Then, a car crash. Bunny is left for dead in front of the eatery. He takes her in, preparing endless meals