Approximately a month ago, Rio de Janeiro got a new spot for those who swear by some green juice! And even I, president of the condensed milk fan club and best friends with a nice portion of fries, went to check it out. After all, I’m always thinking about my health and I enjoy eating some healthy stuff.
Just because I don’t deprive myself of my favorite treats, it doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy taking care of myself. Having some good food. Whole food. To nourish my body.
So, off I went! I LOVE getting to know new restaurants, so I was pretty curious about this one. I took a leap of faith and tried it!
There are four partners. Actors Reynaldo Gianecchini and Giovanna Antonelli, along with Andrea Henrique (owner of Detox in Box) and Anisia Paula Henrique. According to their instagram accounts, they’re four human beings who always looked for innovation, good food and health. Giovanna, who already knew Andrea, invited Giane to join them! And that’s how Pomar Orgânico was born.
It’s not 100% organic, 100% vegan, or even 100% vegetarian. It’s a bit of all that. The concept is to create dishes from organic ingredients, free from animal fat, dairy, gluten, colorants, conservatives, canned or processed foods or animal protein. Everything was thought to make ours bodies work better.
O.k. It all sounds great, but let’s get down to business, right? The good food part. We are pretty aware that it’s all very healthy (thanks!). That’s interesting. Then it’s time to try and test it. We were a group of three, so we picked one dish each to try a bit of everything and cross some of the menu items off.
We ordered the chips for starters. Pretty good. Tasty. As the main dish, I ordered the peach palm fettuccine, from which the really nice girl who waited our table said I would be able to taste the intense flavor of truffles. And I have to say I wasn’t very happy… The pasta didn’t taste like anything. I poured some olive oil, salt, and it still didn’t work out well. Couldn’t taste the truffles either (o.k., I’ll cut it some slack since I’m not used to all that #childspalate).
I tried the risotto (almost ordered this one!) but it didn’t get to me either. The burger, though, was awesome. I had almost half of my friend’s dish. It was veeery good. Tasty. Should have gone for that…
Among the juices, my favorite was pineapple and ginger. Yep, also tried everyone else’s! Since I had to write about it for you, I’d better do my homework!
For dessert, tiramissù. I’m not very keen of actual tiramissù. Let alone the green juice version… Tastes like nothing.
I do have a child’s palate. Enjoy some heavy seasoning. So Pomar, to me, is much more about trying a new place, full of cool people, super charming (they say it’s amazing at night, candle lights and all, and they have the only organic wine menu in Rio!) that about food.
Good getting to know it, though!
Pomar Orgânico – Shopping Itanhangá Center
Estrada da Barra, Itanhangá/Rio de janeiro
Phone: 55 21 24946745
