Din Tai Fung 鼎泰丰

Din Tai Fung is a decent enough restaurant, with good service (depending on where you go) and acceptable food. The queue in the evenings can become really long. I like the "xiao long bao", where each of us can finish 10 each easily. The fried rice with pork cutlet is also quite worth it for its money; something about fried rice in restaurants (like Crystal Jade and Din Tai Fung) intrigues me because they taste different from zi-char. Maybe it's the soya sauce..

2013-01-29

SGD 13(Dinner)

The ideology of fried rice is simple, it means rice mixed with a bunch of ingredients. Really, that’s it. Eating at Ding Tai Fung during lunch time, I ordered a luxury fried rice.Some finely chopped spring onion green were added-in, it was delicious and very satisfying. That was the reason why I believe this Shrimp Fried Rice was the most popular among all Chinese Fried Rice. Of course, maybe this was a little high in calories, but it was still decently healthy.

2013-04-08

SGD 11(Lunch)

Heard of Din Tai Fung's famous xiao long bao. Decided to try it out with my family and boyfriend. Served chinese tea while we waited for our xiao long bao. Steamed wine chicken. The portion is very small for 4 of us.The xiao long bao was served on our table. 10 pcs for us to share. Vegetable dumplings. It wasnt very nice, should have ordered another xiao long bao. Chicken was well marinated with their specialty sauce. We like it! Seafood fried rice. Ordered this as we arent full from the dim sums. It tastes rather salty.Prawn patty. This is good too. Mango pudding sago. Nice and refreshing.

2012-07-28

SGD 20(Dinner)

I cannot describe my love for xiao long baos! Ever since I tried Ding Tai Fung's xiao long baos, I find myself wanting for more and more and more! It is easy to pick up the xiao long baos without breaking the skin. The skin is not thick though! The soup broth is very fragrant and goes so well with the meat and skin. It also goes well with the chilli! The chilli crab xiao long bao was okay though. I will prefer the original xlbs anytime!

SGD 10(Tea)

Xiao long pau here is really delicious and yummy with the hot piping soup wrapped in the not too thick dumpling wrap. The soup in the xiao long pau goes really nicely with the meat and you would need to eat up the entire xiao long pau in one mouth to prevent the leakage of the soup. The dumpling goes really well with the vinegar and the sliced ginger. Love the siew mai also as the prawn is juicy and succulent.

The service in this outlet is quite good. The staff is very alert and prompt. The serving time is quite fast during lunch time.

The pork chop noodles is good. I would recommend it for noodles lover. The standard for the xiao long bao is the same as other outlets. My family likes the food, especially the xiao long bao, where each of us can finish 10 each easily, on top of the other dishes.

2013-02-09

SGD 20(Lunch)

18 folds.

have you counted them before?

These little hazardous pockets of minced pork and soup.

They have had seasonal changes of truffle, chilli crab and even mini sized ones at paragon.

but i still always go back to the normal original ones.

And their shrimp fried rice is also simple yummy.

For a person who doesn't fancy rice, this must say a lot.

Plenty of egg, golden yellow hued rice with plump juicy prawns.

Mmm.

SGD 12(Lunch)

When ever you head to Din Tai Fung, it is a must to order their Zha Jiang Mian. by far, their zha jiang mian is one of the nicest i have tasted already. the minced meat they used is very fresh, i love the texture of the meat. the sauce is really good, the amount they give is not a lot but just right to mix with the noodles. the noodles itself is really good, very chewy yet does not stick to the teeth. when you mix and the sauce with the noodles, it is indeed heavenly!

