dough zone dumpling house 麵貼面

although din tai fung bestowed with michelin stars, dough zone will be the next contender for it.

tried dan dannoodlesand qbao (known as sheng jian bao for shanghainese). it was tasty and fulfilling with packs of flavors. every bao has liquid soup inside, which will burst in your mouth.

if you like spicy aromatic peppercorn, then dan dannoodleswill be highly recommended!!!

some super delicious food at the dough zone! xia long soup dumplings were excellent, the steamed pork buns had a wonderful filling, and the pan fried chicken gyoza were the best gyoza i have ever eaten! i also had the pig ear and they were super delicious mixed in thenoodleswith minced pork sauce. also the pickled cucumber salad was top notch. will be back for sure.

we are actually in the redmond dough zone. we came after 7 pm for dinner, so the line was short. after we ordered, the service was fast. overall, the dumplings have gotten better than before, with thinner wraps. thenoodlesportions were small, but quite good.

i'm going to start off by saying i'm probably a little biased because my mom makes amazing chinese food. this place was actually pretty good compared to my mom's cooking though. i had the beef roll which was good but pretty one dimensional. the shrimp and pork steamed dumplings were delicious, and i sampled the pig's feetnoodlesand thought they were really flavorful. the red bean tofu was a little weird - the tofu was bland but the red beans were way too sweet.
the ambience is nice and it's a lot cleaner than a lot of chinese restaurants. the portions were pretty small so we ended up ordering more after we got our food. overall a good experience.

competition for din tai fung. friends told us this was the place to go for dumplings in the seattle area. no surprise that there was a wait for a table. i told the hostess that we would sit at the bar but no one was sitting anyone at the bar, my husband came in a few minutes later and asked to sit at the bar where they seated him quickly. we began with sweet & sour cucumber (okay), then had pork dumplings (very good), zhajiangnoodles(nice), green onion pancake (too many onions and salty) and pan fried pork dumplings (best item). the meal was good. the pork dumplings were definitely filled with lots of meat and we enjoyed watching them make the dumplings.

go for the dumplings. it's great to finally start to see some more diverse chinese restaurants opening up in the seattle area. at least among the chinese community, dough zone has created a bit of a buzz as din tai fung now has a local competitor. love that!

have their many varieties of dumplings. their xiao long bao (xlb) is one of the best in the area (din tai fung is the other place i like) and is a welcome addition. their skin is made very well -- not too thick -- and the soup quantity is great. it's not quite to the standard set in richmond/vancouver, but unfortunately nothing in seattle is yet. their many boiled and pan-fried dumplings were also very good. we had the steamed pork and shrimp dumplings (expensive, but unique with a whole shrimp (tail included) in each dumpling), steamed pork dumplings (outstanding -- gobbled up by my kids) and potstickers (good, but i'd stick with the steamed and boiled ones).

we had a scallion pancake which was quite nice -- light, crispy and appropriately delicate. we also had a bowl of beef noodle soup which was really disappointing. thenoodleswere not very good, the broth was lacking and the beef brisket was not in the typical chunks. i don't plan to havenoodlesthere again.

overall, i'm excited that dough zone is here and will be back to try more things (other than the noodles).

awesome dumplings, but stay away from the noodles. we went there tonight as it recently opened. there was a decent line and we ended up waiting close to 25min or so for a table of four. the prices were very good and it seemed promising. we ordered a variety of soup and drynoodlesas well as their two xiao lung bao options (one with shrimp). the xlbs were the best and rivalled din tai fung's (at least the local seattle) level. the rumour is that the chef came from there. we were able to check out the other dumplings from the other tables around us and they seem to look good. thenoodleswere bland and tasteless. there were no texture or flavor, so we now know to stay away from them (unless you just want to get full fast).

we will definitely try this place again given the awesome price and quality factor!

fairly new soup dumpling place in bellevue called dough zone . the menus were full of small dishes, from dumplings, buns, tonoodlesand congees. i went there twice already and was able to try different dishes. great news that finally there was a place serving comparable soup dumpling, xiao long bao, to din tai fung ‘s. equally thin-skinned and very juicy with tender gingery meat, the dough zone xiao long bao were delicious and at a lower price point than din tai fung – a bonus! the rest of the menu items were hit and miss.