NutrixeSaan Saan Cafe and Restaurant
Wheat-free, uses oatsSaan Saan Cafe, on Main Street in Vancouver, reinvents Hong Kong cha chaan teng classics in an entirely gluten-free café: baos, noodles, rice bowls, salads, baked goods and Hong Kong-style milk tea. One drink on the menu is made with oat milk: oats are not tolerated by some coeliacs.
No wheat, rye or barley, but oats are used on site: a risk for many people with coeliac disease.
Good to know if you have celiac disease
Contains oats. Oats not certified gluten-free are almost always contaminated with wheat during growing and milling. Even certified, their avenin protein is poorly tolerated by some people with celiac disease.
Hours
- Friday10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday10:00 – 18:00
- Closed today
What we know, what remains to be checked
- Kitchen
- fully dedicated — no wheat, rye or barley flour on site
- Strict coeliac mode
- hidden in the app
- Oats
- present — see the box below
- Fryer
- not applicable in a dedicated kitchen
- Certification
- none known
- Opening hours
- shown above
"Not verified" means we could not confirm it at the source — not that it is safe. Ask on site.
Existing establishment; gluten-free level and risks confirmed at the source.
Sources — Verified on 06/10/2026: the menu on the official website describes a dedicated gluten-free café ("We are a dedicated gluten free cafe") and notes that not all ingredients are certified; it also lists an oat-milk latte.