SGD 15(Dinner)

It's always a long queue at Din Tai Fung and this time round it's no surprise when we faced the same situation
We would get a queue number from the staff and would hand around the entrance first.
The time spent waiting would be used to decide what we shall have for dinner later on.
They provide you with the order paper to fill in your orders first so you can send in your ready orders once there's seats available!
Both of us decide to split the Fried Rice with Shrimps & Eggs and Steamed Pork Dumplings (Xiao Long Bao) between the two of us.
One of Din Tai Fung's signature dish is the Xiao Long Bao which i think it's a definite must try when dining there
Lucky we got a seat quite fast and have our orders sent in.
There was about less than 10mins wait while the food arrives!
First up is the Xiao Long Bao which is served by the chef and is piping hot, yummy!
The moment i picked it up, i have to be gentle with it so i won't poke open the dumpling skin!
It's very shiok to eat it in one bite and have the succulent soup and meat taste burst in your mouth!!!!
And the Fried Rice with Shrimps & Eggs is super tasty too, one of the best fried rice i had.
It was very well fried and you can taste the freshness of the prawns.
I believe it's crystal prawns being used that has the QQ taste
Overall it's always great to unwind on a Monday with Din Tai Fung for dinner!

2013-01-28

I ever tried their best signature of four type of steam dumpling, as Steamed Pork Dumplings, Steamed Vegetable &
Pork Dumplings, Truffle Xiao Long Bao, Steamed Angled Gourd &
Shrimp Dumplings.
I like two of the best signature steam pork dumplings, Truffle Xiao long bao. both taste very delicious, the chef make the steam dumpling till very soft and soup and pork eat together, must try

2009-03-24

Celebration: Mother's Day

What's better than eating alone? Yes, gathering !The popiah, one of my favorite especially when it is deep fried! Yes, it may look a little bit oily but believe it don't taste that oily. The vegetables that are inside as the fillings is fresh and i can guarantee you the nutrients are not destroyed by heat as it is coated with popiah skin.Chicken ginseng. so-so. I didn't like the appearance and the color of the soup is a little bit turn-off.Shrimp bag. Good! Nice appearance that lures me to eat it ! It will be perfect if there is more moisture in it .Vegetables! Good amount of vegetables given! Bright colored vegetables ensure it's freshness and nutrients! Healthy and tasty dish .Xiao long bao is a little bit dry, but overall not bad. The mushroom mee is not very nice but the wild mushroom is delicious with the sauce that rich in flavor . The dish would be good if the mee can be cooked at a longer time letting it absorb the water moisture thus making it soft and "q"Fish cake! Good amount of serving. A little bit oily :X. They should have drained most of it's oil before serving~Fried rice with egg is good ! I guess they too use overnight rice as fried rice will taste really delicious especially when it is overnight rice! The meat? It is a little bit to the tough side but if you are young and have a strong and healthy teeth, it is not too bad afterall, right!

--SGD approx 60++

Xiao Long Bao from Din Tai Fung is very famous too! (:
Look at the appearance, it looks consisitent for the amount of flour wrapped around the mixture of meat and xiao long baos are evenly spread to achieve the same cooked taste!
Inside is meat and vegs with soups, therefore when you are biting it, becareful of the hot soup that will brust out from the xiaolongbao! (: it's yummy!

This chinese restaurant is always filled with lots of people during daily lunch and dinner. They seldom allow reservation so is always recommendated to be there early to avoid the long wait outside this restaurant. My favourite here will be their zha jian mee, which is fllled with generous amount of fragrant braised minced pork on it that are very juicy and tender. The hand made noodles are also very chewy and goes well with the minced pork.

2012-07-04

My partner came back with a box of dumplings from Din Tai Fung. It was 4 of the dumplings in a box. These dumplings have got a thin chewy skin with a generous bit of filling consists of mainly of minced meat and chopped spring onions in it. The skin got a bit hard when it turned cold but still quite tasty. A small container of vinegar with shredded ginger was packed along with those dumplings. I reckon these dumplings would taste much better if eaten hot in the restaurant.

As usual, the q was very long and we were informed that we need to wait for 40mins. After decided what to order, we were standing together with crowds. we ordered the crab xiao long bao and the pork cutlet fried rice. basically the pork cutlet fried rice were nice.. its not those dry type of rice.. it has a good amount of egg for every single spoon of rice you eat.. xiao long bao was good.. pork was tasty.. overall good