Menu
Iron Teapot Dim Sum & Bar, located in Los Angeles, offers a modern twist on classic Cantonese dim sum. The menu features innovative dishes like Truffle Jumbo Siu Mai with Caviar and Black Squid Ink Lava Bao for dessert. The restaurant provides a range of amenities, including vegan options, happy hour specials, and free Wi-Fi, creating a casual and trendy dining experience. Customers have praised the juicy Siu Mai, Turnip Cake, and Shrimp and Chive dumplings for their flavorful taste. With a $5 drink happy hour and attentive service, Iron Teapot Dim Sum & Bar is a go-to spot for delicious dim sum in a lively atmosphere.
Classic Cantonese Dim Sum

Jumbo Shrimp & Pork Siu Mai
Jumbo cylindrical steamed dumplings made of juicy pork and ground shrimp topped with raw fish roe/Masago. 3 pieces
Truffle Jumbo Siu Mai with Shrimp & Pork and Lumpfish Caviar
Jumbo Siu Mai infused with Truffle Oil and topped with black Lumpfish Caviar
Yuzu Kosho Siu Mai
Jumbo cylindrical steamed dumplings made of juicy pork and ground shrimp topped with spicy Japanese Yuzu kosho, a premium Japanese citrus. 3 pcs
Ha Gow - Shrimp Crystal Dumpling
- Crystal Shrimp Dumpling
Ha Gow - Black Squid Ink Shrimp Dumpling with Malat Chili Oil
Classic steamed crystal shrimp dumplings made with squid ink and malat chilli oil. 3 pieces
Shrimp & Chive Crystal Dumplings
Large Crystal steamed dumpling made with shrimp and chives. 3 pieces
Scallop & Shrimp Gow
. Scallop & Shrimp steamed in a Crystal dumpling. 3 pieces
Curry Chicken Gao / Crystal Dumpling
. Curry Chicken Crystal dumpling. We're dim sum on the westside, we have a license to be a bit different. 3 Pieces per order
Teo Chew Fun Gor - Pork & Veggie Crystal Dumpling (Copy)
"Teo Chew Fun Gor". Minced Pork with mushrooms and a savory gravy steamed in a Crystal Dumpling (clear like the Ha Gow). This is a classic dim sum from the Teo Chew Province in China. 3 Pieces
Spare Ribs
. Steamed pork spare ribs in a garlic and black bean sauce over taro.
Chicken Bao
. Classic handmade white steamed chicken bun
Steamed BBQ Pork Bun - Cha Siu Bao
. Classic Handmade white steamed BBQ Pork (Cha Siu) buns. 2 per order
Lor Mai Gai - Abalone & Minced Pork Glutinous Rice Wrap
. Abalone, Chicken, and sticky rice wrapped in a lotus leaf glutinous rice steamed and steamed. Abalone is a sea snail that tastes like heaven.
Steamed Chinese Sausage Wrap Bao
. Classic steamed bun wrapped over classic Chinese sausage. 2 per order
Large Bao
. Large white steamed bun filled with a peppery mixture of Chicken, Pork, quail egg, and Chinese sausage
Beef Stomach - Braised (Red Tripe)
Honeycomb beef/cow stomach braised and steamed with five spices, garlic, and sweet soy so that it tastes like.. um... um.. heavenly goodness.
Beef Tripe White Style
Steamed white beef tripe in green onion, garlic, and chili peppes
Wonton in Malat Chili Oil
. Ground shrimp and pork filled wontons in a spicy peppercorn, malat chili oil
Braised Chicken Feet "Fung Jiao"
Braised Chicken Feet, in a sweet garlic soy, sesame oil and onion sauce. This version is not as saucy and gloopy, allowing you to enjoy succulent bird feet tendons & skin the right way.
Ham Sui Gok Fried Rice Mochi with Minced Pork Dumpling
. Fried Soft sweet Mochi stuffed with ground pork and chicken. Classic favorite that is crunchy on the outside with soft mochi filling. 3 pieces
Sliced BBQ Pork
BBQ Pork BBQ tender pork with a sweet Chinese BBQ sauce
Fried Seaweed Wrapped Shrimp & Pork Roll
Ground shrimp & pork wrapped in seaweed nori & lightly fried. 3 pieces
Pan Fried Turnip Cake
Classic steamed Turnip Cake with ham prepared with a light pan fry
Fried Won Ton
Fried Pork & Shrimp wontons
Jellyfish - Cold Hong Kong Style
. Cold jellyfish marinated in a sesame oil, vinegar and Chinese spices.
White Claws Phoenix Claws Cold
. Chicken feet pickled with rice vinegar and rice wine, with a sweet dipping vinegar sauce
Baked BBQ Pork (Cha Siu) Bun
. Fluffy wheat flour bun filled with gravy and BBQ pork, glazed in a light honey. 2 per order
Black Squid Ink Lava Bao - Lao Sa Bao
Premium dessert made with black squid ink and filled with a sweetened salted egg yolk that is specially prepared to ooze out like Lava. Made only by highly skilled Dim Sum chefs. Remember not to pop this in your mouth. Open it over your plate and enjoy the oozing heavenly goodness of the sweet salted egg yolk
Pineapple Bao with Sweet Butter & Egg Cream
. 2 Pineapple Bao. Originated from Shanghai, but became one of the most popular Hong Kong Dim Sum dessert. It's called the Pineapple Bao because of how it looks, not because it contains any pineapple. It's made with a crunchy pie top over a super soft dough. Ours is filled with a buttery egg custard.
White Sugar Steamed Rice Cake Bak Tang Go
. White sugar rice cake is a traditional Chinese pastry made from steaming white rice and sugar. Ours is served hot
White Lotus Sweet Bun
. Steamed buns made with a sweet white lotus paste. 2 pieces Vegan
Ma Lai Go Steamed Sponge Cake - Classic Chinese Steamed Sponge Cake
. Ma Lai Go is a dim sum classic steamed sponge cake thats extremely soft, springy and sweet. Our version is from a region that adds a thin custard layer. And, we serve it hot
Sweet Taro Xiaolong Bao
. Purple Xiao long Baos filled with a sweetened taro paste. Taro Paste is a classic Teo Chew China Province dessert.
Egg Custard Tart
Classic Dim Sum dessert made with an egg custard baked in a flaky puff pastry (Not the less tasty pie crust style). This is the better style. 2 pieces per order
Strawberry Cheesecake Piggy Baos
Adorable little piggy steamed buns filled with strawberry cheesecake. 2 piggies
Matcha Sweet Cream Cheese Green Koala (2 Baos)
Fluffy Bao Filled with Sweet Matcha Cream Cheese
Yellow Duckling Baos - Red Bean paste Vegan (2 Baos)
Little Duckling Baos, filled with Red Bean Paste. Vegan. Note: Contains Black Cumin Seeds
Blue Duckie Custard Bao (2 Baos)
Custard Filled Blue little Duckie Fluffy sweet baos. Contains butter, eggs & milk. 2 baos
Ube Purple Piggie Bao (2 baos)
Sweet purple ube made from scratch, wrapped in an adorable piggie bao. Vegan
Chocolate Teddy Bear Bao (2 baos)
Chocolate Ghirardellis cocoa cream-filled sweet Teddy bear Baos. 2 Baos per order. Note: Contains Milk and Black Cumin Seeds
Durian Sweet Cream Bao
Durian sweet cream baos are made into cute little durians. 2 Baos per order. Contains milk
6 Adorable Baos Assorted
A cute large steamer of all 6 of our adorable baos: Strawberry Cheesecake Pink Piggie, Purple Ube Piggie, Chocolate Teddy, Green Koala Matcha, Blue Egg Custard Duckie, Yellow Red Bead Duckie
Dessert

