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Finally @MathieuLLF and I went to visit Carol, the owner and head chef of Belmonte Raw, and were fabulously welcomed. The first thing I noticed was the menu was gone and the format of Belmonte Raw is more so of a take away joint. Carol wants to focus on her cleanses and provides handy week kits to those interested. At the table next to us two ladies were excitedly talking about how they were ready to cleanse as they went through their bags of goodies.

Mat and I both had a collard wrap with: carrot, purple cabbage, avocado, jicama, sprouts and I do believe there was a nut sauce, but I’m not sure. The wrap was very well wrapped, it wasn’t one of those moments where you bite into it and everything falls out, instead it was a pleasure and easy to remain clean while doing so. The wrap came wrapped with a piece of twine and it sat upon a salad bed of baby spinach and sprouts sprinkled with halved almonds and dried figs. The garlic and lemon dressing came on the side and was the perfect amount. I never would have imagined how filling this wrap and salad was and I mean exhaustingly filling like my mouth was tired from chewing, but I felt incredibly good!

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