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-Welcome to the CID.
[laughing]
Today's a big day.
We are hosting the official attempt...
-Pull it over.
-...for the Guinness World Record for the largest dim sum meal.
-So this is your tag.
And have you already signed the waiver?
-I've got to do that.
- Okay.
- So people start checking in around 2:00 p.m.
- We love food, it seemed like a fun experience.
We grew up with dim sum, so thought it would be
a good chance to kind of get in on it.
- The current record is held by Australia for 764 people.
We have 900 people signed up.
- So I joined the wait list.
- And even more on the wait list.
- Okay, if you join the wait list,
you're gonna go wait in that line right now.
- And not only this, Seattle, it's a FIFA, it's a World Cup,
it's so nice to be around this ambience.
- Yeah, the atmosphere.
- And we need to beat the-- - Australia!
- Australia!
- USA!
- Thank you for signing up, have fun!
- And then the event will start at 3:00 p.m.
(cheering and applause)
- The rules that I'm looking for,
everyone is going to need to eat the dim sum simultaneously.
You're going to have four pieces,
and the way we know you eat it completely
is because we have stewards who are watching you.
So we know how many people are here,
we know how many people have left,
and we know how many people have eaten the full
dim sum dinner.
- Jade Garden, a local business nearby,
they are providing the 3,600 pieces of dim sum.
- Are you ready to try and break a Guinness World Records title?
- Yeah!
- Okay.
Is everyone ready for the record?
Three, two, one, go eat!
-Let's go! (loud cheering)
-We're predicting, because it shouldn't take too long for
people to eat dim sum, because it's so delicious, so
it'll probably only take about 30 minutes.
Beyond just beating the world record, our goal is to also
bring people into the Chinatown International-District.
We're a small neighborhood,
but we have a lot to offer with our restaurants,
our businesses, our events that we have here,
and the history that's here.
-Is that it?
Okay. (cheering)
-Once everyone has eaten,
we'll have our stewards verify, then the Guinness World Record
adjudicator will announce.
-I've gone through the steward's statements,
I've reviewed the count at the door,
And today, I can announce in Seattle, Washington, USA,
you had a total of 800.
(crowd cheers loudly)
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(crowd chants “dim sum dim sum, dim sum”)
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