The Next Generation of Chinese Dumplings in Seattle

by Jen SwansonPork and chive dumplings with crispy chicken wings and handmade noodles. NELSON LAU
Jiaozi! dumpling house is part of the next generation of Chinese restaurants—literally. It opened in February, replacing an older Cantonese kitchen whose food was once described, in a 2007 review, as "just a shade better than a Hong Kong prison." The exterior, wedged between two massage parlors on Eighth Avenue South, doesn't immediately appeal, but the cozy hideaway inside more than compensat