[Taipei 台北] Plants

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Plants

Add: 1F, No 10, Ln 253, Sec 1, Fuxing S. Rd., Da-an Dist., Taipei
Tel: (02) 2784-5677
Hours: [Tue-Fri] 11:30am-9:30pm [Sat-Sun] 10am-9:30pm
Price: 500-800 TWD/person
Visited: Jun 2016

If you’ve been following my blog, you know that I’m far from being a vegetarian – as a food blogger, I pretty much eat everything and anything the restaurants serve. When on my own, however, I rare order or cook any meat, preferring light meals filled with lots of veggies. So when my friends in Taipei took me to Plants, a recently opened vegan/gluten-free/whole foods cafe, I was immediately charmed by it.

我本身並不是素食主義者，不過最近的確是吃的越來越輕盈了。這次在台北被朋友帶去了才剛開幕的 Plants，馬上喜歡上這家由兩個女孩子 Square 和 Lily 經營的 “植物性、無麸質、全食物小食堂”。

Plants prepares their food based on three principles: “plants-based” – their food is free from eggs, dairy, honey and all other animal products; “gluten-free” – they do not use any wheat, barley, rye nor any grains with gluten, and instead use certified gluten-free oats, carefully choosing their sources to avoid cross-contaminated with gluten; “whole foods” – they use whole ingredients, unrefined sugars, and no overly processed food nor funny additives.

“植物性” (plant-based)，以不傷害動物爲原則，完全采用全植物食材，也沒有蛋、奶、或蜂蜜；“無麸質” (gluten-free)，不使用引起麸質過敏的食材；“全食物” (whole foods)，指的是未精致過、可看到天然樣貌的食材。光聽就知道是家用心的好店。

“Count nutrients, not calories”. Word.

小小的食堂清新明亮，牆上寫著 “Count nutrients, not calories”，透過櫃台能隱約看到後面的廚房。

I started the meal with Berry Beautiful (200 TWD), a delicious (and gorgeously-colored!) smoothie of açai, blueberries, banana, lemon and activated almond milk. My friend ordered a special smoothie of the day with raw cocoa…also very good.

Berry Beautiful 抗氧化美莓（200台幣）：巴西莓、藍莓、香蕉、檸檬、喚醒杏仁奶。好喝，而且顏色也太美了吧。

Hummus & Crackers (200 TWD): sprouted chickpea hummus, raw sprouted seeded crackers & house made living sauerkraut.

鷹嘴豆泥 & 脆餅：催芽鷹嘴豆泥，搭配催芽種籽脆餅和自制活易菌酸菜。

Kombucha (130 TWD): seasonal caffeine-free flavor. Love the bottle and tag design, which reads “you are what you eat”.

康普茶（kombucha）：無咖啡因時令口味。

Kale Caesar (320 TWD): kale, roasted sprouted chickpeas, raw nut parmesan with house made creamy caesar dressing.

羽衣甘藍凱撒：羽衣甘藍、脆烤催芽鷹嘴豆、堅果帕瑪森、搭配自制凱撒醬。

Margherita Flatbread (380 TWD): house made sun-dried tomatoes, nut parmesan, arugula and house made tomato sauce over a nut & seeds flatbread.

瑪格麗特薄餅：自制油漬番茄、甜羅勒、堅果帕瑪森、自制番茄醬、堅果種籽薄餅。

Maple Chia Pudding (200 TWD): omega 3-filled chia seeds, activated nut milk, pure maple syrup and organic seasonal fruit. I had never had chia seeds before and was so intrigued by its texture and health benefits that after coming back to Shanghai, I started making this for breakfast as well. So simple and so yum.

楓糖奇亞籽布丁：豐富Omega-3奇亞籽、喚醒堅果奶、純楓葉糖漿、搭配有機時令水果。第一次試奇亞籽布丁，結果瞬間愛上，回上海後也經常在家裡做這個擋早餐。

We didn’t end up ordering desserts this time, but the cakes on display all look quite enticing – lime cheese cake, cacao caramel cream cake, and tiramisu…saving them for next time.

雖然最後沒有胃吃甜點了，不過櫃子裡的萊姆綺絲蛋糕、焦糖可可旦糕、提拉米蘇看起來都很不錯…

The time and effort that’s been put into this cafe – from the concept to the food – is apparent. Other than being plants-based, gluten-free, and whole foods, some of Plants’ creations are raw, meaning that they are “cooked” under 45°C, an elaborate process that takes 12 hours or longer, in order to preserve most enzymes and nutrients. For those with a bigger appetite, the portions at Plants might seem a bit small, but for me it’s just right. I left feeling fully satiated yet feathery light, thinking that I’d want to come here all the time If I were living in Taipei.

健康輕盈的一餐，而且令人意外的美味。通過這裏的每一道料理都可以感受到 Lily 和 Square 的用心，菜單上的一些字眼，比如 “催芽”、“喚醒” 等，並不是噱頭，而是認認真真的烹調手法，雖然費時費工，但仍爲了善待環境、食材、和自身而堅持著。以後去台北，都要來這裏報到。

Plants

地址：台北市大安區複興南路一段253巷10號1樓
電話：（02）2784 5677
營業時間：[周二－五] 11:30am-9:30pm [周末] 10am-9:30pm
人均：500~700台幣
造访：2016年6月

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