At Omar’s Rawtopia (formerly Living Cuisine), owner Omar Abou-Ismail swears by the health benefits of raw food. Beautiful plate presentations, healthful dishes and a peaceful atmosphere are the restaurant’s lure. This is Utah’s one-of-a-kind living-food bar, with unprocessed organic dishes, including a curriedseaweed roll and broccoli soup, made with love and care in a vibrant, warm environment. A vegetable purist, gardener and forager, Abou-Ismail harvests most of the restaurant’s herbs and spices himself. It all culminates in fine cuisine such as raw pasta made from zucchini piled with greens, sprouts and handchopped vegetables, then topped with a sun-dried tomato sauce and a pureed macadamia nut & Irish moss Alfredo-style sauce. And for dessert: chocolate-cream pie.
