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| Selection of raw desserts ^_−☆ |
20/Nov
Once I met up with my friend Kazuya in Kyoto station (took a while... ☹☹☹), we went to a cafe for a quick coffee. We hadn't seen each other for about 26 years, it was lovely to meet up and catch up with what we were doing for last 26years. Cor, blimey, he aged a bit. Of course, it was loooong time ago, when we first met in London. I'm sure other people we met at that time look older too.
We spent about a few hours chatting, then, we went to pick up Marcus outside the Kinkakuji (金閣寺). Traffic wasn't bad, it was smooth all afternoon and evening. Kazuya seemed to have some idea to entertain us, but that plan didn't go very well. Long story cut short, We ended up to go out for a dinner. By then, it was getting late. Time for a dinner.
He took us to a restaurant run/owned by a colleague of his from long time ago, who now has two restaurants in Kyoto. Raw vegan restaurants! One of them we went was an organic Italian restaurant, serving meat, fish, veggie dishes as well as raw vegan foods. We were thrilled. And it was delicious! I was really inspired by Mr. Maeda (chef /owner) 's food. He used to be an Italian chef in a big hotel for years, also, he was a pastry chef! The chef Maeda's been raw vegan for 8 years, he told us felt really good himself since switched to raw vegan diet. Oh, I would love to work with him! o(^_-)O
These were what we had.
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| Raw vegan "cheese" and raw crackers |
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| courgette "spaghetti" salad with basil dressing |
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| Squid ink pasta (eaten by Kazuya) |
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| Vegan lasagna with basil (eaten by me!) |
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| Empty plate...It was tomato and herb penne gluten free (Marcus!) |
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It was so tasty that he quickly demolished, forgot completely, taking a photo...☹
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| Selection of desserts, I could eat all of them very easy! |
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| This is what I had: Matcha and coconut tart |
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| This is what Marcus had: Chocolate and vanilla "cheese" cake |
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| Da·Maeda Raw Chocolate Brownies |
Also, he was selling some health foods, seeds, beans, gluten free products, raw chocolate and raw chocolate brownies! Of course, we bought raw nuts, raw chocolate, and raw brownies. Raw brownies were hand made, yum yum, just lovely to eat such a delish sweets in Japan. Why? Because, the most of sweets there contains wheat and sugar, hard to find raw food, well, same as here anyway. I tasted quite a bit people's "raw brownies", I must say, they were really nice. Tasted rustic and real. I would defo recommend to pay a visit for lovely raw vegan lunch/dinner at da.maeda in Kyoto.
We felt raw food were getting very popular in Kyoto, certainly, felt more hippy-like energy than Tokyo. I thought; I could easily live there comfortably.
By the way, it was very relaxing, rustic and quiet setting ( when we were there), very grow-up like restaurant. Thank you very much to the chef for making / cooking us beautiful foods! Yum yum.
ダ· マエダ 京都イタリア料理
Da·Maeda Kyoto Italian restaurant
da-maeda.com
Tel: +81 75-465-5258
Address:京都府京都市上京区千本通中立売上る玉屋町３６
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