Who needs birthday cake when you have a basket of dumplings?

Din Tai Fung celebrates 10 years in the Philippines

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DIN TAI FUNG celebrates 10 years in the Philippines this month through a special Birthday Basket featuring mainstays and one-off dumplings through the years.

While starting out as a cooking oil shop in the 1950s in Taiwan, the brand converted into a xiaolongbao (soup dumpling) shop in the 1970s. The brand has grown considerably since: think 179 shops in 15 countries. To this day, lines snake around the original, making the decision to bring it here in 2015 by The Moment Group a feat in itself.

The Moment Group, founded in 2012, is behind homegrown brands like Manam, Ooma, 8Cuts, Mo’ Cookies, and Moment Catering. Din Tai Fung is the only foreign brand in their portfolio.

During a dinner on Nov. 18 at their branch in Uptown Parade, Business World got a taste of the Birthday Basket, which included Pork, Pork Xiaolongbao with Nomad Caviar, Chili Crab and Shrimp Xiaolongbao, Pork and Truffle Xiaolongbao, Foie Gras and Chicken Xiaolongbao, Prawn Tom Yum, Pork Kurobuta Ramen, Scallop and Prawn Laksa, Wagyu Pho, and Wagyu Mala Xiaolongbao. If you can, try to get extra helpings of the Foie Gras and Chicken dumpling — it’s one of the most perfect servings of soup you'll ever try.