Once a week I take my
bike for a long morning ride to a regular meeting and on my way home I lock it
up to a stake outside a place that I have developed a serious feel good crush
on: Euphoria Loves Rawvolution! Yes, that is really the name of a restaurant. I
know it may sound hippie dippie and strange but there
is no mistaking the serious caliber-above-the-rest ambiance and food at this
amazingly seductive place. It has all the best things about a yoga girl without
the hoodoo voodoo sense of flakiness some may veer away from in the new age.
I have had serious
addictions to health food joints before like my old desert haunts Native Foods, Palm Greens, and Luscious Lorraine's but this one has currently stolen my fickle heart with its penchant for real, authentic quality of
ingredients and exquisite, NON-health food tasting health food greats. And it's ALL RAW. I know I
am in lust when it takes me an excruciating amount of time to order because I
want everything right then and there. I never order the same thing and probably
won’t until I try every single thing on the menu. If health food could be
called comfort food for the body, joints and bones, this place would win the
golden seal.
I always walk in and
sit on a stool at the very same place in the middle of the space where a wooden
bar lets me sprawl out with a book pulled out of my purse and even plugs for my
laptop when I am feeling like getting a little social fodder for my short
stories.
They have an amazing
array of salads, soups and wraps that you won’t find anywhere else. My favorite bowl
of greens is this version bursting with seaweed, kale, sesame seeds, tahini and
cashew cheese tofu. It seems small but I walk away full, tanginess on my
tongue.
They have special
drinks, boosts, shots and elixirs that contain secret ingredients like
superfoods, tonics and tinctures. Today, after feeling a little bit spent after
last night’s solstice rituals I performed with friends, I was seeking a little
extra support for my heart, which is currently in full love mode for the world
and those I hold dear. I asked the waitress which one would provide my blood a
healthy dose of circulation and she pointed to one on the menu. But when she
actually delivered the ripe, ruby red little potion to me, she whispered in my
ear that she had concocted a special one for my bursting aorta that was not on
the menu but that she felt would be best for my desires. It tasted like the
pulp of some heavenly, angelic fruit.
Today’s surprise was
this Italian pizza made on Rawvolution’s famous onion bread, of which I was
lucky enough to discover the recipe online and will definitely be making at
home someday when I decide to finally purchase a dehydrator. The dense, cracker
like bread, savory with onion flavor came topped with fresh sunflower seed
cheese spread, sliced mushrooms, green olives, sun dried tomato sauce, and bits of lettuce. Each bite
was a slice of healthy ambrosia.
I left as always
hankering for more. I always intend to eat a slice of one of the many dessert
cheesecakes made from things like natural cacao, maca, goji and others
nutritious sweets in the deli case near the cash register, or at least a dollop
of their vegan gelato. But the small sized entrees are perpetually deceiving as
they get you properly full without the added promise of extra body weight.
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