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DinTaiFung

The celebrated DinTaiFung (鼎泰豐) restaurant, ranked one of the world’s top ten restaurants in 1993 by The New York Times. I decided this would be the must try restaurant in Taipei.    

Steamed Pork Dumplings

The steamed pork dumplings (小籠包) is the signature dish of DinTaiFung and it lived up to my expectation as the best dish in DinTaiFung. This freshly steamed dumplings came in ten pieces in a bamboo basket. The best way to savor this dish is to pierce a tiny hole at the top of the dumpling, suck out the soup, put some ginger and vinegar on it and eat!

Fried Rice with Shrimp and Egg

Fried rice with shrimp and egg (蝦仁蛋炒飯) was equally good with generous amount of bouncy shrimps. 

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Jin Xuan Pork Ribs（金軒排骨）

This restaurant is located near the famous Ay Chung Flour Rice Noodle (阿宗面線) and the fried pork ribs here is simply divine!

Fried Pork Ribs (NTD 70)

 The pork ribs was deep fried with a layer of well coated batter. It was crispy outside and juicy inside, the meat practically melt in the mouth, awesome! Mind you it was lean meat. You can opt to serve with rice. The rice set comes with half an egg, some vegetables and top with scrumptious pork stew sauce. Give it a try if you happen to be at Ay Chung restaurant. I went back to have it again before I left Taipei.  

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After a hectic week, I’m off to Taipei tomorrow. Just have my travel documents printed and clothes packed. I haven’t put much effort into planning this trip. dd did much of the planning, while I’m in charge of finding restaurants, stay and transportation. Flight will be on 940am, MAS airlines. We need to wake up as early as 6am to catch a taxi to airport. Ok, signing off now.

In the midst of planning my itinerary to Taipei. I’m using GoPlanit to generate my travel plan, which I first came across on TechCrunch50.