Saf in Shoreditch

As requested, the Crunchy Almond Butter Recipe has been posted in the Recipes section. I will be playing around with the ingredients of the Raw Chocolate Blackout Cake to create a recipe and post very soon.

After a very anticipated dinner date, Julie (one of my dearest friends, check out her website: http://juliemontagu.com/) and I went to Saf (Simply Authentic Food) in Shoreditch. Saf is a 100% vegan and partly raw restaurant which caters to vegans and non-vegans alike:http://www.safrestaurant.co.uk/
The restaurant is AMAZING and one of a kind! It has Europe's largest organic wine and spirit bar so we started the night off with a couple of cocktails (or two!):

After we received our drinks we went straight into our mains and both got the tacos which were to die for! The tacos were stuffed with guacamole, salsa, and pineapple and the gluten free shell was made out of dehydrated flax seeds:

After the tacos we got dessert and decided to share the Warm Raw Chocolate Fondue with Fruit and Dehydrated Buckwheat and Cinnamon Crackers:

Of course we couldn't help ourselves and we also decided to share the Raw White Chocolate and Jasmine Tart (with a raspberry sauce)

Finally, we got the Pesto au Poivre (just to show our true British identify) to finish the meal:

This soft cashew 'cheese' had a sage pesto between two layers of cheese with pink peppercorn and chive crust served with flaxseed crackers and a balsamic reduction with grapes. It could have had a bit more salt in it but we were overall pleased with it.
After having another drink, I told Julie about the delicious Raw Rhubarb Cheesecake (on the menu) with 'pearls' on top inspired by a molecular gastronomy process (unfamiliar to me, yet intriguing). So I asked the chef if he could bring us some pearls and he agreed to. The pearls looked similar to this:

While sampling our pearls and finishing our last drink, Julie and I felt inspired to try the Rhubarb Cheesecake (after all, there are only three more days until it's out of season and off the menu!). Luckily for us, the kitchen was closed and we were told that our opportunity to sample the cheesecake was gone. However, we were told that a Berry Cheesecake would replace it in the next few days. Oh well, I guess it gives us a reason to go back soon :)