But we did and I think we're better off for doing it.
We were with a severely hung over friend who probably needed a greasy fry up and a bucket of coffee, instead, we dragged her to a vegan cafe... in Port Adelaide. The cafe seems soulless, it's a big open space filled with a variety of mis-matched tables and seating and art tastefully hung on the walls. It sounds like every other vegan cafe and it should have a good vibe but it didn't, it was flat.
We ordered smoothies and juice, I had the ChocoLava smoothie made with raw cacao, bananas, coconut and dates. The others ordered a BerryRipe smoothie and one of the gazillion flavours of Mountain Fresh juices in the fridge.
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His smoothie brings all the boys to the yard... |
If you could consume nothing else in liquid form for the rest of your life, I would strongly recommend you consider the ChocoLava smoothie. The chunks of coconut mixed with the bitterness of the cacao and the sweetness of the banana and dates is like heaven in a glass. I didn't realise I was slurping the last millilitres of it out of my glass until the hung over friend snatched it from me and slammed it on the table. Oops.
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I forgot to take a photo before I took a bite, excuse my teeth marks. |
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Mark waiting patiently to eat his pumpkin soup |
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Kale and chickpea curry. |
I was so overwhelmed, I have so much to say, I'm going to break it down. Here goes.
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This one's going straight to the pool room. |
Ice cream: It's house made banana ice cream and it's so creamy and smooth. Normally, vegan ice cream comes with icicles in it, not this one. It's also not super sweet, in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the only sweetener in there was the bananas.
Berries: They're plump, not mushy and have a slight tang to them. There's the perfect amount to eat with the waffles and ice cream and they're nice a sweet.
After writing that, I'm so keen to go back and eat more waffles instead of going to my gym class.
Ambiance - 2/5: Maybe the room needs to be sectioned off or the ceiling lowered, I don't know.
Service - 2.5/5: It was sort of warm but not overly efficient.
Food: 9/10: The waffles brought this baby home. OMG, those waffles.
In total, Tom gives the Red Lime Shack 13.5/20 chops on the chopping board.

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