EAT THIS IMMEDIATELY: Jicama ensalada at Distrito

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EAT THIS IMMEDIATELY: Jicama ensalada at Distrito

POSTED: Monday, March 22, 2010, 4:30 PM

Filed Under: Eat This Immediately | Vegan | Vegetarian

Photo l Felicia D'Ambrosio

Breakfast sparkle

Our usual Eat This Immediately picks veer unhealthily towards the rich and fatty (like foie gras scrapple, 12-year cheddar, this insane burger), so we were shocked-- shocked-- to fall in love with this entirely vegan jicama salad on Distrito's (The Hub, 3945 Chestnut St.) brunch menu.

Served parfait-style in a flaring glass, chef de cuisine Tim Spinner layers brunoise jicama and Galina melon with orange supremes, pomegranate seeds and pepitas in a lemon vinaigrette, topping it with a perfectly tart quenelle of lime sorbet.

Sweet, tart, bright and crunchy, this salad was a tour de force of flavors, and certainly the maximum fruit alchemy $7 can buy.

Eat this immediately.

Neal

Posted 2010-03-22 11:43:41

Sounds incredible, perfect for a warm sunny spring weekend. Doesn't sound too hard to make at home either. Bing!

erik

Posted 2010-03-22 11:50:07

oh man. i had that the first time i went there...memories. it was so amazingly fresh and delicious.

i must have again. now.

Posted 2010-03-23 07:20:06

Check out this informative and inspiring video on why people choose vegan: http://veganvideo.org/

Also see Gary Yourofsky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bagt5L9wXGo

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