Din Tai Fung Restaurant, Glendale, California
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Din Tai Fung is a restaurant originating in Taiwan, specialising in xiaolongbao (steamed dumplings). Outside its native Taiwan, Din Tai Fung also has branches in Australia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, the United States, Thailand and Dubai.
Din Tai Fung is known internationally for its xiaolongbao.
DinTaiFung was named one of the top ten restaurants in the world by the “New York Times” on January 17, 1993. In November 2009, the restaurant's first Hong Kong branch at Tsim Sha Tsui, Silvercord Branch, was awarded one Michelin star by the Hong Kong and Macau 2010 edition of the Michelin Guide. In December 2010, the restaurant's second branch in Hong Kong at Causeway Bay, Yee Wo Branch, was also awarded one Michelin star.
Founder Yang Bingy was born in Shanxi, China, but moved to Taiwan in 1948 as a result of the Chinese Civil War. After working 10 years at Heng Tai Fung, a cooking oil retailer, he found himself unemployed when the store closed. Together with his wife, Lai Penmei, then founded Din Tai Fung (also a cooking oil retailer) in 1958. The name was a combination of his previous employer's company name "Heng Tai Fung" and his new supplier's company name "DinMei Oils". Around 1980, tinned cooking oil became prevalent, and business diminished drastically. In order to survive, Yang and his wife turned over half the shop to making and selling steamed buns (xiaolongbao). The buns were so popular that the store stopped selling oil altogether and became a full-fledged restaurant in the 1980s. The original restaurant is located on Xinyi Road in Taipei.
Yum DTF ? How do u film in stealth with barely any people looking at you? Is the camera wrapped around your neck or strapped onto a hat?
Michael Jiroch I’m assuming it’s because you’re in Glendale/LA ?. what I’ve noticed is that here are California vlogging/filming in public has become very normals.
Ocean … that’s a great question. I think it has to do with the times we live in. Everyone has a camera/phone in their pockets these days. I can only assume that we are used to people holding up cameras and pay no attention. But I am holding up a big DSLR. I think every one must be too used to it.
In Taiwan, the people making dumplings completely cover their hair, their surgical mask also cover their nose, so basically they only show their eyes. It seems less strict in California.
yeah, that’s not a good location. The other locations they cover up properly.