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The original restaurant is on Xinyi Road in Taipei and the shop sign was a calligraphic work of the then Control Yuan president Yu Youren. The buns grew so popular that the store stopped selling oil altogether and became a full-fledged restaurant in 1972. Heng Tai Fung's owner suggested that to survive, Yang and Lai convert half the shop to making and selling steamed buns ( xiaolongbao). Īround 1970, tinned cooking oil became prevalent, and business diminished drastically. They named it Din Tai Fung by combining the names of Yang's previous employer, "Heng Tai Fung", and their new supplier, "DinMei Oils". With his Hakka wife, Lai Penmei, he founded a cooking oil retailer in 1958. He then wanted to branch out on his own to support his family. History Truffle-infused Xiaolongbao at Din Tai Fung, Taipei Din Tai Fung in Taipei 101.įounder Yang Bing-yi, an immigrant from Shanxi, initially worked ten years at Heng Tai Fung ( 恆泰豐), a cooking oil retailer in Taiwan. Din Tai Fung also has branches in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States. Australia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, UAE, Britain, USAĭin Tai Fung ( Chinese: 鼎泰豐 Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Téng-thài-hong Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tín-thai-fûng) is a Taiwan-based Chinese cuisine restaurant chain.
