Din Tai Fung: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

Din Tai Fung runs one of the clearest vegan menus of any sit-down chain, with dishes labeled directly on its official allergen guide instead of leaving you to guess. This Taiwanese dumpling chain built its name on pork soup dumplings, but it stocks a real vegan lineup right alongside them, dumplings, buns, wontons, and noodles included.

What to order at Din Tai Fung

Order the Vegan Dumplings, made with bean curd, bok choy, shiitake, wood ear mushroom, and jicama, folded with the same technique as the signature pork xiao long bao. The Vegan Buns, Vegan Spicy Wontons, and Vegan Wonton Soup are all labeled vegan directly on the menu, as are the Vegan Noodles with Sesame Sauce or Spicy Sauce and the Vegan Shanghai Rice Cakes. The Cucumber Salad and Seaweed & Bean Curd Salad round out a full vegan meal.

What to watch out for

The Vegetable & Mushroom Fried Rice and Vegetable Fried Noodles are vegetarian but not vegan, since both contain egg. The Vegan Noodles with Sesame Sauce contain peanuts, worth flagging if you’re managing an allergy alongside a vegetarian diet. This is still a restaurant built around pork dumplings, so the kitchen handles meat constantly even though the vegan dishes are prepared and labeled separately. Lines regularly run over an hour, so expect a wait rather than a quick counter order.