After spending sometime deciding on what to eat, we took a very practical approach which was to find the shop which queue was the shortest as after work the last thing you want to do is to wait for half an hour for a place to eat. That is how we ended up queuing at Din Tai Fung as the waitress said we had to wait for 5 to 10 mins. Eventually, it felt much longer than the expected duration( could be due to the fact that I was hungry and was standing around with a ticket like waiting to strike a jackpot)
While waiting, we were given a form to fill out what we wanted to order. We decided to go for a soup and a main dish per person instead of ordering their speciality which was their dumpling. ( They hire people whose only purpose is to make the dumplings which they are famous for). I had the hot and sour soup and the pork chop fried rice. My friend had the chicken soup and the beef noodle with beef. [I have to specify as in the menu there is a dish called beef noodle without the beef. Wonder if anyone ever ordered this dish : ) ]
When we finally got to our seat, to our surprise all the dishes were out within 5 mins after we had sat at the table allocated to us. Super efficient!
The first dish to arrive was the hot and sour soup. It was a soup filled with slice mushroom, beancurd thinly sliced, mince meat and egg white( I think).With regard to the taste, there is the distinct taste of sourness which was due to the vinegar that is used in this dish. However it was not spicy enough, that could be due to the need to cater to the majority taste and anyway on the side they have this chilli paste which I think could have been added. This dish was passable, would have been better if it was more spicy.
The next dish to arrive was the chicken soup my friend ordered. My friend commented that the soup was tasty and it was quite good to drink. However looking at the picture, for the more health conscious people guess they will not want to take it as can see a layer of oil on the top surface of the soup.
After the soup, the main dish arrived. The above is my order of fried rice with pork chop. The fried rice was just rice fried with egg and spring onion. The rice was fried quite well as it was fragrant and the rice texture was just right. It was not too dry but neither it was too moist which will affect the taste of the fried rice. With regard to the pork chop, I did not find that there was anything special about it.
My friend had the beef noodle. He told me that the noodle texture as well as the beef texture was quite good. The noodle was not too soft as there are some places where the noodle is overcooked till it become too soft. In his opinion, what let this dish down was the soup base. He mentioned that the soup was not quite strong and it also had a bit of sour taste which I guess could be vinegar which for him spoiled his experience of the dish.
In general, the food is not that outstanding maybe next time I should try their speciality which are their dumplings instead as I practically saw every table ordering these dumplings. The service in general is good as the food is served fast and the tea and plain water is regularly refilled when near empty without the need for us to prompt them.
It was good to meet up with friend to chit chat about work, football and anything under the sun. It is a good way to relief stress.
It was good to meet up with friend to chit chat about work, football and anything under the sun. It is a good way to relief stress.
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