The award-winning, family-owned Din Tai Fung officially opened on July 1st, 2024 in Disneyland Resort’s Downtown Disney District!
The Chinese restaurant serves dishes family-style, and is especially famous for soup dumplings, which are “hand-crafted right on sight,” as they are at Din Tai Fung’s additional locations in Las Vegas, Costa Mesa, and other places in Southern California, Oregon, and Washington. These are in addition to international locations in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Europe, and Thailand!
Din Tai Fung various soups, many different flavors of dumplings and buns, wontons, noodle and fried rice dishes, and even dessert dumplings filled with chocolate, red bean paste, or sweet taro.
Din Tai Fung originally opened in Taipei, Taiwan. According to the restaurant’s website, Mr. Bing-Yi Yang immigrated to Taiwan and opened a shop selling cooking oil. He named the shop Din Tai Fung. He and his wife sold dumplings in their shop as well, called Xiao Long Bao (steamed pork soup dumplings). These dumplings became so popular that Mr. Yang “phased out his oil business” and Din Tai Fung became a full service restaurant!
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Service: Table Service
Type of Food: Chinese cuisine
Location: Downtown Disney District’s West Side
Menu:
Official Disney Lunch Menu
Official Disney Dinner Menu
Reviews and Photos:
FIRST LOOK at a NEW Restaurant NOW OPEN at Downtown Disney
FULL REVIEW: Disney’s Newest Restaurant Has Our New FAVORITE Dessert 🤯
Important Info:
- Several Din Tai Fung restaurants have won awards for outstanding food, and the Hong Kong and London locations have received Michelin Stars; a coveted culinary award which takes into account “the quality of the ingredients, the harmony of flavors, the mastery of techniques, the personality of the chef as expressed in their cuisine and, just as importantly, consistency both over time and across the entire menu,” according to the Michelin Star website.
Famous Dishes: Xiao Long Bao (steamed pork soup dumplings), Kurobuta Pork Buns, Chocolate and Mochi Xiao Long Bao
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