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Din Tai Fung Dumpling House

Din Tai Fung Dumpling House in Arcadia California is considered the mecca for Xiao Long Bao — or in English, Soup Dumplings. Din Tai Fung is a Taiwanese chain restaurant that has opened a location in Los Angeles in Arcadia in the San Gabriel Valley. A wise man once told me that you can always tell a good restaurant when they have a line going outside the door… well Din Tai Fung is one of those restaurants!

If you’re coming to Din Tai Fung on a Friday or Saturday, be prepared to wait… and wait… and wait. But oh, it’s worth it! Now, Din Tai Fung veterans will arrive before the restaurant opens for lunch and dinner, and be the first people seated. We arrived at 4:55pm (they open for dinner at 5pm) and we were lucky, as we were given the last available table. Anybody who arrived after us had to wait at least 45 minutes for the first table to clear — Bummer to them. So if you are planning to visit Din Tai Fung, arrive a few minutes before 5pm for dinner, or a few minutes before 11am for lunch. Note: they recently opened a “new” location… in the same building as the original, just on the “back” side.. they are both Din Tai Fung, and both serve the same food. I’d suggest to go wherever the wait is shortest.

Din Tai Fung has a number of items on their menu… but stick to the Xiao Long Bao, as that is what they are famous for. Watch the video to see how they make the Xiao Long Bao and to see how to “properly” (or not) eat one of these morsels of delicious goodness.

Din Tai Fung is located at:
1108 South Baldwin Avenue Arcadia,California 91007

Check out their website for more info:
http://www.dintaifungusa.com/

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