Iku Wholefood, Glebe

Iku Wholefood is all about organic whole foods; Nutritious, balanced food. Food that I’ve been lacking recently. Luckily I had arranged a catch-up lunch with a friend who is vegetarian and he suggested Iku. All we knew was that it was somewhere on Glebe Point Rd but fortunately the entire store front is bright orange and sticks out from the surrounding stores. Here, they believe that nutritious food is essential for health and vitality. When written down, that makes perfect sense but my brain often translates it as “if there’s green, it’s good” (see: guacamole on nachos).

Tomato and vegetable lasagne ($12.50); Pumpkin, adzuki, and white miso tart ($11.20)

I’m already feeling healthier when I see a reasonable portion of salad on both our plates. I’m not a fan of creamy salad dressings and was preparing myself to dislike this, but it had some heat and saltiness so it turned out okay. Iku has a usual menu filled with laksa and soups but we went for the specials: lasagne and a tart. Why is it so yellow? There’s a lot of pumpkin involved. It was a little difficult to cut into the brown rice flour pastry crust but I enjoyed the filling. It had a lot more umami-flavor than I expected; I didn’t expect much.

Iku is a great place to go if you’re feeling a little guilty about how unhealthy you’ve been during the week or, like me, you know you’re going to feel guilty after that night of drinking that you have planned.

Iku Wholefood
25a Glebe Point Rd
Glebe NSW 2037
Website