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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in The Infatuation. Updated July 2026.
Tai Tung Restaurant · International District
Seattle's oldest Chinese restaurant, and reportedly Bruce Lee's favorite, still serves the family style plates that built its reputation in the International District. The beef with oyster sauce and battered almond chicken sit alongside a simple wonton soup that regulars order without looking at the menu.
Jade Garden Restaurant · International District
A cartless dim sum room on 7th and King in the International District where steamers of jumbo prawn dumplings, pork shumai, and BBQ pork buns come out fast and hot. Turnip cakes and prawn filled rice wrappers round out an order built for a full table.
Kau Kau BBQ Restaurant · International District
A barbecue counter in the International District known for glossy roast pork and lemon chicken hanging in the window, with potstickers as the standard side. It is the kind of quick, no frills order that has been a neighborhood habit for years now.
Uptown China Restaurant · Queen Anne
A Queen Anne standby for Mongolian beef and kung pao chicken, with a simple egg flower soup that is the right starter before the heavier plates arrive. The Infatuation keeps it on its Chinese guide as a dependable neighborhood option away from the International District.
Xi'an Noodles · University District
Hand pulled noodles built around cumin lamb are the reason to come to this University District shop, though the stewed pork burger, a Xi'an street food staple served on a griddled bun, is worth ordering alongside them for the table.