Discover the best xiao long bao – ft. Din Tai Fung
Review 🇬🇧 ✨ Din Tai fung ✨
If you’re looking for authentic and delicious Taiwanese cuisine (especially for juicy xiao long bao), look no further than Din Tai Fung!!
Din Tai Fung opened up its very first store in Taiwan and has since expanded into Asian and European countries which included Malaysia, Singapore and UK!!
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve visited Din Tai Fung. I’ve visited their Singapore branch for the very first time which has captured my heart since then. I’m so thrilled when they finally opened up a branch in Malaysia and later on UK!
🥟 Here’s my reviews🥟:
1️⃣ 5 pcs Pork Xiao Long Bao
🌟10/10
💰£8.50
A.K.A soup dumplings 🥟, it’s filled with flavourful pork broth juices. The proper way to eat Soup dumplings is to take a small bite of its skin, suck a few sips of the soup broth, take a few slices of ginger that is previously immersed in mixture of soy sauce and vinegar, and finish it all.
The skin is so thin and delicate that you have to be really careful not to break it when you scoop it up using your chopstick. The mixture of pork and vegetables fillings make is tastes really fresh and I don’t think they mixed a lot of fatty portion within the fillings.
2️⃣ 3 pc Sweet taro Xiao Long Bao
🌟 10/10
💰 £6.90
I could never dreamt of eating a sweet sour dumplings, like dimsum like this is traditionally being made to be served as savoury food. BUT, hold your breath, this is surprisingly GOOD and exceed my expectations.
I love any kinds of yam/ ube desserts and this taste as good as their signature savoury xiaolongbao, if not better, If you have a sweet tooth like me! Do order this dish and try it out!!
3️⃣ 6pcs Prawn & Pork Wontons with Black Vinegar & Chilli Oil
🌟 8/10
💰 £7.80
DTF just outdid themselves again and again. I fancy spicy food and CHILLI oil, though my tolerance to spiciness has decrease staggeringly… this is one of my must-order dishes whenever I visit dintaifung!! They’re delicious 🤤 I always get the prawn fillings!
4️⃣ Prawn & Pork Wontons with noodles in Sichuan sauce
🌟7/10
💰£12.80
If you fancy sour and spicy noodles, then you need to surprise your tastebud with this lovely carbs dishes. Have a spoonful of the soup broth and you would immediately feel an explosive mix of spicy & sweet in your tastebud. It works perfectly to warm yourself up especially with the sharp decline of weather recently!
5️⃣ Crispy golden prawn pancake
🌟 6.5/10
💰 £9.50
Their fried foods were delicious but not impressive!
6️⃣ Pan-fried Prawn & Pork Gyoza
🌟 6.5/10
💰£8.50
Love pairing this with mayonnaise sauce, yumz!
7️⃣ Prawn & Egg fried rice
🌟6.5/10
💰 £13.50
(Biased reviews here) Im not a huge fried rice fans, but W loves it soooo much! 🥰
8️⃣ 6 pcs Shrimp & pork dumpling
🌟 7/10
💰 RM 22.64
9️⃣ Shimeji mushroom with salted egg
🌟 10/10
💰 RM28.30
🔟 Prawn with Mayonnaise
🌟 10/10
💰 RM41.98
Conclusion
🤩 Rating: 7.5/10
💷 Price: £££
🎯Worth revisit: YAS 👏 The price easily adds up as you will be tempted to try all their dishes for sharing but this is a valuable spent!
📍Din Tai Fung 鼎泰丰 5-6 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8QH
🚂: Closest station: Covent Garden Station
⏰ Opening hours: they are open every day!
Equipment: I took all the photos above using Sony Alpha 7 II | Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera.
Don’t forget to check out my other posts regarding the London restaurant reviews, if you are interested to dine in, in places like Sushi Samba, The Ivy Market Grill and Feya Cafe.
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