A look at the dining room.
Food, Restaurant

Regent Bakery and Cafe Brings Westernized Chinese Food to Capitol Hill

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Well, yes...Regent Bakery and Cafe is at the corner of 14th and Pine.

A look at the dining room.

Black bean sauce chow fun. You can also order dry beef chow fun, or beef chow fun with sauce.

My partly devoured plate of sweet-and-sour pork, complete with its radioactive-colored sauce.

Part of Regent Bakery and Cafe's menu. How many spelling errors do you notice? (No worries...this version is just a first draft.)

Regent has its own bar area.

Selections from the cocktail menu.

The bakery part of Regent Bakery and Cafe. There's a separate seating area if you want to eat a slice of cake or some other baked goods.

Part of the pastry collection. It's a Hong Kong-style bakery, so there's definitely a Western influence. I liked the soft, eggy quality of the cone-shaped sponge cake. My pineapple bun, on the other hand, was dry and bland. This area is self-service, so grab tongs and place what you'd like on your tray, then pay at the cash register.

A nice selection of cakes, whole or by the slice. My chestnut cake wasn't bad, though I would have liked stronger chestnut flavor.

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If sweet-and-sour pork, fried wontons, egg foo young, and almond chicken (or General Tso’s chicken) are your thing, you’ll be happy to know that Regent Bakery and Cafe is now open in Seattle. This offshoot of the Redmond location adds another Asian restaurant to Capitol Hill’s commercial core.

Regent has added elegance to the new restaurant’s atmosphere. It’s casual enough for coffee and cake while being classy enough for a cocktail. And you can satisfy your cravings lunchtime to late-night, as well as get goodies to go.

This is not my favorite type of Chinese food (you’re more likely to find me at a Sichuanese or Taiwanese joint), but if you accept the premise, you’ll be rewarded by decent portions and pricing a little higher than in the International District, and a little more reasonable than in the higher-end Chinese restaurants. Plus, there’s sponge cake–and soon some bubble tea.

More information in the photo gallery above.

American Chinese foodGeneral Tso's chickenRegent Bakery and Cafe