Michael and Allison came down to Toronto for the labour day weekend. They were looking to buy furniture for their move to the new place, shocks for Mike’s car, and other miscellanous items. But we made sure to set aside some time to continue a tradition we started this year.

I think this must have been the 3rd time that we went to Ding Tai Feng. Allison really likes this place, and I have to admit that I absolutely adore the food! But it’s not a place that I get to get frequent very often. I like to keep such a venue for special occasions.

Ding Tai Feng is a restaurant franchise that originated in Taiwan, it have various locations all over the world. Here is a review of the Shanghai location that I found over the internet. I’d suggest you disregard any mention of animosity between Taiwan and China in the review as food really is not about politics! Nonetheless, the restaurant’s specialities are their soup dumplings – ‘Xiao Long Bao’. The soup dumplings are packed with juice inside, and one usually pokes a hole in the dumpling, let the juice seap out onto the spoon, and savour it before consuming the dumpling.

This has been a favourite tradition of ours, and there are not many things more enjoyable than having good friends, good food and good conversation!