Xiao Chi Jie

Chinese restaurant · Bellevue

Xiao Chi Jie

Chinese restaurant · Bellevue

278 106th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004

Highlights

A modern interpretation of Chinese street food bings, bowls, baos, & drinks in a luxury building.

278 106th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004 Get directions

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"A dumplings-to-your-door operation offering a variety of handmade dumplings and sauces." - Francky Knapp

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"Frozen soup dumplings may not be a traditional holiday gift, but these dumplings are special. They’re made by a company founded by Jennifer Liao and Caleb Wang, a Bellevue couple who pandemic-pivoted their restaurant Xiao Chi Jie into an elite-tier frozen meal purveyor. As Eater’s Bettina Makalintal writes, “After these soup dumplings spend 11 minutes in a steamer, it’s hard to believe they came out of a dry-ice-filled cardboard box. The frozen balls transform into shiny, pleated pockets, plump with pork and soup.” Right now you can buy a whole 100-dumpling set — sauces and steamers included — for the sale price of $139.99." - Harry Cheadle

Amazing 2023 Holiday Gifts for Seattle Food Lovers - Eater Seattle

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"Jennifer Liao and Caleb Wang transitioned their Bellevue, Washington, restaurant, Xiao Chi Jie, into a thriving modern Chinese food brand of the same name. Now rebranded as MìLà, their frozen food company received an influx of $22.5 million in Series A funding. Its main draw? Frozen xiao long bao, available in three flavors, shipped quickly and across the country." - Bettina Makalintal

Why Frozen Dumplings Are So Good Now - Eater

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"One of Bellevue’s best dumpling specialists is focusing home kits, available for nationwide delivery on its official website (but locals can also do pickup). Diners can even order steamer trays for the frozen versions, and a selection of sauces (classic, umami, and spicy)." - Eater Staff

Best Frozen or Fresh Dumplings for Takeout in Seattle - Eater Seattle

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Ryan

Google

Came here because we saw some decent reviews on Google. It was a Saturday afternoon when we came. The food was ok. Soup dumplings were a bit cold by the time we received our order. The entire order took a while to be prepared, and it turns out the crepe was the hold up. Felt like the kitchen could’ve timed the rest of the items better to keep everything fresh/hot. The pan-seared buns were actually far juicier and tastier than the soup dumplings and definitely the start of the meal. They also sell frozen items as well.

Dawang Wu

Google

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.

James

Google

I got the Shen Jian Bao (pork soup dumplings) here, and they were decent The dough on the outside was nice and soft, and the bottom had a brown-ish texture, indicating shallow frying the inside was a bit lacking, though. it felt like mostly soup rather than having much pork filling. the pork inside was fine, but nothing special for about $10, you get 5 dumplings, which isn't a bad price, but I wouldn't say it makes you full overall, these are perfectly average dumplings, but there are better places. 7/10

Alex T

Google

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.

Mike Liu

Google

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.

Wei-ju Wu

Google

I've known this place previously through their soup dumplings which i ordered as a subscription. I applaud them for pivoting to a mail order service during the pandemic. We've finally gotten a chance to go there in person and dine in. My suggestion is actually to do take out rather than dine in. That place currently doesn't have much of an atmosphere, but the food is pretty good, regardless of what you order. And the mail ordered soup dumplings are just as good as the ones you get here. That's a compliment for the high quality of their frozen dumplings. The reason why you would do take out over the mail order is that you can get their pan fried dumplings (careful when you bite into them, the soup will splash out 😁) and their dandan noodles are pretty yummy.

Andrew Lee

Google

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.

Timothy Christians

Google

Please note this review is based on the mail order option. I live in Illinois so can't visit the physical restaurant.... yet!!! I may plan a special trip to California just to visit after having the mail order though. I bought the noodle pack and loved the Fan Dan, I will probably just buy a 6 pack of Dan Dan next time though tbh. the other one was good but not to my liking. I like the spicy noodles!!!!! I've been on tv for a ghost pepper chicken taco eating contest in Chicago so I know heat. These are hot but not too hot, with a ton of flavor. I just need to pick up green onions for them!!!! The dumplings are great!!! I bought the bamboo steamer - and heat water up in one of my woks. Then put the bamboo steamer in the wok. I make a special sauce using a spicy peanut sauce, a Japanese BBQ sauce and a local pumpkin hot sauce. Together it's heaven. And the best part of this is there is little prep, with even less clean up!!!! I can't say enough good things here!!! I'm highly satisfied at this quick meal. The skewers I only made once. And I'll reserve comment till I can try them again. Also great customer service!!! You respond fast to questions!!!