Bellevue’s Dumpling Boom: Inside the Eastside’s New Chinese Food Mecca

Walk through the doors of a nondescript shopping center on Bellevue’s Eastside, and you’re hit with the scent of sizzling garlic, chili oil, and fresh-baked buns. Steam rises from bamboo baskets. Metal ladles clang against woks. It feels like you’ve stepped into the heart of a bustling food district in Shanghai or Taipei — except…