Din Tai Fung

One of the DTF’s which would not have along queue or super packed during rush hours on the weekends. The waiters in this branch were polite and spoke English and didn’t assume we can all speak Chinese. Food as always, standard DTF amazing. My favorites are the Szechuan spicy dumplings and ice earl grey tea (amazingly not too sweet). The steamed dishes are always good and you could not do wrong in ordering this.

Charge 50 cents for water. The small side dishes run out if you eat later part of dinning times (happened many times to me). Manager said can call to reserve the side dishes but how cumbersome is that? Not too crowded generally but can have lines. This branch has no windows. Appreciate the Taiwanese style of service. It feels waste of time that you need to select your order through QR code link, and than call the server so that she can put the order through. Why not just let the customer order through all. So cumbersome to wait for someone to come and doesn’t add much value.

I ordered Xiao Long Bao and Crab Xiao Long Bao, which are super nice as always! Staffs are super friendly. But I witnessed a situation where a foreign couple asked for a knife to chop up the noodle for the child. The staffs didn’t handle it well, but I understand that you can’t really expect a knife in a Taiwanese restaurant. I do suggest that the restaurant can prepare some scissors or knives for foreigners who ain’t good at using chopsticks, which also maybe quite handy for parents too.

Dined here earlier with my friends/kids and it was truly chaotic with the kids dropping food and plates (accidentally of course), but the service staff were always reassuring and calm. They came to provide new utensils immediately even without us asking which was really helpful and shows their level of attentiveness. Thanks for the wonderful dining experience!

This outlet is huge and spacious but the interior just looks very dated as compared to its other outlets for some reason. Menu is straightforward, just select what you want from the piece of paper and hand it over to the staff. Classics like XLB and pork chop fried rice are must orders. The noodle is alright.