Xiao Chi Jie 278 106th Avenue Northeast, Bellevue, WA 98004

"The pork pan fried buns are yummy with soups inside. If anything, I’d wish the bottom of the buns could be a bit more crispy."

"We came here because of a friend’s recommendation, and it turned out to be great! We enjoyed the fried soup dumplings, steamed soup dumplings and Jian Bing. Those dumplings were very juicy. The side dishes such as cucumber and sichuan cabbage were also pretty good. It’s a nice place for a quick bite."

"There’s only two restaurants in the court - XCJ and a poke place. I placed my order on the iPads in front and waited. The pan fried pork buns were good, crispy, and very juicy however the meat was rubbery. The sweet and savory noodle (zha Jiang mian) was way too sweet and the veggies were very soft - I would not recommend this dish."

"1. Salty - both jianbin and noodles were overpowered by saltiness. We selected extra spicy option for the jianbin and the result was a jianbin that was smothered by a chilli oil similar to laoganma (a popular Chinese chilli oil brand) - see picture of oil residue in tin foil. The dandan noodle on the other hand was unconventionally not spicy and seemed to contain too much salt or soy sauce. 2. Portion size - specifically for the dandan noodle. Definitely not worth the $12! 3. Value - in spite of increased cost of living, neither the flavour nor the amount of food justified the high price for me. Overall the fried buns were the best out of the food we ordered since the soup dumplings were mediocre at best. It would be a stretch for me to recommend this establishment; especially if you were travelling from far away as you may leave disappointed."

"YES!! I finally made it out to XCJ! I first found out about them through their frozen soup dumplings which I think are incredibly easy and delicious to make. But then, I read about how they were actually locally famous for their SJB. It’s a style that I had in Shanghai 10 years ago - thin not doughy wrapper with soup inside with the meat/veggie filling and fried/steamed like a pot sticker. Having grown up with the fluffy bao version, my mind was blown by this style which I was eager to try XCJ’s version. I was absolutely in love with their SJB! Large SJBs with LOTS of soup. We had to be careful not to squirt soup across the table when biting (which happened). Great flavors all around. Our friends and my family ordered so many of them! I hope they can figure out a way to do deliver SJBs frozen. I’m a little hesitant to experiment with the frozen soup dumplings pan-fried potsticker style, but maybe that will work back in Austin."