The Wonder Inn, run by chef Matthew Nutter of The Allotment Vegan Restaurant has launched the first fine dining restaurant, Roots Cafe in the city centre serving vegan food that will contain medicinal properties.
Ingredients like turmeric, used extensively in Indian cooking and pineapple that calm inflammation, and help battle health problems, or simply help prevent any future problems will be extensively used. In an interview to the Manchester Evening News, Nutter said: "I'll be working with a nutritionist to make sure my dishes have some kind of healing properties."
“Plants based healthy food isn't boring. Vegans have a far more varied diet than most meat eaters,” he said.
Roots Cafe has big plans for the future – it has a small and informal menu, including sharing platters, salads and hot nutritious meals. The highlights of the breakfasts will include a mojito yogurt made with avocado and cucumber salsa, and an almond-based cheesecake. He will be using coconut instead of butter, and cashew nuts in place of cream.
Matthew's aim is bring the incredibly tasty plant based food not just to Manchester but to the whole of the UK, and make it a little more mainstream. Teaching the chefs the basics of vegan cooking is his immediate challenge, but with his huge plans to revolutionise the way we look at plant-based food, this is hardly a hurdle.
