Yu Pin Yuan Iced and Hot Tangyuan — Restaurant in Da'an District

I am curious to how come this shop is in the Michelin Bib Gourmand. As far as I am concerned, the food served here is just about ice and glutinous rice balls. Came on a weekend evening, it was quite crowded but we got a seat immediately. We were deciding what to eat and then asked for recommendations and the staff recommended us the ice balls osmanthus and the one with the fragrant rice wine. When the 2 bowls were served they looked almost exactly the same, except for one which has probably a bit of the white stuff which is probably the rice from the rice wine. Regretted because both bowls actually looked quite the same we could have just had one, and the rice balls can be quite filling. Other than the theatrical smoky effect, there was nothing much to shout about in the dessert. There was a slightest tinge of the osmanthus as well as the rice wine, and the taste was almost gone when the ice started melting. Tried adding the osmanthus honey and the lemon juice, if you ask me it just made the ice slightly more tasty with a sweet and sour flavour. And you must really add a lot to get a bit of the taste in the ice. Nothing fantastic and the price is really kinda expensive. I would just say probably try if you happen to walk past and seriously 1 bowl is good enough for 2 to share there is no need for each person to have an individual bowl. The amount of ice is really good enough to numb your mouth or give you a...

Went alone at arnd 8PM, there was queue but not as long as when I left. Was planning to order mixed osmantus cold, but they said at that time this item can only be served hot. They suggested to change to the fermented rice. (Luckily they can speak english)

I agreed, and really glad I got the fermented one. Maybe I am biased as I like ice, peanut paste, and fermented rice, but it was a perfect dish for me. However I didn’t managed to try the free osmantus syrup and lemon as the fermented rice taste is just enough for me. The food came quite quickly, I was seated and the food came after 5-10 minutes. You could share the dish with your friend, as the longer you eat, the tangyuan becomes cooler and harder (its supposed to be eaten hot with the cold ice if i understand correctly)

Place is clean and cosy, atmosphere is what you can expect from a popular store, quite busy, not much decorating, but ohwell I came for the food.

Also, there is a nearby night market you...

Love the dessert and concept of the tangyuan, we got the mixed tangyuan with sweet fermented rice on ice!

It is nicely presented with 6 tangyuan (3 peanut & 3 black sesame). As someone who doesn't like peanuts, I was impressed by the peanut filling as it has a slightly sweet caramelised flavour to it, which made the peanut taste slightly milder. Black sesame filling is great too!

The sweet fermented rice added a slight sourness to the dessert which I really like! There is also this osmanthus sauce that is placed on each table, we added it and some lemon juice into our ice dessert and it is super refreshing!

Dining in queue also moves quite fast despite the snake queue forming outside the shop. Overall, will definitely recommend to try out this tangyuan...