Xiao long bao at Din Tai Fung in Taipei
Probably the most well-known restaurant chain in Taipei is Din Tai Fung. By now, they have branches all over the damn place including Hong Kong, Singapore, Seattle, and California. And xiao long bao isn't even a food item invented in Taiwan, but I guess Din Tai Fung has kind of perfected their method of taking over the XLB world. That day we went to Din Tai Fung, we started the day with the National Palace Museum. We had some problems getting there because I have no idea how to say National Palace Museum in Mandarin, and we had to switch to a cab driver that spoke English. He was nice, and apparently does Chinese, English and Filipino. Anyway, the museum was kind of big and overwhelming and a couple of hours went by in a jiffy. Since Din Tai Fung has many branches even in Taipei,...
