At Din Tai Fung, Soup Dumplings with a Side of Spectacle
Briefly

from The New Yorker4 months ago
The gargantuan restaurant is more than twenty-five thousand square feet in size, and is one of 165 Din Tai Fungs worldwide, with the majority in Asia.
The New Yorkerhttps://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-food-scene/at-din-tai-fung-soup-dumplings-with-a-side-of-spectacle
The kitchen can produce more than ten thousand dumplings a day; the xiao long bao, or soup dumplings, must weigh precisely 21 grams with 18 wrapper folds.
The New Yorkerhttps://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-food-scene/at-din-tai-fung-soup-dumplings-with-a-side-of-spectacle
The scale and spectacle of Din Tai Fung's New York location includes a dramatic descent staircase and a human-size bronze sculpture named Bao Bao.
The New Yorkerhttps://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-food-scene/at-din-tai-fung-soup-dumplings-with-a-side-of-spectacle
Founded in 1958 as a cooking-oil business in Taipei, Din Tai Fung evolved into a dumpling empire now managed by the founder's grandsons.
The New Yorkerhttps://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-food-scene/at-din-tai-fung-soup-dumplings-with-a-side-of-spectacle
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