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• Fusion flavors

Read about this place on Happycow. It's a plant based restaurant which sits in the former space of the long established but shut Real Food Daily. The new owners changed up the decor, added curtains. It has 2 section: a quick service deli & baked treats area and a sit-down full service area. I've eaten here a few times - was just here late December 2016. Here's my Erven review update. Once for lunch where my friend and I opted for the informal seating area of the deli. From the salad case we choose a 3-item combo + we got 2 of the prepared (ready made) sandwiches. Overall the food was okay. The sweet potato sandwich had interesting flavor and the smashed cucumber cold dish was good and savory. Twice we came for dinner and ordered a bunch of dishes to share. The menu offers interesting combinations of different flavors: Asian, Thai, Korean, American. We've tried much of the menu, in fact. I did not like these main entrees; they just tasted kinda weird: the kale cavatelli (pasta) in thai curry sauce; noodles like ramen; Korean cabbage pancake. The battered fried tofu sandwich was okay but I didn't like the overwhelming taste of balsalmic dressing on the buns; a vegan mayonaise or tartar or ranch would suit better in my opinion. Here are the small plates I liked and would recommend: roasted carrots and crispy lentils with coconut sorbet (a must try, even though I don't like cooked carrots this dish was a surprise); sweet corn cakes with harissa sauce; tempura sweet potato; sweet potato and rice nori roll. Overall, I think the flavors are ambitious and experimental with some success. Mood-wise, the space feels more open and airy when they open the curtains. Dinner music could be softer.