soulstar
04-23-2007, 04:12 PM
I went to the Organic Garden Cafe this weekend! Yummy!! This is a small. cute cafe in downtown Beverly, Ma. They serve organic vegan and raw food, and also some non-raw stuff, like bagels, bread and soups.
I loved the Taco DinnerEntree ( or Dos Tacos Appetizer) this included sun seed burgers as the "beans" and a cashew sour cream sauce, and a hot sauce with lots of tomatoes and lettuce! The burger filling came in a delectable corn-flax tortilla. Very crunchy-hard.Both of these dishes have tasty flavors, and were very satisfying! My only complaint is that the guacomole was bland. Other than that, these were yummy choices, especially for those who miss their Mexican food, like me.:p
My partner had the pad thai, which I also tried. It was covered in a mild sweet cashew sauce that we would have liked better if it had more spice or flavor. The menu said the sauce was zesty, but we didn't think so. It was good, but most of the dish was bean sprouts, and we thought it would have been tastier if the "pad thai" included more of a variety of veggies, and not relied so heavily on bean sprouts for the bulk of the dish.
Another day I had the almond/rosemary pate and wild rice salad. The pate was tasty, though I felt the salad needed some dressing, so I requested the house vinagrette, which made the dish perfect.
Next time I return I will try the rawvioli made from beets and cashew/carrot filling.
My partner had a bowl of the raw but warmed chili. It was good, but he would have liked a bit more variety in the flavors. It was on the sweet side, which may come from raisins in the tomato sauce.
My partner, who is not raw, enjoyed having the sunseed burger on sprouted bread with the raw bbq sauce and lettuce/tomato/onion.This was called a club sandwich on the menu.
We had a raw brownie one day that was awesome!
The next day we tried the black forest pie which is a frozen chocolate pie with strawberries, and cranberries. It sounded better than it tasted, and we both preferred the brownie to the pie. I could not taste the berries in the pie at all, and the chocolate part was runny and thin, in our experience.
Most of the waitresses were young and nice. My favorite waitress was a woman about my age (40's?) named Sandy. She is a real sweetheart.
I never saw Robert, the owner, though a couple of young men worked in the kitchen.
I bought some dehydrated onion salad topping to bring home, as well as their delectable raw tahini goddess dressing!
I look forward to stopping in there next time we go to Gloucester.
Soulstar
I loved the Taco DinnerEntree ( or Dos Tacos Appetizer) this included sun seed burgers as the "beans" and a cashew sour cream sauce, and a hot sauce with lots of tomatoes and lettuce! The burger filling came in a delectable corn-flax tortilla. Very crunchy-hard.Both of these dishes have tasty flavors, and were very satisfying! My only complaint is that the guacomole was bland. Other than that, these were yummy choices, especially for those who miss their Mexican food, like me.:p
My partner had the pad thai, which I also tried. It was covered in a mild sweet cashew sauce that we would have liked better if it had more spice or flavor. The menu said the sauce was zesty, but we didn't think so. It was good, but most of the dish was bean sprouts, and we thought it would have been tastier if the "pad thai" included more of a variety of veggies, and not relied so heavily on bean sprouts for the bulk of the dish.
Another day I had the almond/rosemary pate and wild rice salad. The pate was tasty, though I felt the salad needed some dressing, so I requested the house vinagrette, which made the dish perfect.
Next time I return I will try the rawvioli made from beets and cashew/carrot filling.
My partner had a bowl of the raw but warmed chili. It was good, but he would have liked a bit more variety in the flavors. It was on the sweet side, which may come from raisins in the tomato sauce.
My partner, who is not raw, enjoyed having the sunseed burger on sprouted bread with the raw bbq sauce and lettuce/tomato/onion.This was called a club sandwich on the menu.
We had a raw brownie one day that was awesome!
The next day we tried the black forest pie which is a frozen chocolate pie with strawberries, and cranberries. It sounded better than it tasted, and we both preferred the brownie to the pie. I could not taste the berries in the pie at all, and the chocolate part was runny and thin, in our experience.
Most of the waitresses were young and nice. My favorite waitress was a woman about my age (40's?) named Sandy. She is a real sweetheart.
I never saw Robert, the owner, though a couple of young men worked in the kitchen.
I bought some dehydrated onion salad topping to bring home, as well as their delectable raw tahini goddess dressing!
I look forward to stopping in there next time we go to Gloucester.
Soulstar