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Notes on Din Tai Fung’s Michelin Star
Where the star landed, and what it marked In 2009, a slightly strange piece of news moved through the food world. Michelin, the guide with the strongest authority in its field,gave one star to Din Tai Fung, a Taiwanese xiaolongbao chain.... -
Notes on the Lurou Fan “Michelin Incident”
A day when a bowl of braised pork rice became a border In April 2011, the Michelin Green Guide Taiwan edition was published. People in Taiwan opened it with a small sense of expectation.They wanted to see how an international authority w... -
Notes on the Long Memory Inside a Bowl of Braised Pork Rice
A record of lurou fan Braised pork rice, known locally as lurou fan, is often explained in a simple way.It was born in poor times, a method for making cheap scraps of meat taste good. That seems only half true.The explanation feels short... -
Notes on Xiaolongbao as Taiwan’s Adopted National Dish
A dish with no Q, no tui, and no sweet-salty finish Taiwanese food often carries a set of shared codes.You can feel them after the first bite, even without knowing the name of the dish. I reduce that unwritten rule to three elements. The... -
Notes on Din Tai Fung
Eighteen Pleats That Carried an Oil Shop into the World Din Tai Fung is no longer only a Taipei name.The same sign appears in Los Angeles, London, and Singapore.Bamboo steamers stack the same way.Lines form in the same way. Many people a... -
Notes on the Future of Xiaolongbao
What this steam might become Xiaolongbao, the soup dumpling, appears to finish itself inside a bamboo steamer. I stood in front of a street stall and waited for it to rise.Thin white steam slipped through the gaps.Steam tends to blur mos... -
Notes on the Entertainment of Xiaolongbao
Meat Juice Through the Lens Xiaolongbao, or soup dumplings (xiaolongbao), were once meant to be eaten while still hot. The lid of the bamboo steamer would lift.Steam would rise.The air at the table would cloud for a brief moment. Before ... -
Notes on the Globalization of Taiwan’s Xiaolongbao
The 18 Pleats as a Shared Language Xiaolongbao, the soup dumpling , was once a kind of dim sum rooted in Taiwan’s street corners.It was small.It ended inside a bamboo steamer. Then it crossed the sea.Not only the taste, but the entire fo... -
Notes on Xiaolongbao in Taiwan
Steam That Learned to Travel Xiaolongbao is a familiar sight in Taiwan.When I walk through the city, the smell of bamboo steamers mixes into the air. At the entrance of a market.At a breakfast counter.At the corner of a night market. The... -
Notes on Xiaolongbao and the History Taiwan Inherited
AShanghai Xiaolongbao That Drifted, Settled, and Became Taipei’s Icon Pork soup dumplings, known once as xiaolongbao, appear too often in travel guides. Din Tai Fung.Airport food courts.Department store restaurant floors.Overseas branche...