Bobas

Black Tea
Freshly brewed sweet black tea
Black Milk Tea
Classic Milk tea with fresh boba made daily
Jasmine Tea
Freshly brewed sweetened Jasmine tea with a touch of Osmanthus
Jasmine Milk Tea
Add milk to anything and it just tastes amazing. Try your Jasmine tea with milk and boba.
Ginger Black Tea
Cold brewed sweetened Black tea with ginger. Oh yes... that ginger tastes good in your tea.
Rose Black Tea
Freshly brewed Black tea infused with the essence of roses
Kumquat Black Tea
Peach Black Tea
Hibiscus Jasmine Tea
Strawberry Black Tea
Freshly brewed black tea with sweet strawberry
Plum Black Tea
Sweet Plum flavored black tea
Honeydew Milk Tea
Taro Milk Tea
Taro milk
Strawberry Milk Tea
Mocha Caramel Milk Tea
Mango Milk Tea
Lychee Black Tea
Grapefruit Black Tea
Passion Fruit Black Tea
Watermelon Milk Tea
Almond Milk Tea
Lavender Milk Tea
Avocado Milk Tea
Spiced Chai Milk Tea
Mexican Coca-Cola Bottle
Coke
Diet Coke
Sprite
Ginger Ale
Water, Juice, and Sodas

