Dim Sum Time is a narrow, brightly lit restaurant in Florence’s historic district, a few minutes walk from the Uffizi museum and the Piazza Della Signora. Much of the vegan food in Florence was not to my friend’s taste and there is only so many times you can eat pasta with red sauce in this steak-centric city.  Dim Sum Time has vegan veggie dumplings and they can make their Mapo Tofu vegan too.  We got the veggie dumplings three times in our stay in Florence.  This the perfect destination for a quick lunch after spending the morning looking at art at the Uffizi.

The Dumplings:  I tried the pan-fried pork dumplings and pan-fried shrimp dumplings and the steamed veggie dumplings.  Both types of pan-fired dumplings had relatively thick wrappers and were seared crispy golden to brown on the bottom.  The pork dumplings were delicious, savory, salty, porky and very juicy. I ended up getting them twice during our trip.  Without a dunking in the dipping sauce, the shrimp dumplings were less flavorful and needed some seasoning, but the shrimp tasted really fresh.  You can watch the veggie dumpling being stuffed at a workstation and steamer set-up next to the cash register.  The filling looked to be solely comprised of par-cooked bok-choy greens.  These veggie dumplings were excellent, the filling was well seasoned and they tasted like healthiness, without tasting too intensely cruciferous. These little veggie bombs were a great antidote to the porchetta, ham and pasta I was otherwise gorging on.

Location:  Dim Sum Time is located at Via De’Neri, number 17, right near the intersection with via della Mosca, be aware that Google lists it as number 37, it is not.    They are open 12:00 to 3:30 and 6:00 to 9:30.