Yang Bing-Yi was a Taiwanese businessman best known for being the founder of the restaurant chain Din Tai Fung famous for its signature soup dumplings that attracted crowds around the world and was one of the rare Asian restaurants to win a Michelin star. Yang and his wife, Lai Pen-mei, opened their first shop in 1958 named Din Tai Fung Oil Retail after the closure of the store they worked for. Their business expanded over the years to more than 170 locations across Taiwan, mainland China and ... moreYang Bing-Yi was a Taiwanese businessman best known for being the founder of the restaurant chain Din Tai Fung famous for its signature soup dumplings that attracted crowds around the world and was one of the rare Asian restaurants to win a Michelin star. Yang and his wife, Lai Pen-mei, opened their first shop in 1958 named Din Tai Fung Oil Retail after the closure of the store they worked for. Their business expanded over the years to more than 170 locations across Taiwan, mainland China and 13 other countries, including the United States, Japan, Australia and the United Arab Emirates. In 1993 the first restaurant was named one of the best restaurants in the world by the New York times. His restaurants are credited with being first food brand out of Taiwan that introduced both Chinese and Taiwanese cookery to the world. Hong Kong branch has been awarded a Michelin star five times.
