After a saintly walk on Takapuna Beach today I wanted to continue the health kick and eat raw, fresh and tasty. Actually, I wanted a ham and cheese sandwich (possibly with a date scone slathered in butter to follow) made with crusty white bread but "my body is a temple" reverberated through my head. Como Street Cafe offers raw daily salads so I headed there. I'm glad I did. The cafe is a bit weird in that the room is not that friendly. Big, grey space with little, if any, personality. The raw salad of the day was a red cabbage, shredded pumpkin, radish, bean sprout and cashew nut mix. I think I may have detected mint too. Crispy, crunchy and healthy it was but could have done with something else to make it special. I will return to Como Street and try another of their raw salads because I heartily applaud any cafe that chooses to branch out and add in something other than bread/carb/meat options. Or salad out of a bag.
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