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08 Feb 2023
08 Feb 2023
Here's how to ace your new year's resolutions with healthy food spots in Sydney.
Who says good food can’t be healthy too? It can seem difficult or costly to maintain a healthy diet in the city, but there are plenty of food options that are great for both your soul and body. This city is rife with superfood cafes and restaurants, so here are all the top spots where you can grab a mid-workday lunch, post-run brekkie, or a hearty dinner after smashing out a gym sesh.
Verd is the massively popular salad bar that redefined healthy fast food with their menu of satisfyingly nutritious, affordable, and delicious green bowls.
For salad bowls, popular options include their Raw Rad Thai bowl, a zesty satay dressing drizzled combination of Chinese cabbage, kale, peanuts, tofu, bean sprouts and more. More classic choices include their Chipotle Caesar, and you’ll find it easy as anything to customise your salad orders or build your own bowl.
If you’re after a rice base, their Tijuana Bowl off the extensive rice bowl selection features brown rice, chilli beans, corn chips and other toppings. Every bowl here is colourful, nourishing goodness that your body and wallet will thank you for.
Verd’s $11.90 Raw Rad Thai Bowl is a must try.
Daily Greens is the Paddington answer to nutritious salads and warm nourish bowls. This isn’t just another salad place though, and the head of the kitchen is chef Charles Olalia, who trained at Thomas Keller’s legendary French Laundry in California and headed some of the top spots in LA.
This airy venue features alfresco dining in a leafy outdoor courtyard and a large, living tree going through (yes, through) the interior of the restaurant.
Warm bowls here feature baked ASC Atlantic salmon with warm organic black & brown rice, a myriad of greens and topped with miso caramel dressing. For cold bowls, there’s the vegetarian Avo & Lentils bowl with roasted almonds and a balsamic vinaigrette drizzle. Every ingredient here is fresh to the taste and full of flavourful goodness, so your tastebuds and tummy leave happy.
Wondering what to choose on the Daily Greens menu? Dish Cult recommends the $19.95 Miso Salmon bowl.
Warren & Holt Wholefoods Eatery
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Looking for an organic, wholefoods eatery whose pride and joy is serving customers simple, honest dishes? Look no further than Warren & Holt, the Marrickville cafe dishing out plates of pure goodness.
Husband and wife power duo Mat and Sophie are at the helm of this hearty diner that’s got its eye on serving flavourful dishes bursting with nutritious goodness, free from preservatives and refined sugars and oils.
This gorgeous space features high ceilings and an open-plan kitchen where you can watch the chefs feed the hungry hordes.
The quality of the dishes here is evident and you’ll find Reuben toasties with provolone cheese and wagyu beef and miso roasted pumpkin donburi bowls served over warm brown rice.
Wondering what to choose on the Warren & Holt menu? Dish Cult recommends the $8 Avo Toast.
Mint Organics is a suburbian organic cafe with dishes as fresh as the name alludes to. Focusing on fast, health-conscious food, the menu is focused on a selection of preservative and chemical-free options that are wholly nutritious and equally tasty.
Cronulla locals flock to this spot for their smashed avo on sourdough, carb-free breaky, and corn fritters stack. If you’re looking for something even lighter, their clean eating salad offers you a choice of protein and green mix, while their wraps and sandwiches feature provolone, mushrooms, and falafel.
The $16 Breakfast Burrito is Dish Cult’s recommendation at Mint Organics.
This modern Alexandria restaurant is all about wholesome, honest meals served well-rounded and no lacking in flavour. Bright, plant-y, and airy, COOH is the perfect choice when you’re hankering for a healthy and sunny brunch out.
If you’re in early, grab their buckwheat pancakes with organic coconut yoghurt and seasonal fruit for a healthier take on the breakfast staple, or spring for their zucchini buckwheat fritters served with tomato relish and avocado corn salsa.
For something a little heavier, drop in at lunchtime for their grilled NZ king salmon soba noodles and spice-crusted tuna steak served over spiralised salad. Yes, they all do taste as good as they sound, and is the perfect fuel for your body.
COOH’s $22 Buckwheat pancake get Dish Cult’s seal of approval!
