When we visited Taipei last
year, we had a chance to visit and eat at the original Din Tai Fung. This year, we decided to try out the
restaurant located at Taipei 101. Prior to 2010, Taipei 101 held the record for
the world’s tallest building. This
building is made up of 101 above ground floors and 5 floors underground. Businesses take up most of the levels of the
tower, however it is connected to a multi-level shopping center with hundreds
of high-end stores and restaurants. We
didn’t come here to shop however, just to grab lunch.
Anyone who has ever been to a
Din Tai Fung restaurant
(originating in Taiwan, but also located in U.S., Australia, China, Hong Kong,
Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand) knows that
they make the best xiaolongbao, or juicy pork dumplings. These small steamed dumplings are filled with
soup and are incredibly tasty and delicious.
You dip each dumpling into a mixture of soy sauce, vinegar, and ginger
before gobbling it up. An open window
allows you to see all the dumplings freshly prepared by hand. Din Tai Fung also offers various other
dumplings filled with pork, chicken, crab, shrimp, and vegetables. They offer various noodle and rice dishes as
well as vegetables and soup.
Don’t just take my word for
it that the food here is delicious. Din
Tai Fung restaurant was named one of the top ten restaurants in the world by
the “New York Times” in 1993. Two Hong
Kong branches of Din Tai Fung were awarded a Michelin star.
The Juicy Pork Dumplings were
delicious.
The Vegetarian Dumplings were
delicious.
The Shrimp and Pork Shao Mai
were delicious.
The sautéed String Beans with
Garlic were tasty.
Can’t leave without taking a
picture with the dumpling mascot!
After lunch, we saw that the
founder of the Din Tai Fung restaurant, Yang Bingyi, and took a picture with
him!
My next series of travel
posts will be regarding our time in Okinawa, Japan!
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