Din Tai Fung

Dumplings are always hot and freshly cooked for you. This store can be particularly busy but it's always worth the wait.

The signature item at Din Tai Fung is Xiao Long Bao ($10.80), the semi-legendary pork soup dumplings that have carried this restaurant across continents. Let me confirm that this reputation is not unwarranted. These are seriously good dumplings; but be warned: the unctuous soup is delicious, but perilously hot. Similarly delightful is the Braised Beef Noodle Soup ($16.80) with its dark and well-flavoured broth and falling-apart tender beef. The roasted chilli warmth of Shrimp and Pork Wontons with Tangy Sauce ($10.80) had me scraping around for leftover morsels. In fact, all the classic dishes seem to hit the mark.

A new addition to the Din Tai Fung family and located in Broadway Shopping Centre in the food court. After watching some basketball in the afternoon, everyone was famished and wanted some food and quickly! This seemed to fit the bill as you can fill in an order form, make payment at the counter, get a buzzer and collect your food when it goes off. Easy peasy!

Our eyes were probably bigger than our stomachs but we got Pork Dumpling, Black Truffle Pork Dumpling, Vegetarian Jiao Zi, Braised Beef Noodle Soup, Crumbed Chicken Fillet With Noodle Soup, and Vegetable Wonton Noodle Soup. The dumplings are always fresh as they you see them making them behind the glass. I especially enjoyed the Truffle Pork Dumpling as has a wonderful aroma when you pierce the skin and soup pours out. Truffle makes it extra special. The noodles are also handmade and so wonderful. Can't ever get enough of them.