Tel Aviv, White CityBana, where plant-power gets creative

The little things

The free WiFi was a welcome for me – a tourist keeping my eye on my phone bill! I love the fact that everything is made in-house from only the most fresh and seasonal ingredients.

And there is an ever-changing menu with exciting new additions popping up constantly.

The fresh juice test

The green juice was a fruit combination of pear, apple, kiwi and fresh mint leaves. It was sweet, tangy and refreshing on a hot spring day. They also have a citrus juice, smoothies and kombucha.

The roasted aubergine in yellow-pea stew was divine and came with raw tahini and toasted pine nuts. The whole roasted artichoke was served with three delicious homemade sauces, adding so much flavour and colour to the plate.

If you think cauliflower is boring then try the cauliflower and broccoli flowers with black garlic and cashew cream. The presentation of the layered superfood smoothie bowl was absolutely exquisite. It was an eye-catching variety of vibrant thick smoothies and chia pudding, topped with cacao nibs, chopped hazelnuts, star-fruit and berries.

But my favourite dish of all was dessert – the peanut butter cookie with banana-coconut nice-cream and pecans!

What made us glow

The creative menu inspired us!

So I’m desperate to go back and try the broiled sweet potato filled with black lentils and pistachio pesto, the acorn squash with coconut cream and cauliflower tabbouleh, as well as the other desserts such as cacao bubka and cashew vanilla popsicles.