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Saturday, January 15, 2005

Din Tai Fung Dumpling House

This truly is a house of dumplings. What does that mean? It means hour long waits if you get there past about 10:45 am on weekends. It means a large throng of people pushing their way past you because they thought their number was called. Alright lets just cut the crap here, I'll quit trying to write as if this was some sort of smug citysearch-esque type of site.
Juicy pork dumplings. So good. I think they have about 10 different dumplings, a few kinds of soup and several noodle dishes. All of them very good. Get the limited edition small dumpling soup if you can. I've only been able to order it twice. They only make it on weekends and I think they only make a few orders since it takes them too long to make them. Also, one of the keys is the vinegar and the ginger they give you. Follow the instructions on the chop sticks wrapper. Order as many different types of dumplings as you can, bring a large group of people and share, but stay away from the rice dumplings. Not good.