VeganMoFo 2019 #24: V is for Vale... Ginger & Rose (Eating Out)

I was originally thinking of another prompt for this letter, but hadn't organised myself well enough to get it together. But then, something sad happened. And maybe it is a bit of a stretch to use this for the letter V, but it is my MoFo so I make my own rules.

I've posted a number of times about Ginger & Rose, a lovely cafe with lots of vegan options and delightful service. Last week, they suddenly announced that they would be closing the following day. I am very sad about it. Thankfully, I had managed to visit a couple of times in the weeks leading up to this, so I at least had got to experience some of their new menu. But wow, sadness.

I will miss their amazing waffles so much. They were so good, and I loved that they used soy ice cream instead of gross coconut ice cream. I did get to try the new waffle on their final menu, a Vanilla Chocolate Waffle. Grilled bananas, berries, cinnamon sugar, ganache, and ice cream. Oh, and the waffles had chocolate chips in them as well. A beautiful send off to the best waffles in Brisbane.



Normally I have a strawberry milkshake there as my drink of choice, but this day I branched out to try the Banana Chai smoothie. Banana, chai spices, soy milk, and soy ice cream. So basically a milkshake. It was really lovely.



I also took a few treats away. A raspberry chocolate muffin, and a stuffed ANZAC cookie.



On my final (unbeknown to me) visit, I took the savoury route and tried their Vegan Loaded Croissant. It had sauteed mushrooms, lemony bok choy, roasted pumpkin, baby spinach, and caramelised onion. It was normally served with a capsicum-based puree, but I got them to swap it for beetroot puree. I also had a side of tempeh with it. A lovely combination of flavours, I loved that this was full of veggies as well.



Thankfully, I ordered one final strawberry milkshake. I will miss these. More places need to use soy ice cream.



I also took home a slice of banana cake, but it got all mushed on the drive home. And I innocently thought 'I'll take a photo of it in the cabinet the next time I am there', but now I never will be able to. Oh so sad. But seriously, thank you Ginger & Rose for everything.

Cute Kitty Photo of the Post



Well, how about some kittens to cheer us up! If you remember Lil' Bob for a few posts ago? We were able to get his sister, Lil' Jane. She came around very fast with some handling. Look at these too cuties together!