The Greenside Café is a fabulous new-style vegetarian/vegan health food restaurant situated in trendy Greenside. It’s a calming place, which might have something to do with the fact that it’s located beneath a meditation studio.
But it also could be because of the healthy menu; owner Dimitri Gutjahr seems to have harnessed all that good energy coming from the floor above. Try the tofu tagliatelle ribbons, which are served in a tomato, caper and mustard sauce; or go for the pizza of the day, which is popular with omnivorous patrons. It has a home-made sourdough base that can be topped with a variety of fresh seasonal veg.
Vegan cheese is also available. If you’re not entirely convinced that healthy food can also taste sinfully delicious, then do yourself a favour and indulge in the desserts – they’ll boost your vitality rather than your cholesterol levels. Try the shooting stars, dainty phyllo parcels filled with warm, dark chocolate truffle, or the chocolate love brownies, which are served with cream or vegan cream.