鼎泰豐

There is a saying (not sure how true is it): If you go Taiwan and didn't go 鼎泰豐 to eat 小笼包 = you've never really went Taiwan.
This restaurant has already branched out/franchised into Japan, USA, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea and Indonesia; and recently to Sydney (June 2008).



The one I went in Taiwan; Honestly, their 小笼包 is very good (thin pastry skin and juicy on the inside). Here are the dishes that we've ordered.... YUM!!!





































How an organised restaurant works to fulfill the demands; first they need "a few" chefs working non-stop, kneading and rolling the buns and dumplings (about 15 of them, not including chefs that fry the food) . Then they need a few humidifier to "expand" the buns (about 4 big ones). Not to forget, lots and lots of steamers... The last 2 pictures was taken about 1 minute apart (just me stepping back to photograph a bigger view) and the height of the basket increased in record speed.























I wanna go back there again...