Din Tai Fung 鼎泰丰

Having stayed in festive hotel for a nite, we decided to settle our lunch in Sentosa b4 we leave the place... and to celebrate Aunty Margaret's B-day. Expensive for a reason...Cuz it's filled with truffle. Yes, it's unique and every sip of the broth contains essences of truffle. Fresh and sweet! Delightful!!! Chili Crab Xiao Long Bao which is onli available during National Day period.These sauce are different from the suan ni bai rou sauce from other places. It's thicker and more flavourful! Great as a dipping sauce for fried food as well!

2012-07-01

Decided to head over to din tai fung at the resort world sentosa outlet for our dinner. It was my first time dining there and i must really say the food is good. At one look at the menu, it actually does not looks like there are many variety of food, but it actually kept us thinking for a little while on what to order. The staffs there were mainly from china or philipines, and there were friendly and refilled our hot tea frequently without us calling out to them.

It is the second day of the Chinese New Year, and that the Malaysia Street Food just opposite it, is crowded . Leaving Din Tai Feng as the other choice, besides Hard Rock Cafe.

The wait here is formidable, but something that the front counter seems to have gotten it down to a well run Operation. Yes, you do have to wait but at least they make sure that you don't have to suffer needlessly. You are also asked to order in advance, so that by the time you are brought to your table about 30~45 mins later, you can pass them the order.

This is my second Din Tai Feng outing in Singapore and while I will say that it has yet to hit a Michelin Star as its Shanghai Counterpart. It is not that bad. Neither am I full of praise for this outlet as well.

Lets just say that the craft of Soup Dumpling (小笼包) making is of an acceptable standard. It is neither a disaster nor a masterpiece. Production line artisan is what I can compare it to.

The food is of a rather acceptable standard. Not particularly standing out nor is there any glaring fault 1 can pick at.

It is a place that I will go to for a dependable standard of food, and that it is probably worth a revisit if 1 can manage to get in when they are not so overwhelmed.

The Siew Mai (烧卖） is rather well done and their vegetable dumpling is rather nice coming from someone who is a meat lover.

2012-01-24

SGD 25(Lunch)

Amazing flavourful drunken chicken. Cold, tender, fresh and delicious! Sichuan sliced beef is soft and juicy! I love the way it taste. Ordered a soup as well. Steam pork rib soup and i find it normal, nothing to rave about. All in all, the entire experience was great with friendly staffs!

I love the xiao long bao. The skin of the xiao long bao is just nice. Not too thick and not too thin. It does not break easily. The soup inside is very flavourful and the meat is very succulent. However, I would really recommend eating it hot. After all, a hot bao is always tasty bao. Ha ha...

Hmm…. I don’t really like the egg fried rice they sell at this branch. I was quite disappointed because I heard that their fried rice is delicious however.... that was not what I tasted. The fried rice is very plain and everything. However, I think that it is because there were too many people at the time I ordered.

The thing I like about Din Tai Fung was their takeaway box. It is very convenient for people with microwaves and it is recyclable.

this is the first time i had xiao long bao at bait

the skin is not too thick and the soup does not have the weird meat taste..

remember u must eat it while its hot before it dry up

the prawn paste chicken was crispy and tasty

gotta eat it with chili sauce!!

2011-09-30

I believe most people will agree with me that Din Tai Fung is the place where one can find delicious xiao long bao. But besides xiao long bao, there are many dishes which one should try too. Two of the dishes which I would like to recommend are the dumplings in red chili oil and vinegar (as shown in picture) and the century eggs (as shown in picture).

Dumplings in red chili oil and vinegar - This looks oily and hot but it is not as as oily and hot as it seems, probably due to the vinegar, which I think makes the sauce kinda special and needless to say, tasty too!

Century eggs - This tastes like the one which I tried in HK, Yung Kee restaurant. Simply just melts in the mouth!

However, I feel that the service can be improved. Though it is a Chinese restaurant, there are quite a number of waitresses who can't speak Mandarin.

2011-10-22

SGD 20(Dinner)

i went to sentosa with my family. It was a fun filled day at Universal Studios. We went to baits for lunch. Simply love the chinese food there. the xiao long bao was a killer. the soup inside is so tasty. the meat is minced very well. When dipped into vinegar and putting the entire thing into your mouth, the burst of the thin skin and the ooze of the soup really is ultimate bliss. I strongly recommend the xiao long bao dish!

We were scouting around for a nice place for dinner and chose this place to try.
we don't remember seeing any outlet in Singapore main island?

the setting is bright with chinese style decor. seats are quite spaced out and many for the dinner crowd on that day. service prompt but not exceptionally friendly.

red wine hor fun: did not taste any wine. taste like normal zi char hor fun, not worth the price

fried ladyfinger: tasty! the dried shrimp+ chilli.

black pepper duck: quite flavorful but abit too salty for me

chilli stingray: normal hawker fare, nothing special, not worth the price.

lastly the intersting golden basin, which really works.

SGD 35(Dinner)

You can get hawker fare here such as chicken rice, barbeque sambal stingray, chill crab, herbal drunken prawns, fish assam style and stir fried veg with garlic. Difference is it’s done really well restaurant-style yet at a affordable price. Mian dishes aside, I’m a HUGE fan of the the yam paste with pumpkin and sago ($4.30) here. It’s not overly sweet and is tastefully done. What’s perfect is the coconut ice cream. You got to try this if you visit Baits.