A little late to the raw party

In the spirit of VeganMoFo I will be posting a bit more about my Vegan food explorations as much as I can fit it in with being a poor student trying to shape up and cooking for one with a busy lifestyle etc.

Top: Raw Vegan cacao cake from TOFWD on Degraves Street, CBD.
Bottom: Raw Vegan blueberry cheesecake from Habib’s Wholefoods on Flinders Street, CBD.

I’m getting on the raw food bandwagon a bit late, I know. Whilst I have looked into raw food here and there over the years I’ve decided it’s not for me, in this part of my life anyway. But I do love my raw veg and I just wanted to briefly share with you a couple of interesting raw food experiences I had recently. The first one was not being able to decide which dessert I wanted to try and convincing a boy to share two raw vegan cakes with me. I think I need a gold star for this feat alone. The blueberry was was OMFGWTFBBQ… just divine. It was heaven in my mouth. The cacao was way too bitter and intense for me but I can totally appreciate it, just not for me. Enjoying dark chocolate as much as I do, I am always surprised when I don’t like raw cacao.

My Mum and I walked to my favourite place to eat ever, the Vegie Bar, when my Dad went away for the weekend and had an all-raw lunch. The meal above was the Living Stack with fresh & dehydrated vegetables, portabello mushroom & wakame seaweed on top. Pretty awesome.
I ordered the raw vegetable lasagne which came with beetroot pesto (I think) and raw cashew cream. It was really pretty and super tasty but didn’t really fill me up, so I also ordered…
Flax & chia tostada! You can have it rotated awkwardly so it is easier to read, k? These were awesome! Would be great for canapes at a party. Loved them. My Mum  had an apple, pear & mint juice and being a bit weird as she is, ordered it with spirulina which ended up making it look like green sludge. Ick. Tasted fine though. I had a raw cacao, agave & almond milk shake. I liked it but I wouldn’t drink a whole one again. Especially after realising that I didn’t like cacao and ordering it anyway? Whatever.

TOFWD – www.tofwd.com.au – 28 Degraves St, Melbourne, ph: 03 9654 5157
Habib’s Wholefood – 2/260 Flinders Street, Melbourne, ph: 03 9639 5515
The Vegie Bar – www.vegiebar.com.au – 380 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, ph: 03 9417 6935

Easy As Vegan Pie‘s Carla has tried pretty much everything on the Vegie Bar raw menu. Check it out.
Belinda from Miscdebris thought it was pretty rawesome too… *chuckle*…