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2012-03-28
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The focus of this post will be on the two items which I tried for the first time at Din Tai Fung. Crispy Golden Prawn Pancake $8.50 – Could not have coined a better name for this. The end product is exactly what the name describes! It is crispy, golden, filled with prawns, and flat like a pancake! This tastes like deep fried prawn dumpling (those dipped in mayo served in dim sum restaurants) minus 80% of the skin. The prawns and paste mixture is wrapped in one thin layer of beancurd skin fried t
The focus of this post will be on the two items which I tried for the first time at Din Tai Fung. Crispy Golden Prawn Pancake $8.50 – Could not have coined a better name for this. The end product is exactly what the name describes! It is crispy, golden, filled with prawns, and flat like a pancake! This tastes like deep fried prawn dumpling (those dipped in mayo served in dim sum restaurants) minus 80% of the skin. The prawns and paste mixture is wrapped in one thin layer of beancurd skin fried to perfection. It is amazing how the thin layer is able to hold the fillings. I like it both with and without chilli.
Was very excited when I saw the “Finely Sliced Honey Lotus Root stuffed with Glutinous Rice” ($4.00) on the menu. I fell in love with this appetizer in Shanghai, but have not had any since I returned. The appetizer looks acceptable when it first arrived at the table, but everything went downhill the moment I tried to pick it up with my chopsticks. Lotus roots were so thinly sliced, I was unable to pick it up without breaking it, making it as fragile as tofu. If you scrutinize the picture, you will notice the “cracklines”. Sauce was one dimensional and flat tasting, as if it was just thick sugar syrup. This dish on the whole lacks character and texture. Once again Din Tai Fung’s naming could not be more appropriate.
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