Steamed to Order — Dim Sum & Tea House in Vancouver
Handmade dumplings from the bamboo steamer and a proper loose-leaf tea service, served on porcelain in a calm room on Keefer Street. Folded to order, poured with ceremony.
How the Table Works
Dim sum is a slow, shared thing. Here's the rhythm of a table at Steam & Porcelain — no rush, no wrong way.
Choose Your Tea
We pour a full loose-leaf service — jasmine, pu-erh, oolong, chrysanthemum. It steeps at the table and gets topped up all meal.
Pour for Others First
The custom is to fill everyone else's cup before your own. Tap two fingers on the table to say thank you.
Order from the Card
Tick what you want on the dim sum card. Steamers come out as they're folded — order in a couple of rounds.
Let It Arrive
Baskets land at their own pace, hottest-first. That's the whole point — settle in and let the table fill up.
A Sunday Spread
Steamer baskets, porcelain, and a full pot of tea — a table at Steam & Porcelain.
A Calm Room on Keefer Street
Steam & Porcelain opened in 2014 on a quiet block of Vancouver's Chinatown, with one idea: dim sum made by hand, tea poured with care, and a room calm enough to linger in. Our dumpling team folds through the morning, our tea is sourced loose-leaf and blended in-house, and the porcelain and bamboo on your table are the same ones we'd set for family.
No carts crashing, no faux-imperial gold — just the food, the tea, and the time to enjoy both. Twelve years on, the regulars still get the same table, and Sunday still fills the house.
- ✓Hand-folded dim sum, made through the day
- ✓Fourteen loose-leaf teas, blended in-house
- ✓Porcelain and bamboo — set like family
Made the Old Way
Four things we don't cut corners on.
Folded to Order
Every dumpling is pleated by hand and steamed when you order it — never sitting under a heat lamp.
Loose-Leaf Tea
Fourteen teas, sourced whole-leaf and blended in-house, poured as a full service — not a bag in a pot.
Porcelain & Bamboo
Proper steamers, proper cups. The table is set the way a tea house should be.
Weekend Cart
Saturday and Sunday mornings we run the cart — flag it down and point at what looks good.
Vancouver's Sunday Table
The best dim sum in the city, full stop. The har gow are translucent and folded by hand, the tea service is genuinely ceremonial, and the room is calm and beautiful. We come every Sunday and bring everyone who visits.
Everything arrives from the steamer at its own pace, exactly as it should. The xiao long bao are perfect, the char siu bao pillowy, and the pu-erh they poured for us was the best I've had outside Hong Kong. A real tea house.
We booked a private tea table for my mother's birthday and it was flawless. Thoughtful, unhurried, and the porcelain and bamboo make it feel special without any fuss. The egg tarts alone are worth the trip to Keefer Street.
Reserve a Tea Table
Weekends and private tea tables fill up — reserve ahead and we'll have the steamer going and the tea steeping when you arrive.
Find Us on Keefer Street
Book a tea table, ask about a private room, or just tell us when you're coming in. We'll write back the same day.
- Visit us218 Keefer St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1X4
- Call us(604) 555-0182
- Email ushello@steamandporcelain.ca