A tasty, guilt-free meal at the new Nü Food in Green Point

by Karisa Sep 26, 2014

written by Karisa Sep 26, 2014

So the folks from Nü Health Food Café (which started over in Sea Point) have spread their wings by opening a 2nd branch in Green Point. You’ll find them in the Portside Centre in Somerset Rd, Green Point (same centre as Woolies, Vida, Hudsons & Spoilt Hair).

As with their Sea Point store, the decor is fresh, modern & welcoming and the menu contains all the deliciousness that Nü fans have come to love.

But let me give you a quick tour before we get down to some of the dishes you can enjoy here:

For those who are completely new to Nü – they’re all about balanced, sustainable and wholesome meals using only the best local produce. Their menu very much focuses on the raw food movement, while incorporating other dietary and health trends such as gluten-, dairy- and wheat-free options. On the menu you’ll find great breakfast options like their pea & brocolli open omelette and their sugar free blueberry protein flapjacks. You can also choose between various wraps & salads, and then to drink they do a great selection of smoothies and power juices.

My friend Melaine and I were recently given free reign over the menu (definitely no complaints here), and we decided to try the following:

Clockwise from top left: Green juices – Alkalise (spinach, apple, lemon, green superfood powder) & D-Tox (spinach, celery, cucumber, apple, lemon, ginger); Hearti wrap (greens, roasted butternut, ricotta, red onion relish, basil, cucumber, mung bean sprouts, toasted sesame seeds, lemon and olive oil dressing); Nü-Red salad (quinoa, raw beetroot and carrot, radish, pickled ginger, coriander, toasted sesame seeds, sprouts, honey-sesame dressing); Pro-B salad (rocket, roasted beetroot and red onion, goat’s cheese, avo, radish, mung bean sprouts, soy roasted seed mix, honey-sesame dressing)

For both salads we added some chicken to protein them up a bit (you can add an extra choice of protein to all their wraps & salads) and then I know Nü is known for their amazing smoothies, but because I’ve already tried those on a previous visit, I figured the juices would be something different and a bit lighter seeing as we were already digging into quite a feast.

The Alkaline juice was sweeter than the D-Tox, but I really enjoyed both. It’s like giving your body a goodness injection. The wrap was delicious (loved the good serving of red onion relish) and both salads were big hits. Actually, when Melaine first ordered the quinoa salad, I was like “are you sure?” – you see I completed a detox a few months back where you had to eat quite a bit of quinoa and I really hated the stuff. I just couldn’t figure out a way to make it tasty… But after giving that salad a try, I’m now a quinoa convert… It was seriously good.

We finished things off with a little sampling of frozen yoghurt. You can add all kinds of toppings. Below left is chia/vanilla seeds and on the right – sugar free hot chocolate powder & raw flaked almonds:

Loved both, but I think the hot chocolate & almonds beat the chia/vanilla ever so slightly. The yoghurt is also creamy with a slight cream cheese icing taste, just the way I like it.

I have to say, we had a fantastic lunch, and the best part was that I left there with a completely clear conscience, because everything we had was not just good for the soul, but also good for the body.

The Green Point Nü store is open:

Monday-Friday 07h00-19h00
Saturday 07h30-19h00
Sunday 07h30 – 18h00

And you can contact them on (021) 433 1429 (they do take-aways too).

xxx

Nü Food

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