Veggies

Steamed Bak Choi Garlic & Salt
Garlic, salt & Oil Steamed Shanghai baby Bok Choi
Steamed Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce
Classic steamed Chinese broccoli with a light oil with oyster sauce.
Steamed Chinese Broccoli with Vegan Oyster Sauce
Classic dim sum Gai Lan - with vegan oyster sauce steamed in a bamboo steamer
Edamame
Edamame steamed in a bamboo steamer sprinkled with sea salt
Garlic Cucumber Salad
Fresh chopped persian cucumbers tossed in a sesame oil with sweetened and salted garlic.
The Magnificent Six - Sampler of 6 Colors of Xiao Long Bao
. Sampling of all six of our colored soup dumplings - Yellow Chicken, Blue Cuttlefish & Pork, Black Mala Pork & Pork, Green Fish, Red Veggie & Mushroom, and Purple sweet taro
Juicy Pork Soup Dumpling - Xiao Long Bao
. 6 Juicy Pork Dumplings. Remember, don't put it in your mouth. Grab your soup spoon & slurp that soup slowly with a little vinegar and ginger.
Black Malat Chili Oil Pork Soup Dumpling made with Squid ink & charcoal - Xiao Long Bao
6 pieces. Juicy Pork Dumpling made with Malat (prickly ash peppercorn) Squid Ink and Charcoal. What's better than a pork soup dumpling? When you add in (Mala or Malat) flavor. Remember - don't put it in your mouth at once. Put it on the soup spoon, break it. Then slurp that soup slowly...
Cuttlefish & Pork Soup Dumpling - Blue Xiao Long Bao
Cuttlefish & Pork Soup Dumpling. Juicy pork dumpling mixed with the unique flavor cuttlefish. Blue Xiao Long Bao. 6 pieces
Fish Soup Dumpling - Xiao Long Bao
. 6 piecesJuicy Soup Dumplings made from fish, with the dumpling wrapper made from spinach and flour.
Chicken Soup Dumplings - Xiao Long Bao
. Juicy chicken dumpling filled with chicken broth and wrapper made with Tumeric for coloring. 6 per order
Mushroom, Tofu, Wood ear & Veggie Xiao Long Bao
. Juicy Soup Dumplings made with Tofu, Mushroom, wood ear & greens, with wrapping made with beet root. 6 pieces
Sweet Purple Taro - Xiao Long Bao "On Ni"
Sweet Taro, made Teo Chew style, wrapped in Purple - Taro dumpling wrap. 6 dumplings
Xiao Long Bao - The Little Basket Soup Dumplings

Vegan Dim Sum

Siu Mai - Vegan Pork & shrimp Cup Dumplings with Goji berry
Small cylindrical steamed dumplings handmade of juicy veggie pork (made with soy protein, chickpea, lentil, nutritional yeast), shittake & white mushrooms and veggie shrimp topped with a goji berry. Vegan shrimp is made is seaweed konjac jelly3 pieces. Vegan
Ham Sui Gok Vegan - Fried Rice Mochi with Vegan Ham & Shiitake Mushrooms
Fried Soft sweet Mochi stuffed with veggie, meatless ground pork made with soy protein.
Vegan Ha Gow - Vegan Shrimp & Bamboo Crystal Dumpling
. Classic steamed crystal shrimp dumplings made with veggie version of shrimp and bamboo. Crystal wrapping colored with spinach. 3 pieces. Vegan
Steamed Vegan Fish with Sweet Onion & Ginger
Vegan fish made with soy protein and seaweed steamed in a sweet soy sauced infused and steamed with fresh ginger & onion.
Mix Vegetable - Wood Ear Crystal Dumpling
Crystal steamed dumpling made with vegetables and mushroom Vegan. 3 pieces
Lor Mai Gai - Vegan
Vegan Chicken & Glutinous rice steamed in a lotus leaf with vegan chicken (made from soy protein), shitake mushroom and a creamy soy and pepper gravy. 2 pieces. ,
Vegan Chinese Popcorn Chicken & Basil
. Crispy fried diced vegan chicken pieces in Chinese four spice batter. Vegan Chicken made of soy protein.
Steamed Cha Siu Bao Vegan
Classic Handmade white steamed non-meat BBQ Pork (Cha Siu) and taste of BBQ pork without the meat. Made with soy protein. 2 pieces
Fried Salt & Pepper Tofu
Light & crispy fried soft tofu with salt, pepper, and five spice.
Vegan Pan Fried Daikon Turnip Cake
Rice cakes made with daikon radish cakes pan fried to a crispy layer.
Fried Wonton - Vegan Pork
Fried wonton filled with vegan pork (soy protein, chick pea, lentil, and nutritional yeast) and mushroom. 5 pieces per order
Vegan Truffle & Caviar Siu Mai
Small cylindrical steamed dumplings handmade of juicy veggie pork (made with soy protein, chickpea, lentil, nutritional yeast), shittake & white mushrooms and veggie shrimp topped with truffle oil and vegan caviar. Vegan shrimp is made is seaweed konjac jelly3 pieces. Vegan
Hot Coke with Ginger & Lemon - Hong Kong Style
Yup.. Hot Coke. This is common in Hong Kong diners. Some Hong Kong folks believe it cures common colds. Many just love the taste of it and prefer it over a hot coffee or hot tea.
Vietnamese Coffee
Vietnamese coffee - is actually Vietnamese /French coffee with a Vietnamese interpretation. It's super strong Cafe Du Monde coffee in a French press with condensed milk.
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Chili Oil

Iron Teapot Chili Oil
Awesome house made chili oil from our giant wok. Made with fried chili flakes, onion, fresh garlic, star anise, and salt.
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