Din Tai Fung Truffle Xiao Long Bao Singapore

December 13, 2010 | 7 Comments

Din Tai Fung Xiao Long Bao Singapore

Whenever I’m in Orchard road for dinner, I will always laugh at those who are queuing up for Din Tai Fung. Okay, the Xiao Long Bao, La mian, fried rice and pancakes on the Din Tai Fung’ menu are pretty good and affordable, but I think it doesn’t make sense to queue up for them.

Karma finally caught up with me when I was waiting at Din Tai Fung for half an hour because my friends were obsessed with Din Tai Fung’s Truffle Xiao Long Bao (available exclusivity at the flagship paragon outlet).

Here’s the thing, I don’t believe in adding exotic ingredients: a good burger should be one that is simple and no frills, with a nice juicy patty and lightly toasted buns. Likewise, the best xiaolongbao should be one that has a super thin skin holding the superb stock and minced meat inside. You don’t need truffle to make a 9.5/10 xiao long bao to become a perfect 10/10. Okay, maybe you do. At least that’s what Din Tai Fung and fanatics of the truffle xiao long bao think.

Din Tai Fung’s Xiao Long Bao comes with 18 neat folds (trust me, it’s extremely difficult to do that), and obviously you have to pay a premium for the truffle edition. The normal Xiao Long Bao is $6.5 for a basket of 6, while the truffle xiao long bao comes at a price tag of $14.80 for 5 (or $3.20 a piece if you just want one for sampling).

After a few rounds of BBM-ing, my friends finally managed to convince me to give the truffle xiao long bao a shot. To be honest, I was still skeptical about it – I didn’t believe that you could actually ‘see’, much less taste the truffle. But apparently Din Tai Fung proved me wrong. If you poke a tiny hole into the steamed pork dumpling, you can actually see the black truffle sitting smugly on top of the minced meat. Amazing stuff.

That being said, I still find it hard to justify paying almost double the money for the truffle xiao long bao. Anyway, my friends are still crazy over the truffle xiao long bao, and they went back twice just for the truffle xiao long bao after our last visit there.

How about you? Will you pay more for the truffle xlb?

After trying Din Tai Fung, Crystal Jade Restaurant, Qun Zhong Eating House, and the colourful xiao long bao from Paradise Dynasty, the hunt for the best xiao long bao in Singapore will bring me to Nanxiang Xiao Long Bao next!

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Din Tai Fung
290 Orchard Road #B1-03
The Paragon Singapore
Tel: +65 6836 8336

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7 Responses to “Din Tai Fung Truffle Xiao Long Bao Singapore”

  1. diva
    December 13th, 2010 @ 1:04 pm

    Looks scrummy. I’d pay once and prob settle for the traditional stuff ever after. Love a bit of truffle but mostly in the right places. Although delicious, xlb should be xlb at the end of the day. Gawd, I sound like a bloody conservative.

  2. Karen from Globetrotter Diaries
    December 13th, 2010 @ 1:17 pm

    Truffles and xiao long bao?! How come I haven’t thought of that! Too bad Din Tai Fung in the US isn’t serving this otherwise I would totally try it out :(

  3. Baby Sumo
    December 13th, 2010 @ 4:12 pm

    DTF Malaysia have the truffle XLB too… I love it. :)

  4. Kristen
    December 13th, 2010 @ 6:35 pm

    I don’t mind paying a lil more to give this a try. DTF XLB in its original taste is already fab, but it’s getting a bit “old”. This sounds interesting! Thanks for sharing :)

  5. pam
    December 14th, 2010 @ 12:30 pm

    I love truffles! But i think i’d probably bring my bottle of truffle out n squirt some drops onto the XLB hhahah

  6. fwy
    December 14th, 2010 @ 4:24 pm

    There is a new place called The Rotisserie located at China Square Food Centre, Blk 51 Telok Ayer Street. As I work near the CBD area, I chanced upon this new place last Friday while going out for lunch. However, the place is packed with hungry lunchtime crowds. I was told they serve breakfast too. Maybe you can drop by one day & give them a try.

  7. cheryl
    December 27th, 2010 @ 2:43 pm

    truffle oil contains no traces of truffle at all, it is simply olive oil with synthetically-flavoured ‘truffle’ aroma.

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