Xiao Long Bao

I am a total newcomer to the world of these evil little devils, they are so addictive and delish. Apparently they were all the rage in the mid 90s in New York and Din Tai Fung was ranked one of the world's top 10 restaurants by the New York Times in the 90s. I dont think i can agree with the moron gourmets that write for NYT but i can definitely count more than 10 restaurants better than Din Tai Fung. Not that i dont like these morsels of flavour, but i think the bland western tastebud has a long way to go before making a stupid top 10 list of the best restaurants in the world. OK i wont go off tangent here. Back to these dumplings. I have read about them and expected them to be a little bigger, maybe the size of a char siew pau with a few spoonfuls of the soup, but can be devoured quite easliy in one mouthful, soup and all.



Service was prompt and polite, the soup dumplings pretty nice, stir-fried dou miao light and refreshing, minced duck with tofu almost addictive and the drunken chicken not bad. It was served chilled, not something that i was expecting but as I later found out it is not that easy to make. We also had a bowl of beef brisket noodle which was quite average...