This afternoon, my wife and I went to have lunch at Din Tai Fung located at the 6th floor in Pavilion shopping mall. Of course, the must have "steamed dumplings" is one of our choices.
Frankly, I am a bit puzzled why DinTaiFung was selected as one of the top ten restaurants in the world by the "New York Times". Well, I would say the dumpling is not bad but it should not make DTF to be selected as one of the top 10 in the world. The speed of serving customer orders is also commendable. The few dishes we ordered are quite tasty. In terms of price, I would say is quite reasonable for a fine dinning despite restaurant.
What I like the most from this first time experience is that their waiters and waitress are very friendly and polite. In addition, I found that most of the waiters and waitresses speak Mandarin, not sure if many of their customers are also from Taiwan and China or people who stayed there before like students and businessman.
Of course the variety and uniqueness of foods should be the major selling point. Many of the dishes are not sold in other restaurant in this area i.e. maybe they can claim they are the most authentic Taiwanese restaurant. In other words, if you want to have Taiwanese foods, this is the first choice.
Well, I can only say the success of a restaurant are mainly as a results of the following factors:
- Tasty and unique dishes
- Friendly and polite staff
- Good location
- Reasonable price
- Publicity or reputation
Publicity and reputation is very important especially with internet, it will make or break a company overnight. For example, authorities in many countries are now monitoring some food products that may contain a Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), an ingredient that may have potential harmful effects on health.
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