Taiwanese Food (Xiao Long Bao - 小籠包): Eating soup dumplings at Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐) in Taipei, Taiwan

After spending some time in Taipei, Taiwan it didn't take us long to find a favorite restaurant in the city specializing in Taiwanese soup dumplings known locally as xiao long bao 小笼包 - 小籠包. Heading to the original Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐 - 鼎泰丰) we placed an order for Xiaolongbao along with various other Taiwanese dishes that caught our eye. Below is the complete list of what we had for our meal: Xiaolongbao or Xiao long bao (小笼包 - 小籠包) = Taiwanese soup dumplings Oolong Tea (烏龍茶 - 乌龙茶) = Free tea with our meal Noodles in peanut and sesame spicy sauce - (擔擔麵) Taro Xiaolongbao for dessert (芋泥小包) Lo mai gai sticky rice in lotus leaf wrapper with pork (糯米雞 - 糯米鸡) GEAR WE USE Olympus OM-D E-M5 II: http://amzn.to/1OchS7t Canon G7X: http://amzn.to/1YdjsYX Olympus 14-150mm II Lens: http://amzn.to/1Y79zeM Rode Video Mic GO: http://amzn.to/1WDKtVM Joby Gorilla Pod: http://amzn.to/1PgoY5F SanDisk 16GB Extreme Pro: http://amzn.to/25KEErs SOCIAL MEDIA & TRAVEL BLOGS AUDREY: blog: http://thatbackpacker.com/ instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatbackpacker/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatbackpacker twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatBackpacker SAMUEL: blog: http://nomadicsamuel.com/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomadicsamuel twitter: https://twitter.com/NomadicSamuel instragram: https://www.instagram.com/nomadicsamuel/ Taiwanese Food (Xiao Long Bao - 小籠包): Eating soup dumplings at Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐) in Taipei, Taiwan Travel Video Transcript: Hello again from Taipei (臺北市). Today we're on a bit of a food mission. We've been hearing about Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐 - 鼎泰丰). Apparently, they specialize in soup dumplings. So that is what we're going to try today. This is the look of excitement. So the star of the meal has arrived. The Xiaolongbao (小笼包 - 小籠包) is here on the table in real life. And this is cool. So you eat it with a special sauce and they actually give you instructions on how it is done. So here in the restaurant they actually give you a guide how to enjoy Xiao long bao (小笼包 - 小籠包). This is how you eat it. Um, and they basically explain how to prepare the sauce so we're going to try our hand at this. The waiter actually wanted to make it for us and we're like no. We are filming this. Haha. So allow me to demonstrate. Okay so first up we have our little plate with ginger right here. So it says put some soy sauce and vinegar. So it is one part soy sauce. One part soy sauce. And three parts vinegar. I'd say that is about the right vinegar. Next up we grab our little Xiaolongbao (小笼包 - 小籠包) and dip it into the sauce. Once it has been dipped we place it on the spoon. Let us see what is next. Oh, let's not forget you have to poke a little hole to let out the soupy broth that is hiding in there. Can you see that. Oh my gosh. Oh wow look at it seeping out. Pouring out. Alright, so the Xiaolongbao (小笼包 - 小籠包) is amazing but we did order more food so we have to move on. We did. So we've moving on to noodles that are in a peanut and a spicy sauce (擔擔麵). So yeah. Yeah, peanut and sesame. Yeah, it has got sesame. That look so good. So I'm just going to give it a real good mix here. Yeah, just basically trying to soak up all of the noodles in the sauce. Alright. I love peanut sauce. Me too. So I'm super excited. I'm really excited for this one I have to admit. Okay, time to move on to the third dish. Yeah, so we've got sticky rice wrapped with pork (糯米雞 - 糯米鸡). So what I'm going to do is just try to dissect that to see. Oh, look at that. You can see the pork right there. Oh my. Oh, look at those colors. Turn it back around. Show us that baby. It is so sticky. There we go. Look at that. Look at those colors. So I'm going to go in for the pork and obviously the sticky rice (糯米雞 - 糯米鸡). That pork looks so juicy. We finished every last morsel of our mains so now we're moving on to dessert. Yeah, so we're trying Taro Xiaolongbao (小笼包 - 小籠包). Yeah. Going back to the Xiao Long Bao (小笼包 - 小籠包). Okay, that is the star of this restaurant. I can't wait to try this. I bet it is going to be amazing. Mmmm. Lasting impressions of Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐 - 鼎泰丰). Oh, this place was fantastic. Not only was the food really good but the service was very attentive. So in terms of the price point looking here it is five hundred and twenty eight Taiwan dollars which is sixteen dollars and fifty cents US. So you're looking at roughly eight dollars per person and that was for four different things and unlimited tea. And it includes the service charge. Yeah. So I mean that. How can you get better value than that? I mean we're leaving full. We're leaving satisfied and it also didn't cost a fortune either so highly recommend this place. I know for a fact we'll be back again before leave Taipei. This is part of our Travel in Taiwan video series showcasing Taiwanese food, Taiwanese culture and Taiwanese cuisine. Music in this video courtesy of Audio Network