Din Tai Fung

Unabashed masters of their Xiaolongbao soup dumplings, the veritable church of dumplings also do a pretty decent beef noodle soup. Not quite to the standard of your regular Taiwanese street-stalls, aiming for that slightly prissier crowd of insta-gourmands, what it lacks for in rustic charm it makes up in consistency.

"Never too far from a satisfying bowl" should be their advertising slogan, and it wouldn't be a lie either.

7/10