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| - After trying to plan to go to Planta since they opened, I've now been twice in the past week. I'm vegetarian, and generally don't prefer to eat vegan (I love cheese!), but the first time I went with a friend who is vegan, and the second time with a carnivore. Both times everyone was very happy with their food. Firstly, as someone who is used to only having a few options to eat, it can feel overwhelming (in a good way) to be able to eat everything on the menu. However, I think the some dishes definitely were better than others. Between the two visits I tried: cauliflower tots, truffle fries, lettuce wraps, crab cakes, coconut ceviche, Bianca pizza and Habibi salad. The standouts for me were the ceviche, crab cakes and Bianca.
Everyone raves about the califlower tots and they were certainly tasty, but I feel like I expected them to be; truffle fries were also great, but really, I have rarely met a fry I don't like, so again didn't blow me away. Lettuce wraps and Habibi - both of my friends ordered these and I shared a bit - I don't think either of them hugely enjoyed them, although they were far from bad. In both cases I think I lucked out with my orders of crab cakes and Bianca pizza as I loved them. With the pizza my friend said she preferred it better than her main (Habibi). I've never eaten crab, so I have no idea how the cakes compare to the "real" thing, but the flavours were awesome. The Bianca pizza was super creamy (allowing me to forget it was vegan!) and given the portion size and price ($17) definitely best bang for your buck. I really enjoyed the coconut ceviche as well for the flavour, but my friend was less of a fan and I think for almost $14 the portion size is pretty small. Overall, I'd definitely go back and I'm glad I've tried so many things on the menu because I know which ones I'd veer towards again.
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