Real Food Mont Kiara

Real Food Mont Kiara, Vegetarian Cafe

Words by Louise Miller Photos by Monica Tindall

Tucked away in the deepest corner of Mont Kiaraโ€™s neighbourhood mall, nestles a new outlet of Real Food, the latest branch of the independent company that originated as a tiny little organic cafe in Singapore. Now running five branches, the aims of its passionate team remain unchanged: to provide good quality food, taking no shortcuts and making no compromises. As its name suggests, the cafeโ€™s food is free from processed ingredients, artificial preservatives, trans-fat and also, meat.

Real Food Mont Kiara
Real Food Mont Kiara
Real Food Mont Kiara
Real Food Mont Kiara
Real Food Mont Kiara
Children’s Corner

After a rather indulgent weekend, I was looking forward to cleansing my system with wholesome goodness and what better way to flood the body with nutrients than downing a juice and smoothie. The Apple, Beetroot and Carrot juice (RM18.50) struck a perfect balance of earthiness and sweetness and The Super Green Detox (RM19.80) was packed full of cleansing agents such wheatgrass, barleygrass and chlorella purportedly excellent for cleaning the liver, blood and neutralising heavy metals (just what we all need post haze). ย Not only did this drink have great health benefits but the mixed berries, spinach and lime made it really delicious and the addition of soy milk made it unusually thick and creamy. It was no surprise to us that this smoothie is a favourite amongst regular customers – we loved it!

Real Food Mont Kiara
Smoothie and Juice

The Fried Dumplings (RM17) that were next to arrive at our table provided further evidence of Real Foodโ€™s code of ethics as the organic skins in this vegan dish were made with unbleached flour and had been painstakingly sourced to ensure quality and local provenance. Also available steamed, the dumplings were stuffed with seven different minced ingredients – ย celery, mushroom, turnip, bean curd, coriander, carrots and long beans and were accompanied by a fiery ginger and chilli paste.

Real Food Mont Kiara
Deep Fried Dumplings

Another vegan dish that was presented to us was the Mushroom Noodles Dry (RM20). The generous mound of organic spinach noodles was accompanied by leafy greens, cherry tomatoes and braised shiitake mushrooms that were so juicy and meaty that even the most ardent carnivore would be unlikely to lament its absence of meat.

Real Food Mont Kiara
Mushroom Noodles Dry

Baked Penne (RM30) was served up next. Presented in a charmingly rustic clay pot, the dish ย was wholesome, moreish and really comforting made with organic whole wheat pasta baked in a rich homemade tomato sauce with onions, aubergines, spinach and melted mozzarella that had been sourced from a Penang dairy farm. One taste of this was just not enough!

Real Food Mont Kiara
Baked Penne

The Zesty Quinoa Salad (RM29) was not only vegan but wheat and gluten free to boot. Interspersed with cherry tomatoes, black beans, chunks of cucumber and avocado the quinoa was tossed in a citrusy olive oil dressing, topped with coriander and paprika and accompanied by acai acai or vegetables ย pickled in apple cider vinegar with turmeric, star anise, ginger and toasted sesame seeds – a delicious guilt free treat!

Real Food Mont Kiara
Zesty Quinoa Salad

Real Foodโ€™s menu also features an all day breakfast section so we were keen to sample one of its offerings. The Homemade Muesli (RM18) was the dish that was recommended to us as it been inspired by the foundersโ€™ recent trip to Switzerland. We did detect a certain similarity with Bircher muesli except that Real Foodโ€™s interpretation was fruitier and more yoghurty than creamy. The rolled oats were mixed with soy yoghurt, berries, bananas and apples and the pretty purple filled glass was accompanied with some organic cookies.

Real Food Mont Kiara
House Made Muesli

Health By Chocolate (RM16) was our ingeniously named dessert. This raw cake ticked all of my boxes – creamy, chocolatey, utterly delicious AND healthy – could such a thing really exist? I suggest you head down to Real Food to find out as tasting is believing. Until you make the trip though, I will divulge that it is avocado that gives this cake its irresistible creamy texture. Blended with the other ingredients to create a super tasty mousse like topping for the date and almond base, I enjoyed this immensely and since I live in the neighbourhood, I can see it becoming a regular treat. We followed the cake with a couple of scoops of delicious brown rice Ice-cream (RM13) – a sweet and refreshing end to our wholesome and largely, very healthy experience at this great little cafe.

Real Food Mont Kiara
Health By Chocolate
Real Food Mont Kiara
Brown Rice Ice Cream

We were also delighted to discover Real Foodโ€™s wonderful โ€˜rent a bagโ€™ scheme on our request to take home what weโ€™d not been able to polish off: RM10 allows you to borrow a recyclable cotton bag and claim back the money on return and itโ€™s the combination of these environmental and health based ethics with the tasty food and friendly ambience that make Real Food such a gem of an eatery.

Real Food Mont Kiara
Rent-a-Bag

Reasons to visit: Super Green Detox, Baked Penne, Health By Chocolate; such a wide range of vegetarian dishes with loads of vegan and wheat and gluten free options; a passionate team of staff who care deeply about what they do and are continuously striving to improve.

Real Food Mont Kiara
G-11, 1 Mont Kiara
No.1, Jalan Kiara,ย Mont kiara
50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
+6ย 03-62119078
www.facebook.com/realfoodmontkiara

Open Mon – Sat, 10:00 – 21:00
Sun, 10:00 – 20:00

14 Comments

  1. Monica, what a delightful place! I love the childrens’ corner! ๐Ÿ™‚ I think I would most love the juice and smoothies!

  2. Great healthy addition to the food options around here!

  3. I like how spacious the place is….and the smoothies and juices, though on the expensive side, look thick and luscious! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    • Those juices and smoothies were delicious. When you think of the price of the raw ingredients that goes into them the prices are understandable. But, yes some are just as much as a meal itself.

  4. The baked penne attracts me the most!

  5. The mushrooms noodles dry looks good – the children’s corner is good to have, not that many places do down here.

    • Same up here Margaret. One of the requests I often get is recommendations for child-friendly places. There are not too many of them though.

  6. Oh, we have Whole Foods in London.
    Very similar concept.
    But they do sell meat though. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  7. That’s a lovely cafe with some good foods. I want some of those fried dumplings. The new site looks really cool, Monica.

  8. I love this place . great space and the food is delicious.. I could easily be here breakfast , lunch , dinner everyday!โ˜บ๏ธ

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