Steam
Chinese restaurant · Greenwich Village ·
Soup dumplings, drunken chicken, and scallion pancake rolls
Soup dumplings, drunken chicken, and scallion pancake rolls
"Steam is the latest of several Chinese restaurants to appear in the Village along 6th Avenue. This semi-fast food spot, which boasts a robot out front that doesn’t see much use, provides a colorful series of dumplings, as well as Shanghai and Sichuan appetizers. The soup dumplings are bigger than usual and bulge at the bottom with soup. Unusual flavors include chicken with white truffle and chicken with ginseng." - Robert Sietsema
"Don't let the name deter you: Steam is a Chinese restaurant in Greenwich Village focused on Shanghai cooking where dumplings matter but the cold buffet dishes can make a meal—highlights include jellyfish salad, braised bamboo shoots, aromatic beef, and an utterly refreshing eggplant salad ($9.25) of cold matchstick eggplant topped with cilantro-scallion seasoning." - Robert Sietsema
"Shanghai and Sichuan are the partial focus of this informal but comfortable Chinese restaurant in the Village, but dim sum is the draw. Don’t be surprised, given the Shanghai focus, that the soup dumplings are wonderful (including lots of crab in the crab-pork version), but there are plenty of other choices, including red bean pancakes, shrimp and watercress dumplings, pan-fried wontons, and so on." - Eater Staff
"At this Shanghai restaurant in northern Greenwich Village I loved the way aromatic beef is used not just as a cold appetizing dish but also wrapped in a scallion pancake as a rolled sandwich; the wrap ($10.75) includes slivered leeks, cucumber julienne, hoisin for a slightly sweet flavor, and a scallion pancake that’s at once squishy and crunchy — substantial enough to be your whole lunch." - Eater Staff
"I enjoyed a more embellished wonton soup here, filled out with bok choy, strips of egg, and crunchy fried wontons in a dark, aromatic broth that feels nourishing and texturally lively." - Robert Sietsema