What would you wait an hour in line for? A ride at Disneyworld?
A sale at your favorite store? For me, it would be for the soup dumplings at
Din Tai Fung. Taiwanese people know what I’m talking about! Din Tai Fung is a world
famous, Michelin Star restaurant known for their handmade steamed dumplings and
noodles. The restaurant wants people to experience a classic “taste of Taiwan.”
My mom has taken me to visit Taiwan, her motherland, almost every
other summer since I was a baby, but it was not until 2007 when she decided to bring
me to a new opening location of her favorite restaurant during her high school
days – Din Tai Fung. I remember waiting outside with a crowd of eager customers
near a large glass window looking into the kitchen where workers in white were hand
making each dumpling with incredible precision and speed.
After waiting well over
an hour for a table, I was finally able to try a soup dumpling, or in Mandarin,
xiao long bao. What amazed me was how
the thin, delicate dumpling skin could hold so much of the light, brothy
soup and meat. The way I eat it is have chopsticks in one hand and a soup spoon in
the other. Once I take a small bite to break the skin, the soup comes pouring
out into my spoon and I slurp it down before popping the rest of the dumpling
into my mouth.
Din Tai Fung’s xiao long
bao is simply hot and delicious. Every time I go back to Taiwan, I
insist on eating a meal at Din Tai Fung because other soup dumpling just cannot
compare.
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