Gourmet Garden

This the last post for our Raya week trip to KL, and we will be down there again next week. Noon was nearing and we planned to leave KL before it gets too late, thus we went to Mid-Valley for quick bite and to get something done on the way.

We have heard a lot of Din Tai Fung 鼎太丰, and this trip we had the opportunity to get a taste of what they have to offer. We were sceptical at first, as we have had some not so satisfying experience with chain restaurants that offers the famous ‘Siao Long Bao’.

While waiting for our orders to come, we tried their century egg appetiser which tasted like it should be creamy yoke and firm jelly like whites. The usual century eggs or ‘pei dan’ that we having nowadays has loss the seductive fragrance, taste and texture.

The ‘Siao Long Bao’ or broth dumplings we had at Din Tai Fung was juicy, consistent in texture and taste verses the previous not so happy experience in other chain restaurants that also serves this classic Chinese dish as one of their specialties.

The dough casing was pretty standard, not easily torn. There was sufficient amount of superior broth in each individual ‘pao’ and the mince meat was evenly cooked.

The ‘wantan dumpling’ was nothing to shout about, but then nothing much can be complain about too.

The next dish we had was their ‘Shanghainese Smoked Fish Fillet’. The fillets were smoky, sweet and not too dry. Its a good mate to go with rice.

For vegetables, we had their ‘Green Beans with Mince Pork. The beans were still green and crunchy and for taste it was salty and porky. pretty good.

And for soup, we had their spicy beef soup. This is something that I won’t mind missing on my next visit. The soup was not bad, but not my bowl of soup. It came with a big bowl of soup but just had a few medium chuck of beef.

The lunch visit at Din Tai Fung was not a disappointment at all, food was standard and the service was efficient, friendly and neat.

After lunch, we went on to check something and before we left Mid-Valley we went to the much talk about ‘Krispy Kreme’ to try some of their doughnut. We lucky that we only decided to get 4 for our first try. They krispy alright, but were too sweet for our liking. I guess, I am still a ‘J Co’ person.

After we left Mid Valley and left for my sister’s house to pick-up our car, we left for Penang and reach at around 9:00pm.

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