Hello
lovelies,
Last
weekend my friend Angela and I headed into London to escape our looming
deadline for a few hours and pretend that are lives are not revolving around
group presentations, research reports & university/job applications.
I
had just finished my vegan week and Angela had been playing with the idea of
trying one as well so we thought we could try a raw vegan restaurant in Chelsea
called Tanya’s Cafe. I had read about Tanya’s a few times before but neither of
us had every tried raw food before so we thought it was about time to give it a
try.
Raw
vegan basically means there’s no meat, fish, dairy or eggs and nothing has been
cooked above 48 degrees.
Tanya’s
is a really cute café that has a chic greenhouse vibe. There are load of plants
and exciting light bulbs hanging from the ceiling with little inspirational
messages popped here and there.
We
started off with a juice each mine was called Doctor and was beetroot based
which meant it was a gorgeous colour. Angela went for a green juice called
Sugarfree Fix.
Before
we had completely decided what to have as our mains we started off by snacking
on some ‘While you wait’ starter. We went for cheesy kale chips & brochette
with aubergine caviar.
I
don’t really like kale but these kale chips were so so good. Super crunchy and
actually really cheesy tasting for the fact that no cheese was involved.
The
aubergine caviar was served on delicious nutty bread. Both of these starters
were absolute winners.
For
our mains I decided to go for the tacos and Angela chose the beetroot risotto.
The
tacos were served with walnut oyster mushroom meat, which I didn’t really know
what to expect but it tasted really good. All the flavours were really vibrant
and of course my tacos were accompanied by guac.
Angela’s
beetroot risotto was an amazing bright pink colour and had little pieces of
feta cheese that was made from macadamia nuts.
We
were pretty full after all this food but we were determined to try dessert too!
All throughout our meal we kept eye other table’s dessert as they were receiving
it, and it all looked so good.
For
the dessert we got to have a look into their dessert fridge and choose a few
bits.
We
ended up going for the blueberry cheesecake and the red velvet cake.
Both
we’re yummy, but I think we both agree that the blueberry cheesecake was the
absolute winner.
We
were both amazed by how tasty the meals were, even though they were vegan and
raw. Honestly, I was worried the meals would just taste a little too healthy,
but we were oh so wrong.
All
the foods were bursting with flavours and I can only recommend giving it a try
even if you’re not vegan!
Stay
happy & health lovelies
Love,
looks like a great place ! I am so into vegan or vegetarian places anyway :)
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