Recently, my weeks at work have been super busy so I haven’t been able to get out on time to make it to the gym. Instead, I’ve been making sure that I get some physical activity in over the weekend. On Sunday morning, my sister Katerina and I headed down to the Bay Run in Drummoyne for a run before venturing up to Rozelle to meet my friends Isi and Alessia for breakfast at Ungaro Raw, a new Vegan/Vegetarian Organic cafe that has opened up. Starving and in need of caffeine we got to ordering.
Katerina orders the Green Juice which is really refreshing and nicely chilled with some ice. I hate it when you’re served freshly squeezed juice that is warm.
The waitress makes us aware that they pretty much have every type of milk available so Alessia orders an Almond Milk Chai Latte.
I go for my standard Piccolo Latte.
Isi orders from the lunch menu which starts at 11.30am. This is the Veggie Lentil Burger served on Crusty Bread. The patty was so tasty and made up of not only lentils, but heaps of seeds to add more flavour and crunch.
Katerina and Alessia choose the Bircher Muesli with a twist of Lemon, Wild Figs and Blueberries, served with Fresh Seasonal Fruit and Coconut Yoghurt on the side. The yoghurt is every coconut lovers dream (made from coconut milk and nicknamed COYO in the clean eating world), and the addition of zesty lemon to the bircher gives it that kick of citrus flavour which works unexpectedly well in the creamy mixture.
I go for the Big Breakfast in my starving state which comes with Tomatoes, Avocado, Mushrooms, Spinach, Onion Rosti, Poached Eggs and Wholemeal Toast. Everything is cooked really well and I’m all smiles as I layer it onto the toast, soak it in egg yolk and dig in.
Being tempted by the dessert menu, we had to order the Raw Mint Slice to share. It’s made from natural, organic, ‘healthy’ ingredients with the bottom layer being a mixture of nuts and coconut, the middle a smooth minty custard cream and the top a decadent chocolate ganache that has a slight bitterness from the raw cacao used. I loved every bit of it, and am finally convinced to try one of these raw cake recipes that have been flooding instagram as of late. You can check out some of these recipes here and here.
Who said dessert couldn’t be healthy and yummy at the same time.
Ungaro Raw
656 Darling Street, Rozelle
Ph: 02 8964 9223
Web: http://ungaroraw.com/ – coming soon
After breakfast we went for a stroll around Rozelle markets to browse the stalls and all of the knick knacks on sale. This is the perfect way to start a Sunday morning, and forget in the short term that Monday is just around the corner :) xxx
that big breakfast looks awesome!
It was delightful to eat and colourful too :)
Breakfast looks good! Do you know where they source their coffe beans from?
They use Aroma Coffee, which from some research is a boutique, green roastery.
Great post! definitely need to try more ‘healthy’ places, always slightly impressed.
Oh we shall, need to get bikini body ready for summer :)
I love raw food especially the sweet treats and this looks fabulous! :D
You don’t get that guilty feeling of eating something decadently sweet either. It’s fantastic.
I am excited to see another raw cafe in Sydney. Sadhana Kitchen in Newtown and Table to Earth in Bondi Junction are also pretty amazing. This is place def on my list now!
Oooh thanks for those recommendations :). I have heard of Nourishing Quarter in Surry Hills as well.
I was excited to see this place opened, however my two experiences there have not bee that good. Food is good but the service and waitress are terrible. From taking a lot of time to come and give you the menu, taking your order, coming with the food and do not know who ordered so they keep asking the tables if that is their order, from having ordered gluten free bread and be given the one I have an allergy to, from ordering side dishes and never arrived, from going to pay and get charged for the things you never received and when mentioned about getting the wrong bread to simply saying, let us know next time, putting on the blame on the customer that you did not raise it at the time you were eating, instead of sorry for that. I probably won’t come back and continue to go to About Life or the other organic cafes around there. Bad service!
Hi Lola. It really doesn’t seem like you had a good experience. Unfortunately I did not have the same problems so it’s a shame that your experience wasn’t what you expected. Maybe give them another go, they have recently opened so they may have been trying to find their feet.