Herbivores - Not only for veggie but also for tasty food lovers

Herbivores topped my mind when choosing a place to farewell my vegetarian colleague, and I hope it succeed in leaving her a tasty memory.

The tablewares were nice-looking, all designed and branded with the restaurant's name. The food was homey and delicious :))) We ordered set lunches that came with a soup/ salad, a main course with 3 choices, a dessert of the day and coffee/ tea, at $128+10%.

Pumpkin Carbonara was phenomenal~the sauce was so pumpkinly and slightly sweet, I couldn't tell if the sweetness was from the pumpkin or seasoning, fragrant mushrooms in it gave the dish a wonderful touch.

The Four Cheeses Pizza had a thin crispy crust. The pizza was cut in a way I was able to roll up short burritos of tasty tomato paste and generous amount of cheeses with arugula :) 

The dessert was yogurt pudding with mango sauce. The sourness was quite a nice finish for the meal.

The restaurant could seat 18-20 ppl, it is probably a cozy venue to throw a decent vegetarian party!

Herbivores

Address: G/F, 35 Staunton Street, SOHO

Tel: 2613 2909

Beachy munchies ;)

A highly recommended snack to bring with you to the beach - a can of frozen pineapple chunks!

Simply freeze the whole can the night before, it will make your beach day so much more wonderful! Just remember to bring a can-opener with you ;)

Enjoy the sun...sand...sea...and some icy juicy pineapples...mmm :)

Life Cafe - An urban getaway

Feeling stressed out towards the middle of the week? A lunch getaway to Life Cafe may cheer you up. Mushroom pizza and patio seating right by Soho's escalator are suggested, in order to get the most 'life' out of this experience ;)

Life Cafe Restaurant and Bar
Address: G/F-2/F, 10 Shelley Street, SoHo, Central
Tel: 2810 9777
Website: http://www.lifecafe.com.hk/

Zen in Central - Mana! Fast Slow Food

Vegetarian food is an upward trend with more and more veggie restaurants and bistros opening in town. "Lifestyle" is becoming its adjective in recent years, and a broad spectrum of vegetarian food styles is now available to satisfy different taste buds. Veggie pastas, skewers, pizzas, wraps, burgers, even "fish balls", Chinese, Western, whatever food you feel like, you could almost find a veggie version for it.

MANA! Fast Slow Food, located in the middle of the busiest part in Central, lower Soho, doesn't only add a style to the old building housing it, also  provides a famous flat bread with a delicious (seriously delicious!) Zaatar spread (What is Zaatar?), and gives whoever coming in a relaxing yet meaningful veggie experience. Why? cause MANA! promotes veggie, vegan, organic food, Eco-friendliness and community. "Eat like it matters" is its motto, from the time you buy your flat wrap, you are encouraged to lead a healthy and eco-friendly life.

MANA! is pioneering the food waste reduction movement. Very respectable is its waste separation bins - which collect plastic utensils, paper wastes, food compost etc. They do the good of helping customers reduce carbon footprint eating-in, and in my opinion, a generous act to raise the awareness of waste reduction by setting up 5 or 6 bins inside the small restaurant space.

"You go to the back of any restaurant in Hong Kong, and all their rubbish goes in the same bins – glass bottles, food waste, paper etc… It can make me very sad to see this happening, deeply saddened. It took us a long while & great effort to set up a system. There is no government system in place yet" - says Bobsy, the founder of MANA!

I agree with you Bobsy! So I don't have any reservation recommending you to go there, experience it and get inspired :)

MANA! Fast Slow Food - [Menu] - 92 Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong  2851 1611
  
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