4 cafes in Moscow where you can assemble dishes by yourself

Sometimes home-cooked meals get boring and we want to go out. But it is difficult for those who watch calories and calculate calorie counts to just go to any restaurant. Often in establishments do not write the number of calories and grams of dishes. But there is always a way out – cafes where you can choose your own ingredients and assemble a salad or hot meal. We found four such places in Moscow.

Eggsellent

Address: Bolshaya Sadovaya Street, 5, b. 1.

The restaurant is suitable for everyone who likes eggs for breakfast, lunch and dinner. A meal here turns into a holiday, and even the most ordinary morning ritual will become special. In addition to ready-made dishes, you can create your perfect breakfast, choose how you like your eggs cooked, and find your own unique set of ingredients. Or you can complement existing dishes with whatever you want. One hearty portion will cost about 500-600 rubles.

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Eggs are a rich source of easily digestible protein, healthy fats and vitamins, so they are ideal for a complete diet. But don’t forget that it is one of the strongest allergens, so be careful.

At Eggsellent, you can put together a breakfast builder. I recommend taking a poached egg, scramble or scrambled egg with vegetable milk as a base. To eggs you need to add healthy fats – salmon, half an avocado, cream cheese. And, of course, supplement the dish with fiber: asparagus or cherry tomatoes. On one plate you can assemble two poached eggs, a piece of fish, tomatoes and asparagus.

Of the drinks, I recommend a flat white with vegetable milk.

MixSalad

Address: Leninskaya Sloboda St., 26, k. C.

Salad-bar is not just about a light snack. The concept of such establishments assumes nourishing healthy, vitamin-filled lunches in the form of large portions of salad. The choice here is quite wide, even the pickiest visitor will find something for himself. You can assemble the mix yourself, choosing everything to your taste. The average price of a salad in this place will be 500-600 rubles.

Nata: The basis of all the salad-constructors is the classic iceberg salad. This variety of leafy vegetable is rich in useful fiber, vitamins and antioxidants. To make the meal complete, it is worth adding protein and fats to it. The restaurant has a convenient categorization of ingredients: herbs, protein, vegetables, dressings, miscellaneous.

You can assemble a full bowl or a hearty salad by adding more herbs (like arugula) and protein (chicken or fish), mozzarella, chicken egg to the iceberg. Bowl can be assembled from vegetables and herbs, to them add chickpeas or quinoa and, of course, a piece of meat or fish. I recommend choosing dressings based on olive oil and non-fat yogurt with the addition of natural spices.

Tokpokki

Address: ul. 1905, 9, p. 1, floor 1.

The fast-food restaurant of Japanese-Korean cuisine offers to create your own noodles by choosing the base, sauce and ingredients. In addition to udon, buckwheat noodles and funchoza, you can take rice as a base, supplementing it with everything you need. You can add vegetables, cheese and, of course, meat and seafood. Such a wok will cost an average of 700 rubles.

Nata: The main thing is to choose a healthy base and not to “spoil” the dish with a harmful sauce. I recommend assembling a wok on the basis of funchoza and refuse ready-made sauce – they have too much salt, sugar and flavor enhancers. To well-cooked noodles it is better to add string beans or soybean sprouts, and drizzle the dish with olive oil. From the protein sources on the menu, choose the one you like best: lean beef, chicken, tuna, salmon or seafood. Fresh garlic will spice up the dish.

Poke House

Address: 20, Lesnaya St., p. 3 (Depo foodmall).

Poke is a Hawaiian dish based on fresh fish or seafood, and for vegetarians there is a variant with tofu cheese. The bowls filled with a variety of ingredients will definitely not leave you hungry. You can choose ready-made poké or assemble your own. The base can be rice, quinoa or salad, but the choice of other ingredients is very large. Bowl costs an average of 600 rubles.

Nata: For poké, I recommend choosing quinoa or salad – it will be a healthy base for a complete dish. Be sure to add protein to it – eel, tuna or salmon, chicken or shrimp. Balance the composition with vegetable fiber: mixed greens or vegetables, edamame beans, corn, soy sprouts. If you like the exotic, you can add fresh pineapple or mango.

From the sauces I recommend ponzu, nikkei. The menu has a good selection of prepared poké, balanced in nutrients.

Now that you know where you can find a dish to suit your taste, make a gastro-map and hurry to open new culinary horizons.

Read more about how to go to a restaurant if you are on a diet in the article at the link.