Eat Green, Be Happy

Victor’s 1959 Café, Minneapolis, MN 🌿🌿🌿 Si estás con antojo de un cafecito cubano (expreso con azúcar), ven a Victor's .  Victor’s está abierto de miércoles a domingo de 9:00 am a 2:00pm, así que tienes que ir temprano. Los fines de semana hay mucha gente así que ve con tiempo o ve temprano si tienes mucha hambre. He ido dos veces y me ha gustado muchísimo la comida. He comido el desayuno Día y noche (foto) y en otra ocasión el desayuno Eggs Havana. El primero me gustó más que el segundo. El segundo estaba delicioso excepto por las yuquitas, que normalmente son mis favoritas. Otros comensales recomiendan los tostones, sandwich cubano y desayuno ropa vieja, pero todo lo que pidas sabe delicioso. La salsa creole vale la pena probarla. Además, al ir a Victor's estás en territorio cubano, o eso pretende simular el diseño del local, en directa alusión a las tempestuosas relaciones entre Cuba y Estados Unidos, mismas que en más de siete décadas siguen tensas, por decir lo

Owamni , Minneapolis, MN 🌿🌿🌿🌿 Owamni by The Sioux Chef defines as a modern indigenous full service establishment. It also offers a pre colonization or decolonized food experience, which means experience the true flavors of North America, featuring foods of Mni Sota Makoce, the land where the waters reflect the clouds. You won’t find any ingredient that was brought to North America by the colonizers. Talking about meat we are referring to bison, fish and turkey but not beef or chicken. Most plates use corn but not bread, which is usually made by wheat, originally from Europe. No dairy is use, only vegetable alternative version of them.  The concept of Owamni makes food experience unique and deep in understanding how in many ways food is related with ideologies, lands and an economic system that affects societies in all levels. In that sense, this philosophy includes purchasing from indigenous producers, locally, nationally and even internationally. I was fond to see in the menu c

Mediterranea , Via Santa Marta 6, Milán, Italia 🌿 🌿 🌿 🌿 A veces planeas ir al mejor restaurante para probar el plato típico de la ciudad, pero terminas en el restaurante de enfrente porque ya no hay reservas, está lloviendo, tienes hambre y los restaurantes cierran en una hora.   Así llegamos a Mediterranean pero fue una experiencia culinaria muy grata. Primero, este restaurante va más allá de la propuesta de ser consciente ecológicamente, también adopta una política de soporte de los productores locales, de los alimentos sanos, comida balanceada y nutritiva. No utilizan aceites calientes, les interesa la calidad, la naturaleza y la salud.  Su lema es “il cibo è come una medicina che nutre il nostro benessere” que quiere decir: “la comida es como una medicina que nutre nuestro bienestar”.  La comida es la salud, una propuesta que traduce el pensamiento naturista y que yo aprendí de mi abuela. Los dos platos que probamos estuvieron deliciosos, además de que no había nada de plást

Veggie Spring Rolls Legendary Spice at Asian Mall, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 🌿🌿 I went to the new Asian Mall looking for trying new food. If you were there for a real meal and not for bubble tea or donuts, then you only have five options. If you are not in the mood of soup, your options reduce to three. In the soupy sections was Pho Mai and Hot Pot City, although this last one makes you cook your meal, just the opposite experience I am looking for when I go to a restaurant.  We chose Legendary Spice. Chinese Kitchen & Bar. This one was place in the second floor, in a food court style. There is a QR code you can use to order but it was not working well. Finally, a waiter approach to took our order which came one minute later, this tells us it was already cook and waiting. The water was in a glass jarr but the glasses were paper ones. The silverware was plastic and napkins were also paper ones. The hot food came in a real plate (Thank God!) and it was tasty. The price was high for wha

Beirut , West Saint Paul, MN 55118 🌿🌿🌿🌿 This is one of the first restaurant I tried since I moved to Saint Paul. I have been there several times, last time with my family that visited me from Peru. The atmosphere is very pleasant, the space is small but very well decorated, there is always some music playing that transport you to the beautiful landscape of Lebanon, that you can see in the pictures around the room. There is a menu for two, one with meat and one veggie, that includes seven different plates (in the photo the veggie option), plus kebabs, rice and pita bread. It is plenty for two, so maybe you have some leftovers. I always bring my own Tupperware, just in case. I strongly recommend this place that has the complete four leaves because nothing is plastic, exception of the garlic butter that is served with the kebabs.  Eat Green, Be Happy rating system 🌿🌿🌿🌿   4 leaves: All green 🌿🌿🌿.  3 leaves: Great but you can do better 🌿🌿  2 leaves: Green by chance 🌿  1 leaf:

Chimborazo , Minneapolis 🌿🌿🌿🌿 I was so happy to try the food at Chimborazo, an Ecuatorian restaurant in Minneapolis. It is a small business with two rooms but the service is very good and of course, the food as well. Nothing is one use only, even the container for the leftovers is ecofriendly. I tried the veggie "saltado" that was very spicy but anyway very good. The best of everything are the "patacones" and the "salsa criolla" that come with it. I have been in Ecuador in different moments of my life and I always liked it. It is also the home country of close friends and a brother country to Peru. I visited Chimborazo after attending Cine Latino festival and watching an Ecuatorian docummentary "After they were gone," (2019) the opera prima of Veronica Haro Abril. So, Chimborazo become a place of friendship, of latino flavors, of warm memories. I want to come back already. Eat Green, Be Happy rating system 🌿🌿🌿🌿   4 leaves: All green