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CAFÉ VERDE

Magical Escape for a Lunch at Spa Ojai

By Bonnie Carroll

 

The Café Verde, an amazing private café with a charming private pool, adjacent to the Spa Ojai at The Ojai Valley Inn & Spa Resort, is a peaceful respite for vacationers or day visitors to Ojai Spa. Their one-of-a-kind menu items are available indoors, on their charming patio or poolside (in your own cabana if you like).

 

The chef has created menu items that are so healthy and so delicious you may think they  are really too good to be truely healthy. Some of my favorites include the Baby Beet salad featuring a warm cashew bread pudding, with marinated plums and blue cheese.  For an entrée I thoroughly enjoyed the Organic Salmon Wrap, which features grilled flatbread, sliced avocado, pea sprouts, slivered radish, a soy ginger emulsion made of tahini paste, soy, ginger, garlic, spicy mustard and sesame oil. This wrap is served with sweet potato fries and it is beyond wonderful. Strawberries & Cream is a sweet choice for dessert and is served with lavender honey yogurt.

The cocktail and beverage options at Café Verde are many and include a variety of fresh juice combinations, fruit smoothies and an alcoholic cocktail collection that includes light Italian champagne and a fantastic colorful and delicious Café Verde Mohito designed by Martha, one of the many caring and long-time cafe employees.  See recipe below for your home enjoyment.

 

Café Verde Mojito

1oz. Cruzan Rum

1oz. Cruzan Citrus rum

6 Mint Leaves

2 Wedges Lime

Club Soda

Sugar syrup or sugar packet

 

Add lime wedges, mint, & 1/2 packet of sugar to rocks glass. Muddle throoughly. Add ice and rums. Mix between 2 classes. Top with club soda. Garmish with lime wheel.

 

Ojai Olive Oil products are used throughout the resort in the Oak Grill, Maravilla and Cafe Verde. These fine products are also available for sale in the reception area of Café Verde, where patrons are welcomed to experience oil tastings. The selection includes a variety of flavored oils and vinegars, all elegantly  bottled for personal use or to give as gifts. For detailed information visit: www.ojaioils.com.

 

Café Verde

Ojai Spa

Ojai Valley Inn & Spa

905 Country Club Road

Ojai, California

805-646-1111


RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A SPATINI . . . THE ULTIMATE SKINNY GIRL INDULGENCE

One of many new treats at the Cafe Verde in the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa Resort is the SpaTini, a beautiful and so-o delicious version of the standard martini; made with ingredients that taste wonderful and assist with your planned slimming program.

SpaTini Recipe:

1 1/2 oz Cruzan Vanilla Rum, 1 1/2 oz Sake, Cucumber, 1/2 oz. Tonic Water (lite)

In a shaker, muddle 1" piece of chopped cucumber in tonic water. Add sake and rum. Shake vigorously. Strain into martini glass. Grnish with thin slice of cucumber floating on top. Cheers!


  CHILL OUT IN LAS VEGAS THIS SEASON

  So many spas, so little time!

Relax and rejuvenate at a Las Vegas spa.

Relax and rejuvenate at a Las Vegas spa.

     Enjoy a soothing spa treatment at Sahra Spa and Hammam inside The Cosmopolitan. Or head to Canyon Ranch SpaClub at The Venetian for a European-style thermal treatment. Spa by Mandara at Paris Las Vegas offers a eucalyptus steam room and full-service salon, while inside Encore at Wynn Las Vegas, the stunning Spa and Salon at Encore offers 61,000 square feet of personal comfort.

     Surprise your significant other with a gift  you can enjoy too - enjoy the Swedish couples massage at The Spa at Red Rock inside Red Rock Resort or relax with a Jamu Asian spa ritual at The Four Seasons Spa atop Mandalay Bay. Mandarin Oriental provides a private two-person ultimate experience in the Dragon Suite with hydrotherapy soaking tubs and a panoramic view of the Las Vegas Strip - quiet, peaceful, and the perfect place for Zen in Vegas!

     You'll find relaxation and rejuvenation anywhere you look, so give yourself a treat at a Las Vegas luxury spa!


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