Participants gather at tables spanning two city blocks along South King Street in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District on June 18, 2026. (Photo by James Tabafunda)
The 830 people who helped Seattle’s Chinatown-International District break a Guinness World Record by eating dim sum together can now add an official certificate to their collection of memories from the record-setting event.
Participants in the June 18 mass dim sum meal are being invited to pick up their Guinness World Records certificates and event T-shirts at the Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area’s main office.
Guinness World Records certificate given to Tuyen Than, CIDBIA executive director (Photo by James Tabafunda)
The certificate distribution adds a tangible reminder of an event that brought hundreds of people together along South King Street during the opening week of FIFA World Cup matches in Seattle.
The group set the record by having 830 people simultaneously eat dim sum, surpassing the previous record of 764 participants set in Sydney, Australia, in 2019.
The event drew participants to two blocks of South King Street, where red-covered tables stretched from Maynard Avenue South to 8th Avenue South. Jade Garden Restaurant provided the dim sum for the attempt.
The event was conceived as a way to showcase the Chinatown-International District and bring visitors into a neighborhood with more than 300 businesses, more than half of which are restaurants and retail establishments.
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