I love Australia for its Asian eats, awesome seafood, modernised European flavours and killer coffee. But one of the things I don’t love is its chocolate chip cookies. For some reason, everywhere I go, all I get are dry, crumbly disks that fail to meet the comfort cravings of a New York boy who grew [...]
Archive for December, 2009
10 Dec
XLB Smackdown: Din Tai Fung vs HuTong
I’ve had the distinct pleasure of hitting a number of xiao long bao (XLB) establishments, from Melbourne’s HuTong Dumpling Bar to Manhattan’s Joe’s Shanghai. And finally, after today, I can add the well-trodden Din Tai Fung in Sydney to the list. It was an impromptu decision, following a much-needed yoga session in the city that [...]
