Hey luvs
How was your Thursday? We had a pretty good day here full of good eats and shopping!!! I must admit Orlando has some of the best outlet malls ; )
Lori and I are up here in Orlando again staying at the older sis’s place as part one of our road trip back to NC.
Breakfast was a lovely simply spirulina maca smoothie. We were not too hungry because we had a late dinner.
During the journey up here we enjoyed our favorite cocktail Kombucha tea. We got this from the local health food store the day before, and stocked up mom with some, she likes them!!
When enjoyed lunch at a restaurant we have been wanting to try every time we come to Orlando, but somehow never manage. So this time we made it a priority.
Can guess where?
This lovely lady has been here a few times.
Got an idea yet? Maybe this will help…

Cafe 118, yep a raw restaurant in Winter Park, FL. It is a cute little part of town.

The restaurant was a little smaller than I imagined, yet very simple and beautiful! Coming from 105 degrees I had different expectations. The menu was a little limited but still seemed hard to decide what to eat.
I ordered the Arugula salad
Lori ordered the Mixed Green Salad

Both salads were delicious…simple and light…perfect for what we wanted!
You may be wondering why two raw girls would both order salads to eat at a well known Raw Restaurant when there were yummy things like Raw Lasagna or Spinach Wrappers? Good question, we both did not want something nut based because it tends to be too heavy for our stomachs plus we were traveling and have been sitting in a car for a few hours. Plus, we are watching are nut intake, again too hard for us to digest.
But the real reason was because we wanted this
And this

We are huge dessert girls, especially raw desserts, so we looked at those first ; ) then decided salad sounded perfect.
Who wanted want a Raw Key Lime Tart in a Macadamia Nut Crust

And Raw Chocolate Pudding
We shared each one equally : )
Guess we did not like them…


I could not believe how “real” the mousse tasted, it almost made Lori and I question if it had dairy?? It was so light and airy. Tasted like the chocolate mousse our grandmother used to make for us as kids.
I was in chocolate heaven : )
Overall experience with our first time to Cafe 118 was hit. We both felt great after the meal and it is not too often that we get to go out to eat and order whatever we want on the menu! I sure miss that from being at 105 degrees.
We spent the rest of the day shopping buying some near workout attire for training in the colder weather for our marathon. Yes we have not forgotten we have a race soon. Our training has been going okay, not great, we did manage to get a quick 3 mile run in tonight. Plan to get back into the groove of things this weekend.
Our plans for the rest of the evening is cleaning the sis’s is place for when she gets back…there are a few surprises!
We will try to check back in tomorrow evening once we get back home. Hope everyone has a great night.
Till next time,
The Twins
L&M






















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Glad you guys liked it there as Fitnessista seemed to not have such a great experience there recently. Are you popping back in there on the way back? As much as it is nice to catch up with family I bet you guys are keen to get home as well. Back to routines and normal living
Safe travels girls
I’m all over those desserts!
Safe travels!
Of course the Raw Chocolate Pudding looks awesome. But being able to order whatever you want off the menu…priceless. Never happens it seems!
SAFE TRAVELS GIRLS!!!!!!! dont get any speeding tickets LOL
Oooo those desserts look amazing! Glad you had a good day shopping and how sweet of you to clean your sis’s place
Safe travels ladies!
Q: What do 105degrees and Cafe 118 have in common?
A: Matthew Kenney!
Safe journey, girls. Take turns with the driving, ‘k?
Yes Matthew Kenney is the mastermind behind them both
Too bad he was not there
Hey guys I am back. I was given an award recently and I have passed in onto you girls. You can read about it here
http://girlonraw.com/2009/12/04/ive-got-an-award-updates-from-the-raw-kitchen/
whoo hoo! i LOVE cafe 118- so glad you girls enjoyed it.
ehhh, 105 is a little better though
miss you and hope you had a safe trip home!
xoxo
That chocolate mousse is making me drool
It looks so good!