Chinese restaurants in America (except those in L.A, New York and San Francisco) oftentimes try to serve everything on their menu, from stir-fries to hot-pots, from rice dishes to dumplings and noodles. Unless you know the chef’s specialty before hand and order accordingly, you are likely to be disappointed…that is, if authentic Chinese is what your are after.
Dough Zone is different and that is why they’ve been successful since opening in 2014. As the name indicates, they specialize in all things made with a dough, for instance these Shanghai-style soup dumplings, served piping hot at the table
Juicy Jian Buns (I order them to-go and eat them as breakfast the next day – twenty seconds in the microwave, they are good as new 🙂 )
Beijing-style chive-pockets and pot stickers
Tianjin-style Jianbing guozi (only available at the Crossroad location)
Szechuan Tan Tan noodle
Chinese porridge
with a variety of pickled vegetables are among my favorites.
For dessert, my friends swear by this red bean tofu pudding
The taste is subtle but satisfying. It is a great way to complete a meal.
Dough Zone has four locations in the Greater Seattle area – two in Bellevue, one in Redmond, one in Issaquah and is slated to open its first store in Seattle this year. The Crossroad Mall location, being their first restaurant, has several additional items on the menu. The service has a few hits and misses, but overall it is better than most Chinese restaurants. As for the food, everything was made fresh in the restaurant, mostly by hands.
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My stomach is grumbling! Being here in France with notoriously inadequate Chinese food, I’m missing it from back home! I’ve never been to Seattle, so going there would be crossing another destination off the bucket list while also enjoying some amazing Chinese food. Win-win situation!
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Yep and the price is always unbeatable. Hope you will come to Seattle some day 🙂
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Your photos are amazing and I’m so hungry just looking at them! Definitely adding to my list for Seattle recs! 🙂
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Thank you Daina. I hope you will like it.
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Very nice review and images.
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Thanks Jane!
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I want to go now! How are the lineups like? Crazy busy hour lines? We’re so lucky to be spoiled with good Chinese food in the Northwest. 😊
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The lineup is a bit crazy during peak hours, but come when they open their doors or in between lunch/dinner hours, there will be no lines. We have been there at 11:30, and around 2pm, 4pm, it was pretty light.
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These all look very good!
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Wow you’re making me drool! I am envious of Americans who live in major cities for having access to practically any cuisine in the world. Here in Poland it’s hard to come across any good restaurants serving international cuisine. Asian is my all time favorite. I’d looovee to have an Asian grocery store/ good Asian restaurant around me, hehe 🙂 If I EVER end up in Chicago, I’ll remember this place hehe.
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Hi Pooja, Chicago is a great city and I am sure it has a good variety of Chinese restaurants there. Come to Seattle, we have a lot here too. This restaurant has 4 locations across the I-90 bridge from Seattle, where there are larger Asian population due to Microsoft 😉 But it will open a new location in Seattle this year. I will update my post as soon as it happens, so that you can come visit when it is up :). Cheers and have a fantastic week in your beautiful country!
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Hahah omg I am so sorry I typed Chicago when I meant Seattle. I am actually good at geography 😉 Seattle sounds amazing! I’d really like to visit the US one day for mostly two top things: the nature and food variety, haha. I am originally from Nepal but I’ve been living in Europe (Finland for the first 2.5 years and Poland since 3 years). Thanks and I hope you have a fantastic week there too! 🙂
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I am a Seattle local and we love the Dough Zone! My boss is crazy over Din Tai Fung and I hate the lines and the hype… I think Dough Zone is so much better! Much less craze and waiting.
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Thank you Abbey. I agree with you. The only time I go to Din Tai Fung is when I crave for ShuMais and I do love their wontons in spicy sauce.
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This looks amazing! We are lucky enough to have a great Chinese noodle place near my office. So good!
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great info- thx for sharing
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Oh wow!! This food looks awesome! I’m looking at everything that I like to eat here! 😀
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Thank you David. It is quite authentic and the price is reasonable.
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Thank you so much India Food Club!
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