Tai Tung Restaurant
Chinese restaurant · International District
655 S King St, Seattle, WA 98104
Highlights
Seattle's oldest Chinese restaurant, Bruce Lee's favorite
Seattle's oldest Chinese restaurant, Bruce Lee's favorite
"Tai Tung is Seattle’s oldest Chinese restaurant, and once had Bruce Lee as a regular. It’s easy to feel nostalgic eating Bruce’s favorite dish—beef in a rich oyster sauce—next to a cardboard cutout of the late legend at a back table amid other memorabilia. But we also like sitting at the counter up front and eating plates of potstickers and crispy almond chicken while staring at an ancient cash register." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, gabe guarente
"Just near the western end of I-90 is one of America’s oldest Chinese restaurants, Tai Tung. Dating back to 1935, the generational restaurant has been operated and owned by the same Seattle-area family for over 80 years. Here, diners find an extensive menu of American Chinese favorites, served family-style. Specialties include asparagus beef, Szechuan-style shredded pork, and Peking-style pork chops." - Vox Creative
"One of the Chinatown–International District’s oldest and best-known restaurants, Tai Tung is as solid as ever. Many Seattle legends have dined at Tai Tung since it opened in 1935— you can sit in the Bruce Lee Memorial Booth where his cardboard cutout will watch while you eat his beloved beef with oyster sauce — and even international celebrities, like the late Anthony Bourdain, have visited the place. The extensive menu is full of classics, from chop suey to egg foo young to chow mein, which are especially fun to eat family-style." - Jay Friedman
"This Chinatown institution has been open for 90 years at this point, and it’s still playing all the Chinese-American hits. Egg foo young, chop suey, sweet and sour dishes — the menu is so long it has one section marked “specialties” and another marked “recommended dishes.” If you need help ordering, remember that Bruce Lee loved the oyster sauce beef." - Harry Cheadle
"Tai Tung was Bruce Lee’s favorite restaurant in Seattle. It’s why there’s a shrine to him set up in “his booth,” complete with a cardboard cutout of Bruce himself. This place is the oldest Chinese spot in the city, and you could probably bring their menu on a beach vacation as reading material. Come with a big hungry group and order the family-style wonton soup, a big plate of almond chicken, and whatever else calls out to you." - aimee rizzo, carlo mantuano, kayla sager riley
