Wildebeest Falmouth - may be my favourite restaurant

It's rare that a vegan cafe satisfies the most stubborn of meat eaters - however my steak-loving boyfriend loves eating at Wildebeest almost as much as I do. And whenever I'm there I always hear people talking about how this style of vegan cuisine could make them change their meat-eating ways. I feel really lucky that this beautiful cafe appeared in the small Cornish town where I live. Falmouth is full of generic fish restaurants and steak houses, therefore I was so happy when Wildebeest arrived, doing amazing things with vegetables. Much of their meals are gluten free and they even make delicious refined sugar-free cheesecakes with coconut cream which are divine.

 They seem to change the menu every month, adding new experimental ice-cream flavours plus mouth-watering mains. This is food which makes you feel good but which can also feel a bit naughty and indulgent, partially thanks to the magic of coconuts.

Last night was the first time Iv'e tried their latest menu and I wasn't disappointed. I went for the polenta straight away as I'm a huge fan, it's served with a butternut puree, leeks, homemade pesto and a salad of baby leaves and aubergine.

It may not look very filling but believe me that polenta is. The contrast of creamy butternut and crunch polenta was delicious, I would definitely order that again.

My lover went for the black rice noodles with spiralled cucumber, beetroot and asparagus. The dish was beautifully presented, it had a lovely tangy taste due to the radish with sweet pomegranate for contrast and what an amazing crunchy texture!

We shared three desserts to finish (yes we love food) the coconut lime cheesecake was lush, as always and their new mexican chocolate pudding was amazing - so many spices which were beautifully complimented by fresh rasberries. We also tried the lucuma icecream.. Lucuma is a South American fruit which people seem to be going crazy about and selling as a health supplement, apparently it's full of iron and potassium which is great but I just enjoyed the sweet flavour!

I will keep returning to Wildebeest for the best food in the South West (fact not opinion) So if you happen to be in Falmouth, I would definitely recommend a visit!