The First Ding Tai Fung

After a while of ordering room service and sneaking off for rice balls at 7-11, i decided that enough was enough for a while and headed to Ding Tai Fung for lunch.

Not just any Ding Tai Fung, but the first one, where this legendary chain begun.


To recognize this restaurant in Taipei from its other branches, one just needs to see the long insane queue out front. With mobs of tourists from various countries mingling outside..



After 20 minutes of waiting, i made it inside !

4 Floors of seating within the restaurant, the only way up or down was the narrow stretch of stairs. There wasn't even a lift in this place.


Being very much alone, I ordered the signature fried rice and the crab roe xiao long bao.

No regrets there, just the romance of eating at this first stall that made xiao long bao every where possible. Mecca for Ding Tai Fung - accomplished.


Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐),
194 Xinyi Rd Sec. 2 (Entrance of Yongkang Street).
Tel:+886 2 2321-8928,
www.dintaifung.com.tw.