465931 Mon Dec 03 08:04:07 -0800 2007 19 2 Los Angeles Area 0 3174851 I drove past this weekend and saw a brand spanking new building next to Wells Fargo Bank. This is the plaza right next to where the original Dumpling House was. Is the old location open too? Anyone been to the new one yet? It looks pretty nice. Mon Dec 03 08:04:07 -0800 2007 59502 WHills 1 3174925 Can you be a little more specific as to location? Mon Dec 03 08:29:48 -0800 2007 3174851 12082 PeterL 1 3175159 The original location is still up and running. I believe the new building is an extension to it but I don't think it's open yet. As most people who go to DTF know, they can really use more restaurant space! Mon Dec 03 09:35:45 -0800 2007 3174851 66937 crystaw 2 3175620 I went to the old restaurant on Sunday and overhead them sending a large table to the new restaurant, so we snuck over for a look after our meal. The new space is much bigger and they even have a second floor (the host said it was not opened yet). It was really lovely and airy with high ceilings and shiny new modern chairs. The host of the new place said that they have the exact same food with the same chef in charge. Also, you can go to either restaurant to get a seat. It is a completely separate building btw, you have to either cut through behind the bookstore or get to baldwin and walk next door. I was hoping for a secret tunnel. ;) Mon Dec 03 11:28:27 -0800 2007 3175159 11699 mileena 3 3181521 I ate at the original DTF building for lunch yesterday (the hostess didn't ask if we wanted to go to the new building). I was hoping for a tunnel of some sort too! Wed Dec 05 08:58:45 -0800 2007 3175620 66937 crystaw 1 3176129 I went the Saturday before last, and they said they had just opened the new location that weekend. We'd been waiting in line outside the old location since 10:30, and when they opened at 11, they led the first wave of us around the corner to the other side of the building without telling us why, but we all followed obediently like a herd of dumpling-starved sheep. The new location is more modern, and I agree that it was a much-needed expansion! Mon Dec 03 13:50:46 -0800 2007 3174851 28088 ironykettle 1 3176355 Thanks, WHills, for posting about this! Mon Dec 03 14:56:15 -0800 2007 3174851 14014 liu 1 3176714 I'm trying to picture where this is: * The Old DTF is in a plaza on Baldwin, next to the Phoenix and Life Plaza. * Where is the new building exactly? Next door to the old plaza where the old DTF is (south) on Baldwin is a Mobil gas station. To the North of the old plaza on Baldwin is Arcadia Bowling. Behind the old DTF plaza is the Chinese Supermarket with Chang's Garden and Sin Bah La. Is it in there? Mon Dec 03 16:46:51 -0800 2007 3174851 113442 exilekiss 2 3177376 It's between the old DTF plaza and the bowling alley. They were a Wells Fargo there, and the new location is right next to DTF. It's exactly the next plaza. Mon Dec 03 21:31:27 -0800 2007 3176714 59502 WHills 1 3182433 Thanks for posting this. This is great news. Wed Dec 05 12:57:29 -0800 2007 3174851 13957 slacker 1 3228875 hi there, planning to visit the new location for DTF, can anyone comment on the operating hours? Is it the same time as the old store? Can anyone comment on the food, is it also the same quality as the old one? thanks, friends have recently visited the original location and have mentioned that the food quality has dropped? perhaps its due to the opening of the new location, and also mentioned that getting a table for lunch is not as difficult as it once was, true? Fri Dec 21 11:48:28 -0800 2007 3174851 14138 Rina 2 3229285 I've been there twice now, and I believe the hours are the same.... as is the food. I couldn't tell the difference. There was no wait to get a table either... that was a plus. Fri Dec 21 14:23:24 -0800 2007 3228875 22375 snooze button 3 3229494 So you could choose to go to one or the other? Or do you have to start at the original location, and they'll take you over to the new one? Fri Dec 21 15:59:47 -0800 2007 3229285 13957 slacker 4 3229500 Both. You can go to the original and they'll walk you over, or you can just walk over to the new location and they'll seat you. So... I'd just go straight to the new place... you'd get seated faster. Fri Dec 21 16:02:28 -0800 2007 3229494 22375 snooze button 5 3229505 Excellent, thanks. Fri Dec 21 16:06:00 -0800 2007 3229500 13957 slacker 1 3228999 Thanks. I usually go at 5PM or 10:30AM on weekends to avoid the wait. But with double (or more) the capacity, do they still have the same limits to the mini-baos that they only serve during the weekend? Fri Dec 21 12:34:24 -0800 2007 3174851 46671 notmartha 1 3240442 The new location opened on Thanksgiving day, 2007. Its a brand new, stand alone bulding that's more than 3 years in the making. The narrow, elongated layout is designed to invoke memories of the original DTF location on Shinyi Rd. in Taipei, Taiwan. In terms of sitting capacity, its actually smaller than the existing one inside the Baldwin Plaza. The second floor of the new building is currently not open to public because the City regulates the amount of seating capacity relative to the parking spaces available. Application is currently underway to allow the second floor to be opened on weekends only, when the nearby Wells Fargo Bank is closed for business and addtional parking space becomes available. Timing is still uncertain. The new facility is treated as a sperate restaurant with its own kitchen crew. Menu is the same, hours of operation same. Since not many people know about the new facility, expect the lines at the old store to be twice as long as the new one. On-site table reservations are taken seperately and independently. You can choose one or the other, or both, and wait for the first available opening (but you'll need to talk back and forth between the two stores to check your spot on the queue) In terms of location, its immediately behind the current store, so you'll need to circle around (left or right). Thu Dec 27 12:29:31 -0800 2007 3174851 135751 hanchee 2 3255270 Unfortunately it seems a lot of people know about the newer space when we went the past weekend. It seems to be bigger - at least it seems to have more tables for 4. The entrance is not the door facing Baldwin, but rather towards the back parking lot. I don't know if it's the new kitchen, but the dishes (dumplings and green beans) seems to lack salt. Wed Jan 02 18:02:44 -0800 2008 3240442 46671 notmartha 3 3255338 I think you're on to something, notmartha! This past weekend we ordered the pork fried rice -- delicious at the original location around the corner -- but it was very bland and a little tasteless. Perhaps it was simply in the seasoning. In general, the quality was not quite up to the other location, but the space is nice and I am patient while they get things going. We will definitely return and hope for their success! Wed Jan 02 18:30:11 -0800 2008 3255270 14014 liu 4 3255538 I am hoping it's a one time only thing and the kitchen at the new space will improve, otherwise I'll just take my chances at the original one, even though it's not as nice. Wed Jan 02 19:38:24 -0800 2008 3255338 46671 notmartha