Spicy Talk Bistro Chinese Szechuan Food — Restaurant in Kirkland

Some time ago - honestly it may have just been a month ago now - we were having a board game night. A friend wanted Chinese food so we were grudgingly looking for places to get it from and another friend said "hey, Spicy Talk is good." I doubted him. I said "ugh, okay, sure," because most americanized Chinese food locally at most got a "meh" from me. The only one I'd liked was Szechuan Chef in Bellevue.

I ate those thoughts.

Crispy Sesame Chicken that I tried was superb. I got the Honey Walnut Tofu and it was amazing. We had Scallion Pancakes and I normally despise them but NOT THESE THEY WERE INCREDIBLE.

I became addicted.

Now when I and my roommate do our weekly order-in night he sighs all the time because he'll say "what do we want to order?" and I'll say "Spicy Talk!" The portions are huge. You'll have leftovers. I say that and I'm fat! But the thing about the leftovers - you know, normally chinese leftovers, they get soggy and gross - but NOT SPICY TALK, IT'S STILL CRISPY A DAY LATER. UGH, I LOVE IT.

Anyway, I'm steadily making my way around the entire menu, but my top recommendations so far:

Anything honey walnut related. Prawns. Tofu. Chicken. Crispy Sesame Chicken. Scallion Pancakes Garlic Green Beans

Probably the only thing I wasn't fond of was the spicy cabbage, and that was mostly because I was hoping it'd be like a spicy cabbage-like dish I got while in Jiaxing, China and it wasn't, so - I blame nostalgia more...

I like this place, they have good food and I am a reoccurring customer. However I have had a few bad experiences with the people who hand the food across the table. I ordered my food online, got there late but still before my food was ready. The lobby was full of other customers waiting for their to go orders. I waited for the couple in front of me to see if their order was ready and then I told the lady my number, "it will be right up" was her reply so I go and take a seat. Five minutes goes by and I receive a text saying my order was ready but the lady never flagged me down to come grab it so I waited a little longer. More and more orders came from the kitchen and were put on the table but the lady never called the numbers for the order. Finally someone five orders after mine walks in and checks in at the counter where she was quickly given her bag and on her way. In response I got up to ask if my order was ready. It had been sitting on the table for five minutes. So now I'm sitting at my house eating squishy Chinese food because the lady wasn't proactive and calling the ticket numbers to the full lobby of people waiting for their food. The reason I gave them two stars instead of one was that the food is good. The cooks deserve better...

Nice little Chinese bistro near Fred Meyer. It has been around in Redmond, Bellevue and now Kirkland. It is Szechuan style Chinese food. Some may say the prices are high, but you receive very large portions. We had the deep-fried tofu as an appetizer, and it was well cooked and not rubbery. We then ordered the pork fried rice, the Mandarin crispy chicken, and the Singapore rice noodle. The waitress was friendly and knew the dishes very well. The pork fried rice didn't look greasy and was nice and hot. The Mandarin crispy chicken was scrumptious. The Singapore rice noodle when we first got it was very salty and seemed they put too much curry powder on it. The waitress got our order redone and the 2nd time, it was much better. We happen to come by around 4pm so it wasn't too busy that there weren't any empty seats, but they definitely were busy with takeout orders. All in all, I found the pricing more than fair, especially, since we got to bring leftovers home. The waitress says you can reserve only for parties of six or more. Parking is adequate and if need be, you can always park in the Fred Meyer lot and just walk over. I would...