Yummy Malaysiana: Invited : Din Tai Fung Now At eCurve Mutiara Damansara

Invited : Din Tai Fung Now At eCurve Mutiara Damansara

Din Tai Fung, this name is no stranger to the Xiu Long Bao lovers out there in KL.

Its all started by having their first outlet at The Gardens Midvalley Megamall and since then growing rapidly over the years. New outlets opened up at Pavilion, Subang Empire and the latest one at eCurve Mutiara Damansara.Din Tai Fung has been voted Top 10 Restaurants in theWorld by The New York Times and has garnered 1 Michelin Star. Michelin Star standards require all the restaurant outlets to have a consistent quality and from time to time stringent spot checks were done to maintain the standard.

They are located right at the entrance from Royal Bintang towards eCurve. You wont miss it when you walk in from the main entrance of eCurve. Their big brightly lighted signboard will grab your attention.

On the right side of this photo is the Royal Bintang Entrance where it is just convenient for hotel guest who wants a great food towards their stay. This is definitely better than fast foods!

This outlet also features the signature open kitchen concept.

You still can see how your xiu long bao made f! rom fres h featuring the 18 folds sealing and translucent thin skins storing the soups within.

The kitchen is always compact with a limited working space featuring high tech cooking appliances.

The new restaurant were huge and has a massive sitting place.

Decorations wise,theyare still using the same wallpaper that showcase the DING which is an emperors cup back in China olden days.

Spacious and cozy setup

We were invited for the restaurants soft launch to make sure everything is fine in order before open up for public. Normally when a new restaurant opened up, the menu items sometime not available to order. At Din Tai Fung is a whole different story where we actually order 90% of the menu items. At any other restaurants, the order tends to get missed items or screw up some place. The staff are well trained until he know how to plan and serve our dishes. He put the right timing interval between each dishes so that we can eat and clear the tables. If he didnt do the planning properly for us, I can tell you the plates will be over flow. Thumbs up for the training on all the staffs here!

Appetizers

DTF Special Appetizer RM4.50

Taiwan Century Eggs R! M3.80

I am not a fan of century egg. But according to Ivan the egg is the authentic duck egg century egg. Most of the people are using chicken eggs to make century eggs as the cost is cheaper. The century egg come with standard ginger slice and 2 special sauce at the side. Do give it a try and you will like it.

Stewed Bean Curd With Honey Sauce RM7.00

This bean curd (TAU POK) is stewed in Taiwan Special Soya sauce which widely used in DTF Kitchen. The sauce brings a very strong bean fragrance and not salty.

Spicy Shrimp Pork Wanton RM10.00

Thin skins wrapped with pork and then mixed with house special chili. Simple and nice.

The Signature Xiu Long Bao 8 pcs RM11.80 / 6 pcs for RM9.80

Xiu Long Bao with Crab 6 pcs RM13.80 / 8pcs 16.80

Truffle Xiu Long Bao 2 pcs RM14 / 6 pcs RM36

If you need more details on the xiu long bao, just do a search at the right side bar and refer to any of the Din Tai Fung article which I had written earlier.

Mango Shrimp Roll RM8.00 for 2 rolls

The mango used were juicy and sweet. Again mango are seasonal fruits and not always sweet at what I had taste in this review. Din Tai Fung always try to get the best ingredients to ser! ve their customers.

Deep Fried Shrimp Pork Wanton 6pcs RM10.00

Grouper Fish Dumplings 6pcs RM10.80

Shrimp and Pork Shao-Mai 6 pcs RM13.80

Taiwanese Spring Roll 4 pcs RM6.00

Golden Pumpkin with Salted Egg RM10.80

Crunchy on the outside and soft beneath flavored by the salted egg yolk batter. Yummy!

Cha Jiang La Mian RM12.80

Simple yet satisfying

Stir Fried Chinese Cabbage With Garlic RM13.80

Baby Green Beans with Minced Pork RM16.00

Stir fried kailan with garlic RM13.00

Pork Chop RM10.80

This piece of meat were tenderized with hammer and then seasoned before pan fried.

The pork chop were tender and juicy!

Fish Fillet with Special Sauce RM17.80

Braised Beef Soup RM14.80

If I am craving for braised beef soup, DTFs braised beef soup would be on my top list. Though the restaurant just open for soft launch, I can tell you the soup were full of flavor and doesnt feels like cook by new chefs.