Imperfect Fresh Eats | We Deliver! Order Online: imperfectfresheats.com — Restaurant in Toronto

[Visited - Feb 2019] Perfectly Imperfect Delicious Meals!

I was introduced to Imperfect Fresh Eats a few days ago. It is a new salad bar styled restaurant that just opened recently on Adelaide West. Imperfect Fresh Eats seems to focus on the concept of using imperfect looking produce and oddly shaped items and turning them into the healthy tasty meal without sacrificing nutrition. This concept also helps to reduce food waste and to lower the overall cost for us! Sounds great to me!

FOOD (4/5) It's a "build-your-own meal concept. You can choose either having a bowl or a wrap. Their wraps are $8 while their small bowls are $9.50 and the large bowls are $11.00.

How to Order! Step 1- Choose your bowl size. Step 2 - Choose your Salad Base: Asian Sweet Potatoes, Black Rice, Spring Mix and Baby Spinach. You can mix all the bases if you like . Step 3 - Pick your Protein: Chipotle Chicken, Garlic Butter Shrimp, Kalbi Beef and Lemongrass Tofu. Step 4 - Add Toppings. Step 5 - Add Sauces.

I had Chipotle Chicken and Garlic Butter Shrimp, mixed with all the bases and added all toppings! It was difficult to decide! They look fresh, colourful and pretty! Made me even more hungry when I watch them preparing my meal!

AMBIANCE (4/5) I'm amazed by the fast service restaurants these days. They seem to care about their atmosphere and decoration more than before. Imperfect Fresh eats is one of them. The restaurant theme is based on White & Green Color with the lively green ceiling. It made me feel like I was dining in the garden.

OVERALL (4/5) It's a good spot for grabbing a quick lunch to go. It's healthy and the price is reasonable. I would come back again and recommend it to...

I never knew eating healthy could be so delicious!

Imperfect eats makes beautiful and nutritious food using imperfect produce, so consumers are able to still get their nutritional boost for a lower value, without compromising on taste. Isn’t that amazing? They offer premade bowls or you can Build Your Own! The customizations are endless!

Ordered the Surf & Turf which consisted of Spring Mix and Sweet Potato Noodle Base. Kalbi and Garlic Butter Shrimp for protein, topped with Alfafa Sprouts, peppers, jalapeños, taro chips, sweet potatoes, and crispy onions with House-made Peanut sauce and Sweet Chilli sauce. As well as the Açai Blast smoothie (Braillian açai, banana, mango, and organic oat milk) All made with real fruits!

For the Surf & Turf one of the staff recommended to add broccoli into it and he was right!! Everything tasted so good but the broccoli was my absolute fave! Also their peanut dressing is to die for.. kind of wish I got some more… I used the sweet chilli sauce to dip instead of mixing it in.. that’s really personal preference. The sweet potato noodles had a chewy texture to it which I really liked as well. Perfect meal to cool off in the heat! The Açai Blast smoothie was really good too but I found the banana flavour to be overpowering the rest of the drink!

They also offer Keto and Vegan...

Have you ever met a passionate owner who walks the talk? That's how I feel when I listen to ImPerfect Fresh Eats' elevator pitch!

The food not only felt healthy, it also felt true to its mission. The owner started by seeking a new business model where he wanted to open a restaurant with affordable healthy delicious food. He discovers that sourcing produce is actually a lot more than he initially anticipated. To circumvent this, he decided to source imperfect produce that did not make it to supermarket or our dining table. These are, for example, avocados or peppers that are too small and did not meet the size requirement. Items at the restaurants are highly dependent on the season and whatever that is available at the terminal! Everything is sourced by the owners directly.

We visited ImPerfect Fresh Eats for a tasting. I was very impressed by the care that was placed into the food. It was no surprise that ImPerfect Eats broke even in two months! Food not only tasted fresh, it was also warm. Protein was made to order! It felt like a very different experience compared to its fellow competitors like Freshii! I commend the owners for executing their vision to a T!

I suspect Freshii is going to be in a hot-potato situation in a few years when ImPerfect expands! They may even be pulverized into a sweet...