Rawsome@Damansara Uptown : Squeaky Clean Eating

I did not know anything about Rawesome until one day when I was scanning my Fave app to see what other places at Damansara Uptown accept Favepay.

That's when I saw Rawsome@Uptown 3. Eh? This is new. Haven't seen it before. So I decided to investigate.

This place is fairly new and it is located just next to Tabung Haji. There is no signboard (as yet) and this space used to be occupied by a florist.

What I saw pasted on the glass door looked rather attractive, the food and the lunch promotion.

It looks like Damansara Uptown vegetarians have another place to have their meals besides BMS Organics and Sandalo. 

It was empty when I walked in and I sat down to study the menu. 

The meals in bowls look very attractive.

They even have Blood Type Bowls. How interesting!

So many bowls to choose from!

And loads of Chia Seed Puddings too.

It took me a while to decide what to eat and I eventually selected the Adobo Tempeh (RM14.40 after discount) which is pinoy style adobo cooked with tempeh, carrots, mushrooms & black fungus with a choice of brown rice quinoa, quinoa or cauliflower rice. I decided to go with the cauliflower rice.

It's self-service and you order and pay at the counter and your food will be delivered to your table.

You help yourself to the cutlery and drinking water.

My food soon arrived. It looked rather good. But I am afraid I was not loving my meal. The cauliflower rice was overcooked to the point that it was soggy. 

Although this is Adobo Tempeh, there was only one or two pieces of tempeh in my serving. The very generous portion of shitake mushrooms were overpowering. It was very difficult to eat and I struggled to finish my food.

But I am not going to judge Rawsome with just one meal. So I returned another day.

I noticed that there is another water station which I did not notice on my first visit.

I have some concerns about this type of bottles because the inside of the stopper can come into contact with fingers unless if you are like me, I try my best not to touch it.

Cross contamination can occur if customers are not conscious about the way they handle this bottle. I was once at a hotel for a seminar and I saw a participant cough (covering his mouth with his hand) and then he handled the bottle stopper. 

Sorry, I digress. Now let's get back to my food. I ordered the Nasi Lemak (RM14.40 after discount), which is touted to be their best seller. It comes with a choice of cauliflower, ramen, brown rice quinoa or quinoa with oil free chia sambal & curry soy meat.

The first thing that caught my eye was the discolored long beans. They were greyish green which meant that they were covered when they were still hot. That's what my late grandma taught me. When you cook long beans (or any leafy green veggies), do not cover them when they are hot or else they will change color.

No santan is used and as expected, there was no aroma or taste associated with nasi lemak. The curry was quite light in flavor.

The sambal tasted remotely of sambal and though quite fiery, was lacking in punch. I have had better vegetarian sambal and nasi lemak like the one at BMS Organics where the curry and sambal taste almost like the real deal.

This is just my opinion and I trust that there are many who may not agree with me. I understand that Rawsome has a few branches which proves that their brand of clean eating has a significant following. It's just too clean for me.