Thursday, August 26, 2010
Had dinner with MeiMei at 鼎泰丰last night, and we were a bit disappointed after that. Mei Mei and I ever had a very satisfying meal in the restaurant when it opened it's first branch in Singapore.
I remembered, just the 2 of us, we paid $80+ for the whole spread of food. We have different kinds of 小笼包，酸辣汤，排骨面，various types of 小菜 and 甜品. And the waitress actually thought that we ordered too much and informed us, when they actually had a few dishes sold out already. This time, we ordered lesser dishes, but was about $60 too.
However, this time we were disappointed, because what we like tasted different already. 酸辣汤is not sour and spicy at all. When we asked the waitress, if the correct dish was served to us, she told us, now we can add vinegar and chilli sauce ourselves to suit our taste. This is not the what to have this dish! The original taste will be different and the correct feel will not be there!
Then 排骨面tasted so bland. The original feel was not there anymore. Meimei and I had a bowl of noodle each the last time. Last night, both of us don't even want to eat more. Sad...
My first experience with this famous restaurant was in Taipei. We were even amused with the cab driver, who was so excited to send us to there. We just mentioned we wanted to go to 鼎泰丰, but we did not where is the exact location. So we just said we wanted to go there for lunch, and the uncle immediately said, 'Then you must go to the main branch! Quick quick! I send you there.' The next thing we know, we were standing right in front of the restaurant, just in time before the lunchtime!
All the dishes were fantastic! I actually missed the food there when I came back to Singapore. One day, when I passed by a renovating shop at the basement of Paragon, I was overjoyed to see that 鼎泰丰will be opening a branch in Singapore! So for a period of time, I went to the restaurant for meals with different group of friends.
This December, I will be going to Taipei. Hopefully I can have the chance to eat again, and most importantly, the original taste must be there!!!!
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