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| - Zucchini noodles, cheeseless cheesecake and tree rings ahoy! No raw deal at Raw Aura, just some auspiciously awesome vegan eats.
Knowing my predilection for raw food, my buddy found me Raw Aura to cure our Humpday blues. Delicious food, but where is my coffee?
ATMOSPHERE
Raw Aura's exposed wood and hip industrial-chic hits the right vibes and jives with their healthy hip-nerd cuisine. We particularly loved the lacquered tree-ring tables (despite their diminutiveness). It looked like the tabletops were all cut from the same tree. Want!
Verdict: Good for a hip date or for impressing your food-adventuring posse.
FOOD
Zucchini noodles are the best. Great bang for the buck and tasty to boot. My Coconut Curry Noodles were creamy and delicious, piled artistically high. My friend, a raw food newb, was unprepared for how filling her faux Bolognese was, because it sure hit the spot.
Comparatively, I enjoy the Rawlicious Bolognese more, but my curry was better than their faux Pad Thai.
Biggest drawback? No coffee! I wanted coffee so bad with our blueberry cheeseless cheesecake, which was the best thing about our meal hands down. But oh, how I dreamed of a decaf almond milk coffee whilst eating it.
SERVICE
Attentive but so so. Not much to say here, except that my girls at Rawlicious are nicer. That's not just my bias talking.
LOCATION
Port Credit's main drag is far from being a drag. Past the skeevy motels, darkened factories and stretches of yawning black harbour on Lakeshore is a beautiful, antique-feeling strip of joints both hip and hometown. A pleasant surprise and one to make my Markham heart burn with envy.
Worth at trip at some point, but too far to make it a regular occurrence, so says the Markhamite!
OVERALL
Good raw vegan with a seriously hip atmosphere that I want in my Imaginary Million Dollar Condo. If in Port Credit and craving some zucchini noodling, noodle on over here and enjoy.
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