NINJA GIVES EATERY A PLANT-BASED MAKEOVER
A POPULAR Gold Coast restaurant is about to get a plant-based makeover after being bought by a former ninja warrior.
Goodness Gracias in Palm Beach, previously selling up to 40kg of meat a week, has had its menu completely revamped.
Fitness coach and longtime customer Crissi Carvalho bought the business with her husband Alex after seeing it listed on Gumtree, and said it had always been a dream of hers to make the switch.
“Having a cafe is the way to everyone’s heart, so if you can show people how easy it is to make that changeover you can change their mind,” said Ms Carvalho, who appeared in Australian Ninja Warrior last year.
“That’s why it was a goal, I really just wanted to show it was possible.”
The vegan fitness model said it was the first time she had heard of something like this being done in Australia, and said regular customers were responding positively.
“There was a cafe in South Australia that changed to all plant-based milks and there was a bit of hoo-ha about that,” she said.
“Mainly because there’s no nut-based milk that tastes like milk, whereas a lot of the replacements I’m putting in, once they’re in a burrito they taste like the real thing.
“I can only see what happens so I’m being positive, I know once people try it they’ll think it’s good.”