Din Tai Fung

Taiwan's beloved retail store flipped to a full-service dumpling shop in 1972, and to the delight of the entire world, it never went back. Din Tai Fung is now a major international dim sum player, and here in L.A. we have three locations alone: Century City, Glendale and Arcadia, our first outpost. The traditional pork soup dumplings are a treasure, but it's hard to go wrong with anything off the menu (see also: the truffle soup dumplings, the steamed cod dumplings, the noodles with pickled mustard greens). Just order it all.