Posted by: RawGuru in raw food cafe, leafy greens on
Aug 18, 2009
Everyone needs to visit the Leafy Greens Cafe in the St. Petersburg, Florida area. It's a great place to take your cooked food friends as well as the seasoned raw foodist. I went with a friend of mine who hasn't tried any kind of gourmet raw foods and she loved every dish!
The ambiance was very soothing and the music that was playing was relaxing. The cafe has a small raw food pantry section where you can purchase products like nut butters, cacao powder, and some handy kitchen tools. The inside seating of the cafe is small but cozy. The tables were covered with fine white table clothes and fresh flowers.
I wanted to order everything on the menu because it all looked so good but we settled on a some of the most popular items. We started off with a chocolate smoothie drink and a mango sunburst iced tea. The chocolate drink reminded me of a pudding and the iced tea had a hint of mango taste and was very refreshing.
We moved onto the Asian Salad which consisted of a variety of crispy and juicy veggies including cabbage, bok choy, celery, snow peas and topped off with mung bean sprouts. It was served with a spicy ginger-tahini dressing that was incredibly tasty. The only thing that would make the salad have a little more Asian flair is something like spicy crushed cashews or wild jungle peanuts. It had black sesame seeds on it though which I guess is good enough. All in all the salad had a perfect balance of textures and flavors and the half portion was easily enough for 2-3 people.