Chiang's Gourmet — Restaurant in Seattle

Probably one of the tastiest Chinese restaurant in the Seattle area. The exterior of the building is a little off putting as it’s not something you would drive by and think “I have to try that place.” You have to get past the chaotic-no-wait-list-you-stand-in-line but the food is worth it.

Parking: yes but small lot. Dog friendly: no Family friendly: yes even though there is a sign that says no minor

FOOD: DIMSUM MENU: Fritters of twisted dough with shrimp: 2 star. no price as this was the hostess “recommendation.” I use this in quotes cause it wasn’t a suggestion, more like she’s telling us need to get it. Verbiage of the menu is kind of weird as most people know this as Chinese donuts or crueller. We agreed to get this mostly cause we had no idea what this was. Baked cake wrapped with fritters of twisted dough and egg $7: 5 stars! This was like a massive hot pocket-sandwich. The “cake” is kind of like a less buttery puff pastry that flakes with sesame seed. It was sliced in half length wise and stuffed with 3-4 pieces of crueller and scrambled egg. Was probably the best thing and definitely worth the price. Crispy biscuit wrapped with shredded turnip (2) $6: 5 star! This was actually really good but wish it was bigger or came with more pieces. The exterior was nicely pan seared and turnip was very tender and had great flavor tho a tad bit heavy handed with white pepper but I liked it! Pan fried pork bun (3) $6.50: 3 star. It was decent - good sear on the bun but it was pretty small and the flavor was okay. The best part was the bun to meat ratio. Pan fried leek bun (2) $4.00: 3 star. I think this was more like the garlic chive then leek. Similar to the pan fried pork bun but one less piece but cost less. Steam chicken feet (Phoenix feet) $6.50: 5 Star! Holy hell these were really good! The feet most have come from some steroid chicken cause they were massive! The flavor, the sauce, and the perfect tenderness!! REGULAR MENU: Green onion pancakes $10: 4 star - these were not the tradition scallion type pancake were you had the scallion all over and you could see the swirl. This was more like scallions we’re packed into a dough ball and completely rolled flat then deep fried. Super crispy and hot which was nice to know it was fried to order. Fried tofu $11: 3 star - they were okay. The best I’ve had so far is at King’s in Bellevue (but I think they’re now called Royal Kitchen). The menu just said “fried tofu” with no added description. So it wasnt the salt and pepper style or anything.. just deep fried tofu squares with some scallion bits.

RESTAURANT AND MENU: For dimsum, they have a 1 pager, double sided, menu. The front page is more like Asian street food and the back page has more of the dim sum items. It was really confusing reading their dim sum menu because it’s not really dim sum and their description isn’t like how you’d find at other restaurants.

They have a full lunch/dinner menu as well. Hence why I broke up the food description so you know where to find it.

The restaurant is small, pretty tight with the number of booths and tables. The tables are all the larger style for big parties of 6 or 8 people.

Like most chinese restaurant, they don’t have a great entrance way/waiting area. They didn’t have a waiting list so there was just a bunch of us crowding in the door way in line. There wasn’t a separate line for to-go/pick up either. It was really confusing.

SERVICE: They seemed understaff. I honestly felt bad for the workers because they were hustling when they were so busy yet so behind. We only really interacted with the hostess who also turned out to be the waitress taking our order. She’s provided typical Chinese customer service when you speak Chinese - she told us what we really wanted, judged what we ordered and made edits to our order without...

What a difference time of day makes!

We hit there about 4:10 today. The well dressed young man that took our order may have been a zombie or possibly a vampire. I dont think his lips ever moved. No smile.

The food I belive was reheated leftovers from lunch. All the dumplings stuck together and the homemade noodles were store bought.

We were the only ones there, now we know why. When relating this to the lady that recommended them to us she said they often have results like this during lunch, now they dont bother unless it is dinner. If the owner is not in go up the road to Judy Fu's. They are less traditional and a bit uneven lately but there worst day is 5x better than this!

I really could have done better myself the pork was dry and over-salted on one end unsalted on the other. Shrimp did not come as ordered. Dumpings stuck together and were obviously reheated. Onion pancakes also reheated. Vegetables way past dead.

Sad.

Following is my review for an evening last month when we ate there. The owner was there (I think older chinese lady bossing everyone around (politely). I think when the owners away the mice will play.

Great food nice people.

I love good chinese food and these folks have it. Fortunately I had my chinese wife with me so we also got the good menu. Some of the best I have had.

Noodles at Judy Fu's might be better but the other dishes were better here.

We had a young lad that wanted General Zu's but did not want it deep fried. Waitress said Ill check and we got it the way he wanted it. I think the sauce was a bit sweet for my taste but the pork was first rate.

Great service, only problem is not wheel chair accessible, the only reason it does not get 5 stars, I have a friend in the area and we cant eat here with him.

So during the day food 3 decor 2 service 3. At night...

I came to Seattle on a lovely rainy day and only due to Google directions sending me to the wrong place did I happen across this gem...

The service here is ... just about adorable... can you say that about a restaurant?

Adorable!?

But why?

I think the staff must have overheard my comment after taking one bite of the Beef Lo Mein...

Hands down... no question about it the absolute best Lo Mein I've ever tasted in my 30 plus years of life!!!

I'm not trying to goober you up by saying that either.

The noodles are so obviously homemade... there's not a restaurant I've been to across America that can touch their Lo Mein!! I had the beef, but can bet the chicken or veggies Lo Mein is just as top notch because of the homemade noodles.

I could list the states and places accrues the country I can compare this fantastically wonder dish too.... but how boring and no one wants to read a list :)

I can say sharing this Lo Mein is the right choice as you will dazzle your friends and families taste buds with a wonderful hand made with love experience.

But why is this place adorable you say???

I think the owner must have heard me talking about her noodles because the cutest lady can't around the corner smiling and delighted that were were so happy with dinner and she couldn't wait for us to try the Orange Chicken that came to the table a few moments later. Her happiness and cuteness was memorable.

Next time I'm in Seattle.... You bet this is the place we're having dinner again.... Thank you Google directions for leading us to the wrong place as it guided us here by...