Cuisine: Chinese
Price: THB340 per person without alcohol (what I paid for)
Visited: 15 July 2011
Food: 7/10
Atmosphere: 5/10
Value for money: 6/10
Services: 5/10
The famous restaurant of Taiwan "Din Tai Fung" has been opened on the 7th floor of Central World not so long ago. We wished to try out when we heard that there would be a great Chinese restaurant from Taiwan going to open on the space. As everyone may know, the queue has been ridiculously long ~ 30-45 minutes to be seated. Nonetheless, we were lucky to be there early this time so no queue.
We were at first impressed with the open kitchen. This surely show how hygienic they are. Secondly, services were also not so bad and rather friendly: indeed above the standard for this kind of restaurant in Bangkok. The atmosphere is also rather good. The high ceiling gives a more relaxing feeling. Many windows also make the place look larger than it is. Perhaps, just the table that is too small. We would recommend that you may consider ordering a few dishes at a time, eat them then order more. We experienced that food did come out really fast. This place is also wonderful for tourist as Central World can be accessed easily via BTS Siam Square station.
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| Din Tai Fung @ Central World, Bangkok |
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| The Store Front |
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| Window Display of Samples |
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| The Open Kitchen |
We, of course, had to try the famous Steamed Pork Dumplings (Xiao Long Bao) - เสี่ยวหลงเปา. Truly speaking, this was a nice one but not amazing. The skin was really thin. Pork stuffing was soft and juicy. However, Crystal Jade @ Erawan also serves Xiao Long Bao as good as this (7/10).
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| Steamed Pork Dumplings (Xiao Long Bao) |
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| Xiao Long Bao in Vinegar Sauce |
The second dish was Shrimp and Pork Wanton Served in Superior Chicken Broth - เกี๊ยวกุ้งน้ำ. The soup was light and refreshing, delightful in fact. The main difference of wanton was the filling was loaded with shrimp, otherwise it was just a wanton (6/10).
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| Shrimp and Pork Wanton Served in Superior Chicken Broth |
The last one was Special Braised Beef Soup - ซุปเนื้อตุ๋น. We love this one. The beef was super tender. The soup was wonderful, strong flavour of herbs but not so thick in the texture (7/10).
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| Special Braised Beef Soup |
Overall picture of this famous chain, Din Tai Fung, is great. It was perhaps that we went out of busy time, i.e. 04:00pm, hence we were lucky to be seated right away. If we have to queue for 45 minutes like others during lunch or dinner, that would absolutely not be the case. You may probably want to give it a try anyway to see how the legendary taste like. Another thing is pricing which is rather high for its value. Otherwise, services are friendly and hygienic is good.
Din Tai Fung @ Central World, Bangkok
Central World Shopping Centre Level 74/1-2, 4/4 Ratchadamri Road
Pathumwan, Pathumwan
Pathumwan, Pathumwan
Bangkok 10330
Thailand
ติ่น ไท่ ฟง @ เซ็นทรัลเวิลด์ กรุงเทพ
ชั้น 7ศูนย์การค้าเซ็นทรัลเวิลด์
4/1-2, 4/4 ถนนราชดำริ
แขวงปทุมวัน เขตปทุมวัน
กรุงเทพ 10330
Open Hours: 10:00am - 10:00pm daily
Tel: +66 (0) 2646 1282
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