Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Delectable Tidbits of Food


Din Tai Fung... Food from heaven...I say!  This restaurant only exists in two locations in the States: Washington (Bellevue) and Southern California (Arcadia). The rest are in Asia.

We've been to the one in Arcadia and now we had to go to the one in Bellevue since we were staying here... So we went.. Twice!

In front of the restaurant are these large glass windows showcasing what they make.
Which are mostly steamed dumplings of all kinds! They seem to have a great assembly line going.
DTF was founded in 1974 in Taipei Taiwan specializing in xiao long bao, an authentic Chinese dish of delicately hand-wrapped steamed soup dumplings.  When you bite into one a squirt of delicious hot soup broth comes out so its best to eat the whole thing in your mouth or you'll end up squirting everywhere particularly on your shirt! They actually put a frozen piece of soup in the dumpling before they steam it!
The famous pork filled xiao long bao
Shrimp filled dumplings
Wonton noddle soup
They do serve other goodies...
Shrimp and egg fried rice
Stir fried green beans
Hot and Sour soup
And one of my favorites, real chicken soup
DTF's mascot the 'Dumpling'

Next up... Vancouver British Columbia!



3 comments:

Amos said...

Looks so yummy!

Heather Rose-Chase said...

Well you know we love this place! We have two within walking distance of our house, and a third is just a ferry ride over the river! It was a good introduction to dumplings, we've since found more local (read: quite a bit less expensive) places to go. The "vegetarian" green beans with minced pork (!) are my favorite veg in all of China, so far!

CEZ said...

Heather, Yes I noticed your picture in one of your posts from DTF! Yes I agree that it's a bit on the pricey side in regards to dumplings but since you are literally in the dumpling CAPITAL of the world I'm sure you have more options to choose from! And the green beans with minced pork is one of my favs here too!