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Notes on Taiwan’s Quiet Food Diplomats
A record of Din Tai Fung, Chun Shui Tang, and SunnyHills Walking through Japan or other cities abroad, Taiwanese brands enter the field of view on their own. Not because I search for them.Because they are placed where people naturally pa... -
Notes on Din Tai Fung Fried Rice
The regulars’ real order, sitting beside xiaolongbao If you go to Din Tai Fung, it is worth looking around the room. Tourists eat xiaolongbao.Steam rises.Phones lift. But at some tables of local regulars,a different main dish appears. Po... -
Notes on Din Tai Fung Without a Michelin Star
A twist in evaluation, and what it suggests in Taipei Din Tai Fung’s Hong Kong branch once received one Michelin star.It surprised many people.Dim sum, treated as light food, was pulled into the star system. In Taipei, the Xinyi flagship... -
Notes on Yilan’s Sanxing Scallions
White sweetness grown in a wet county In Yilan markets, scallions enter the eye too easily.Before meat or fish, green bundles occupy the view. Scallions are usually a garnish.A supporting role that sharpens the outline of a dish. In Yila... -
Notes on Din Tai Fung as a Taiwanese Factory
Xiaolongbao and fried rice as standardized manufacturing Din Tai Fung’s entrance blends into the street.There is no loud sign.Only the flow of people marks it as a destination. Inside, the air feels arranged.Before being guided to a tabl... -
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 Two ABC Bistros at KL Sentral
Twin bistros that do not sleep Leaving KL Sentral through the Nu Sentral exit, I go down the escalator and walk toward the monorail tracks. Just before the crosswalk, my steps slow. This point functions as the practical entrance to Brick... -
Notes on Nasi Lemak in London
Coconut oil as a pardon In 2016, TIME published a list of ten healthy international breakfasts.Turkey’s breakfast was there.Japanese rice porridge was there.Malaysia’s rice plate was there as well. The news reached Malaysia.Reactions loo...
