| Monday, February 12, 2007 |
| Revive! |
Ma and I went out to the city today and I'd been looking to try Revive for a while now. It's a cafe just off Queen St that has a completely vegetarian menu. Taking a look at their menu online (which is revolving and changes every week), I decided the food looked quite tasty and healthy, which is a bonus because I'm starting my new eating regime this week ie. 3 meals a day, lotsa fruit and vegies, less sweet, sugar saturated stuff. This sounded like the perfect option for lunch out.
I was not disappointed. I ordered the North African Chickpea and Aubergine Stew with Harissa and Brown Rice ($9.80). It was delicious. Not spicy at all like I worried it might be from descriptions I read of harissa online. I'm not sure how much it resembles stew because it looked nothing like I imagined it would. I was thinking more soupy, but I prefer it this way. The tomato herb sauce was rich, but not too rich. I'm really getting to like chickpeas lately. It's not that they have a distinctly strong flavour or anything, but for some reason I find them to be rather satisfying and the awareness that you are ingesting something good for you makes it extra rewarding. The aubergine was rather sparse. I would have liked more because aubergine is one of my fave vegetables. You can't see it in the picture but there is brown rice underneath the stew. If I could make any recommendation to Revive it would be: serve more rice. I was still a bit hungry afterwards. Next time I come here, I will probably get a full side salad. If they still have the Energizing Aztec Salad with Roasted Buttercup Squash, Organic Quinoa and Corn with Chive Dressing, I will try that because it sounds great. There is also my favourite, the Caesar salad with Organic Free Range Eggs, Croutons, Tomato and Homemade Dressing. I'd also quite like to try one of their smoothies or juices. But warning folks, they don't do coffee here. You're supposed to get energy from the food, not the caffeine.
Ma ordered the Spanish Omelette with Potatoes and Apricot Chutney ($9.80). I did not taste but she informs me that it was good. It looked very appetizing and the chutney looked mighty appealing. Me thinks, I would have wanted more than a little pot of it though.
I rate Revive quite highly. There aren't many places that do healthy, balanced, semi-organic (not all organic due to an attempt to keep prices down) vegetarian meals around. Cooking classes are even offered. Definitely worth a try if you are in the area and want something low-fat. But not good for you carnivorous readers.
Revive - 16 Fort St, Auckland Central (Mon-Thurs 8am-9pm, Fri8am-2.30pm, closed weekends and holidays)Labels: vegetarian |
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