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Passed out drunk: Instagram page of Hong Kong nightlife excesses, LKF Meltdown, captures the rowdy drinking culture of Lan Kwai Fong
- Instagram page LKF Meltdown records excesses of Hong Kong drinking culture: men and women collapsed in a toilet, on top of a 7-Eleven display, on a pavement
- ‘Nothing says Hong Kong like someone passed out on the street with a Cup Noodle at their side,’ says the owner of the account, which has 43,000 followers
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A man lies in front of a 7-Eleven that, from the front, looks as if someone’s rampaged through the convenience store.
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He’s sprawled on top of a display that’s been knocked over. Two men come over, help him up and sit him by the storefront to take care of him. Another starts to clean up, while the cashier can be seen making a phone call from behind the counter.
The manager of Instagram page LKF Meltdown counts this among the top posts on the account. LKF stands for Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong’s notoriously rowdy bar district in the city’s Central neighbourhood on Hong Kong Island.
“I think one of our earlier posts is my favourite,” they say. “Some poor guy just stumbled out of a 7/11 destroying the entire display.”
The manager, who requests not to be identified, says they started the page to highlight the colourful moments of nightlife Lan Kwai Fong has been famous for. They say they are “vets with a ton [sic] of experience” in Hong Kong’s drinking culture.
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