Alex Y

Review of Snappy Dragon Restaurant

Um....not very good Asian food. Went twice -- once...

Um....not very good Asian food. Went twice -- once for noodles and dumplings, once for entrees with a large group -- just to make sure before posting a negative review.
It's a fine restaurant, run very well, with decent quality and portions (prices a bit high), but what they're serving up here is so heavily modified that it's AMERICAN food, not Chinese.
This place made its reputation back when there weren't any non-Cantonese (ie, non Dim-Sum) restaurants in the Seattle area. Times change. Go to Bellevue or Lynnwood now and pay 1/4 the price for better, tastier, authentic food in the same style.
Not kidding. Potstickers sold 6 per order here; on the Eastside usually orders of 12-20, higher quality too: tastier filling, less doughy wrappers, also handmade in-house. (Even Din Tai Fung is cheaper per unit).
Nothing wrong with American-style modifications, just don't be fooled by this restaurant making it on several Best of lists in the Asian category. You won't get anything approaching authentic flavors.
This is the suburban (Midwest) restaurant from "A Christmas Story", serving up generic Tiki-room Asian-themed food. I understand there is a market niche for that, but let's be clear. It's like saying Totino s pizza rolls (which I love!) are Italian food (which they are not). If you find the food at other Chinese restaurants too aggressively spiced, too oily, or simply too foreign, Snappy Dragon might be just the right place for you.