![]() If you go to a chicken soup house that raises its own Arlington Bresse chickens on a farm an hour north of Seattle, it stands to reason: You get the chicken noodle soup. Image: Hsiao-Ching Chou 151 Days Chicken Soup House Redmond The salt and pepper chicken wings are deep-fried crispy and laced with just enough curry to make you obsess about it but not so much to overwhelm the flavor profile. If quantity of food is an important measure, the lunch plates offer enough rice for two meals. Other stone pots include the eggplant with XO sauce and sliced beef, which has just enough funk and arrives still bubbling in its cauldron. The bed of napa cabbage under the braised beef deserves its own award, cooked to the point of translucence, but before it loses structural integrity. ![]() Indeed, the brisket and tendon hold together until you take a bite. If the opinion of an 80-year-old Chinese grandma matters to you, the braised beef brisket stone pot at A+ Hong Kong Restaurant is the best in Seattle. A+ Hong Kong Restaurant Chinatown–International District Round out your meal with a few cold dishes, such as the seaweed or cucumber salad. Surprisingly few restaurants in town serve braised beef pancake rolls the version here wraps a scallion pancake around sliced shank to create a filling appetizer, albeit tough to share beyond two people. Filling options include pork, crab, or vegetables-though the vegetarian version doesn’t have soup in them. Mama’s Dough can hold its own with its xiao long bao, which have thin wrappers that are gorgeously pleated. The soup dumpling game in the Seattle area has its camps. Image: Hsiao-Ching Chou Mama’s Dough Kent The sizzling platter with chicken steak or pork chop is a mess of food that many folks find irresistible. For fans of dry-fried green beans, Looking for Chai’s version contains bits of pork and dried shrimp. Chunks of bone-in chicken have the right amount of seared edges sauce is a caramelized balance of soy sauce and wine. When the Three Spiced Chicken with Basil (aka three-cup chicken) arrives at the table, it’s a moment of exaltation and appreciation. Spicy Style is located at the Asian Family Center on Aurora Avenue North, so time your visit for when you need to stock up on Asian ingredients. The ma la tingling of Sichuan pepper isn’t shy in the ma po tofu and it’ll require extra rice as a companion. The potato dish (a telltale benchmark of the kitchen’s attention to detail) hits all the right notes. The boast makes sense when you taste dishes such as the stir-fried sour-and-spicy shredded potatoes, eggplant with chili peppers and preserved eggs, dry-fried green beans, and steamed pork belly with buns. The restaurant’s Mandarin name is a clever play on a phrase that means “we’re No. Like I said, if you do decide to come here, just make sure you ain’t got nowhere else to be afterwards.Image: Amber Fouts Spicy Style of Sichuan Northgate We still made it to the airport with time to spare at the lounge, but still. But they didn’t even start making it until we asked how much longer it would be. We ordered the to-go dishes as soon as we sat down so that it would be ready by the time we were done eating. My only gripe was the slow service situation. We ate it a few hours later but it was still good. We ordered some of the same dim sum again, and we ordered a sesame chicken and Amoy style rice noodles to go, so that we’d have lunch on the plane. Our second visit was on a Tuesday morning when we made a quick stop here before our flight home. Actually, most of the dim sum pieces are a nice size (at least compared to the ones in NYC). We had to ask for the beef rice rolls several times before we actually got them but it was worth the wait. We ordered the usual suspects - shumai, shrimp dumplings (my fiancé said it might be the best ha gow he's eaten because of how thin and smooth, yet sturdy the ha gow skin was and I'm inclined to agree), steamed spare ribs, chicken rice, beef rice rolls, and egg tarts. On our first visit, we came on a Sunday at 9 and it was still pretty empty. Service is slow though, so just be sure you're not in a rush to get anywhere. Great dim sum spot! So much so that we came here twice on our trip.
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