Taiwan Instagrammable Food: 唐點小聚 Social Place, Taipei
Whenever I hear of the words “dim sum”, I
would often think of going to Hong Kong because that’s the country which will
immediately pop out to your mind when you think of Cantonese cuisine, right?
Furthermore, dim sum restaurants in Hong Kong always manage to elevate the
beauty of the favourite dim sum items such as Chinese bun and dumplings to be
even more beautiful on platter. However, it seems that now you can enjoy
similar dim sum experience in Taipei at 唐點小聚 Social Place.
Social Place offers instagrammable dim sum on plates and this is the reason
of why I’m including it in my list of Taiwan instagrammable food (which I will
conquer when I have the chance to revisit Taiwan). The dim sum restaurant is
located within walking distance from Zhongxiao Dunhua MRT station. Its FB page
show English translation of its menu (woohoo) for the benefit of those of us
who can’t read traditional Chinese characters on the menu. It opens daily from
11AM to 10PM. Based on @wennick’s insta post, Social Place seems to be
decorated in Tiffany & Co’s color and this would elevate your instagram
game to the next level. After all those kind of blue-green-ish does not come
often in the restaurant setting.
Let’s talk about the pretty dim sum items, shall we? First, they have
Pear-shaped Dumpling with Crab Meat (138 NTD) which I thought was dessert item.
Looks can be deceiving after all. I would definitely order this because they
are so pretty. If you are not sure on what to order, it seems safe to go for
the dim sum platter (238 NTD) and @yen.food.life’s platter looks so
interesting, it even has heart-shaped something. The charcoal custard buns (138
NTD) are another must-order item since it comes in black color with gold dust
sprinkled on top of it. Custard buns have become exceptionally luxe.
Have you ever thought that your rice roll (zhang fen) can come in color
other than white? Nope, me neither. But Social Place manages to pull Steamed
Rice Roll with Shrimp (138 NTD) off and serve it in pink which I suspect is
beetroot’s color (and hopefully not chemically induced coloring). Next item
which I would like to order is definitely the Steamed Rose Floret Bun (58 NTD)
because well, rose-shaped ice cream is so last season, right? I wonder what’s
the filling for the rose bun though. Hmm.
Social Place does serve other normal items (but less instagrammable) in
their menu like rice, noodles, congee, chicken, etc. You can try them out but
don’t forget to check out their dessert department because it’s not everyday
you can eat your mahjong tiles. Yes, you read them correctly, Social Place
includes the mahjong tiles (108 NTD) in their menu. Don’t worry, they are
actually coconut pudding so your teeth won’t break from eating them.
Ahh, just talking about the food makes me want to go there and try them out
myself. Hope they are as nice as they look on menu and instagram.
Credits: @jjeanllin, @shannonliu, @zoelin090, @yen.food.life, @rabin1030, @wennick, @akumatw, @fanialin