HEART-BIT DIM SUM FRIENDS!
English / Chinese
‘A Little Heart Restaurant’ is a humble Dim Sum shop opened by Auntie and Uncle Yat, on the outskirts of Hong Kong. Every piece crafted with care, they created three sentient Dim Sum, Pobu the Char Siu pork bun, Mai the Shumai, and Gao the crystal shrimp dumpling; sharing delicious food as well as happy memories with the villagers. However, one day tragedy strikes in the village, as Pobu, Mai and Gao use their Kung Fu powers to save the day!
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