This place can get very busy, with a long line outside of the restaurant. It is located on the 9th floor inside the mall. The food is definitely worth the wait. Their dessert dumplings are good, especially the strawberry/chocolate, but they are seasonal. My favorites are their Xiao Long Bao (soup dumplings), shrimp spring roll, and their plum wine. The fried rice is pretty plain compared to other places, but sometimes simplicity is just the right amount of flavor, especially when paired with their other offerings. Definitely give this place a try, if you’re...
Read moreI've visited Din Tai Fung restaurants in many places - Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and even Taiwan. I must say the Tachikawa store consistently impresses for taste, quality and service.
There's something special at work here: the xiao long bao skins are ever so slightly thinner, the filling juicier, and the drunken chicken more delicate. It's something that even their Shinjuku store cannot match.
The service is top notch too, and the interior is classier than the rest.
For those reasons and more, this store remains the definitive Din Tai Fung...
Read moreGreat minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. ... If you don’t make your own mine, just move there because you thought about…. well is this … the Din Tai Fung from Taiwan! Then somehow you had to feel something lost either way.
We came here with so much hope that this is gonna be one of the best… But sometimes if you had already getting something warmer. That’s enough. Took it and way...
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