The No Grainer

What a suburban find! Tucked away inside the Mt Albert YMCA is this paleo, gluten-​free, sugar-​free, raw healthy whole food oasis! The atmosphere reminds you of a friend’s sunny kitchen; opening onto a lovely deck with community garden boxes & glasshouses made out of plastic bottles. I’m sure just being here makes you a better human!
The food choices are displayed on the cabinet. When we visited around lunchtime, there were paleo vegetarian pies, 2 flavours of gluten-​free pizzas & yummy sandwiches made with cauliflower «bread».
Now this place really knocks it out of the park when it comes to sweets. Imagine this: Rustic Raw Carrot Cake, Mocha Mousse Slice, Vanilla Maple Walnut Tart, Raw Chewy Chocolate Brownie or Cacao Raspberry Tart? Not to mention an array of bliss balls & raw afghans… the list goes on! Of course I had to sample several! Crazy to believe none of them had any refined sugar in them — they hit the sweet spot enough to make you think you should be feeling guilty! My personal favourite was the Cacao Raspberry Tart — I loved the tartness of the raspberry against the cacao. The carrot cake had a lovely creaminess to it, punctuated with big juicy sultanas & a squeeze of lemon juice.
Add delicious coffees & cold-​pressed juices & this is a great spot to grab a conscientious bite. I tried a turmeric soy latte & have to say, I didn’t miss the caffeine.
I’m hanging out for this place to Open on the weekends so I can be a more regular visitor!