As was the plan the previous week, on Wednesday after our yoga class, we decided to extend our virtuousness and do a Barrielicious night at Rawlicious. Unlike the previous week, we remembered this plan before we walked home... (Yay us!)
We were the only people in the place, other than the two staff, so we got our choice of tables (which, unfortunately, turned out to be directly below a light that was starting to do the end-of-life crackle). The Barrie location is a fairly small one, but has some lovely art and a cozy feel.
Our virtuousness quickly hit a speed bump when we saw they served organic wine. We managed to be good enough to not order a bottle, but we did each end up having two glasses before the evening was through. So much for Wineless Wednesday (our spell-check is terribly confused by the word "wineless", by the way – I'm sure it's a reflection of the English language and not the fact that it's laughing its ass off imagining us spending a day without wine...).
Their Barrielicious menu only had two options for each course, but considering everything they make is vegan and gluten-free, the lack of choice shouldn't be a problem for anyone. We decided to just order one of each and share.
For appetizers, Don ordered the Spring Rolls, which were the cold/soft variety, served with a Thai dipping sauce (Alyssa liked these best out of the two, Don the least). Alyssa ordered the Sweet Potato Fritters served with chipotle mayo – the fritters were a bit dry for Alyssa's taste, although she liked the mayo, and Don liked this appetizer the best. All's fair in love and appetizers...
The main courses were both very flavourful, and filling. Don had the Zucchetti, which was zucchini "noodles" in tomato marinara and basil pesto tossed with crumbled seasoned nut loaf and topped with pine nut "parmesan". Alyssa had the Zucchini Cannelloni, which was thin strips of zucchini spiralled around to form the shape of cannelloni, then filled with cashew nut "cheese", pesto and marinated mushrooms, on top of marinara sauce and topped with pine nut "parmesan" as well. This dish came with a side salad, which... well... seemed unnecessary, but the salad was quite good as well. We both finished our mains, but were surprised to be as full as we felt.
Dessert for Don was an apple tart, which he didn't particularly care for, unfortunately. Alyssa got to take it home for breakfast, though, and she enjoyed it the next day. Alyssa's dessert was a chocolate-orange cheesecake (made from cashews, with an almond & date crust) – it was quite delicious, and damn, it's healthy too!
It's not the type of food we'd have the patience to make for ourselves (especially with Alyssa's chopping-vegetables triggers!), but if somebody was willing to make it for us, we could eat this way quite regularly. A nice, healthy, feel-virtuous-after-your-yoga-class-as-long-as-you-ignore-the-wine meal.
We were the only people in the place, other than the two staff, so we got our choice of tables (which, unfortunately, turned out to be directly below a light that was starting to do the end-of-life crackle). The Barrie location is a fairly small one, but has some lovely art and a cozy feel.
Our virtuousness quickly hit a speed bump when we saw they served organic wine. We managed to be good enough to not order a bottle, but we did each end up having two glasses before the evening was through. So much for Wineless Wednesday (our spell-check is terribly confused by the word "wineless", by the way – I'm sure it's a reflection of the English language and not the fact that it's laughing its ass off imagining us spending a day without wine...).
Their Barrielicious menu only had two options for each course, but considering everything they make is vegan and gluten-free, the lack of choice shouldn't be a problem for anyone. We decided to just order one of each and share.
For appetizers, Don ordered the Spring Rolls, which were the cold/soft variety, served with a Thai dipping sauce (Alyssa liked these best out of the two, Don the least). Alyssa ordered the Sweet Potato Fritters served with chipotle mayo – the fritters were a bit dry for Alyssa's taste, although she liked the mayo, and Don liked this appetizer the best. All's fair in love and appetizers...
The main courses were both very flavourful, and filling. Don had the Zucchetti, which was zucchini "noodles" in tomato marinara and basil pesto tossed with crumbled seasoned nut loaf and topped with pine nut "parmesan". Alyssa had the Zucchini Cannelloni, which was thin strips of zucchini spiralled around to form the shape of cannelloni, then filled with cashew nut "cheese", pesto and marinated mushrooms, on top of marinara sauce and topped with pine nut "parmesan" as well. This dish came with a side salad, which... well... seemed unnecessary, but the salad was quite good as well. We both finished our mains, but were surprised to be as full as we felt.
Dessert for Don was an apple tart, which he didn't particularly care for, unfortunately. Alyssa got to take it home for breakfast, though, and she enjoyed it the next day. Alyssa's dessert was a chocolate-orange cheesecake (made from cashews, with an almond & date crust) – it was quite delicious, and damn, it's healthy too!
It's not the type of food we'd have the patience to make for ourselves (especially with Alyssa's chopping-vegetables triggers!), but if somebody was willing to make it for us, we could eat this way quite regularly. A nice, healthy, feel-virtuous-after-your-yoga-class-as-long-as-you-ignore-the-wine meal.