A couple of weeks ago, my vegetarian girlfriend purchased an online deal for lunch for 6 people at Mandala Organic Arts and Cafe. All menu items at this cafe are vegan, so it was perfect for her. She made a reservation for Sunday lunch.
The cafe was buzzing with people and there was also a live band playing. It was quite noisy inside with the music and all the people talking. They also have an outdoor seating area, which would be quite nice on a sunny day.
As part of the deal, we were able to choose 3 pizzas and 3 salads from their menu to share between the 6 of us.
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| Don't remember the name of this salad...... |
This salad had many ingredients: strawberries, persimon, carrot, avocado, beetroot, fancy lettuce, cherry tomatos, alfalfa sprouts.... (I think I haven't missed anything!) This was quite delicious, although the persimmon was a bit sour/bitter.
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| Raw pad thai |
The raw pad thai consisted of glass noddles, bean sprouts, carrot, coriander, peanuts, chilli and fresh corn. As the name of the dish suggest, all items are 'raw'. This salad was quite tasty and fresh. Very crunchy too!
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| Creamy mushroom pizza |
The creamy mushroom pizza...... it was just divine! Yes, very creamy in texture. Lots of mushrooms and also cashew puree as the sauce for the base.
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| Roasted Vegetables and Quinoa Salad |
This looked more like a garden salad to me. But hidden under all the fresh veggies was some quinoa. There were roast beetroot, roast pumpkin, roast sweet potato, cherry tomatos, mixed lettuce, alfalfa sprouts and orange pieces. The orange added sweetness to the salad, which was quite refreshing.
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| Margarita |
The margarita..... a simple and classic pizza. Pizza base was smothered with napoli sauce, then topped with fresh tomatos, olives and basil. Another tasty pizza! Could not fault this.
The Thai pizza was just OK. I don't think the flavours worked that well. On the pizza, there was marinated tofu, leafy greens, carrot, corn, broccoli and fresh herbs. It was a little bit spicy in my opinion. I think it would have been a lot tastier if they used a satay sauce
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| Thai pizza |
Have you noticed that there isn't any cheese on any of the pizzas? Surprisingly, this hasn't made the pizzas less tasy. In fact, the pizzas are less oily without the cheese!
Being a vegan restaurant, all foods served are at their most natural state and contain no animal products at all. I guess this is pretty healthy huh? No wonder so many people come here for their pizzas and salads!
Overall, the food was good, service was quite slow (you order and pay at the counter and help yourself to water, plates and cutlery). There is probably one 2 people cooking in the kitchen, so the food arrived very late.
However, if you have a lot of time to chill with friends and just want to sit, relax, enjoy the music and chat, then this is the place for you.
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