Din Tai Fung

Address: 4, Emporium, 287 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Phone: (03) 9654 1876

I went there with my colleagues last week. We managed to miss the lunch hour rush (we arrived at around 1.40pm) so we only had to wait about 5 minutes before we could enter the restaurant. The waiting time for the food wasn't that long and our xiao long bao came out hot and fresh. We had a few fried dishes like the dumplings and calamari. these were quite nice too. Overall, the staff were very attentive and helpful, food tasted quite nice but for dumplings, it is a little steep in comparison to other restaurants.

Vegetable Jiao Zi

Battered Calamari with Dipping Sauce

On my next visit here, I had the Dumpling Gems and the Xiao Long Bao. The Dumpling Gems were definitely an interesting experience but for the $15.80 price tag, I'm not sure if it's an experience that I'll repeat again. Each had their unique flavour as stated in the menu and were made like a Xiao Long Bao (so there was the soup inside). However as you can imagine, they're not exactly filling so you probably need to order something else if you're looking for a proper meal.

Steamed Pork Dumpling (Xiao Long Bao) - 8 pieces

Dumpling Gems - 7 pieces

Flavours

Emerald: Salad Green

Topaz: Golden Corn

Pink Diamond: Seafood

Ruby: Bolognaise

Citrine: Cheese

Onyx: BBQ

Sapphire: Garlic Pork