Finally! A vegetarian and health-friendly cafe that offers a wholesome, fresh, and creative menu!

12x12 bears a deconstructed, warehouse/loft interior that reminds one of the original Project Shop Blood Brothers in Paragon (before reno), but an updated and slightly more glamorous version. Already a fan of the carrot cake at the related House, I came in with high hopes that were not disappointed.

On the menu are soups, salads, pastas and Fit balls (small rice balls). The soups are oh-so-smooth, cream-free, starch-free blends that range from butternut pumpkin, to lentil and even cauliflower.

My cauliflower soup was a light, silky, milky broth with generous slivers of fried garlic which enhanced the cauliflower soup significantly. Accompanying the soup is a slice of chewy, crusty toasted baguette, and homemade, thin, crispy and very addictive black pepper lavash bread. My only gripe is that for the price (around $9) this is probably one of the most expensive soups around, given the smallish-portion.

To top up, I had a side of a smoked salmon fit ball which comprised a 1.5 inch in diameter brown rice ball with flaky bits of cooked smoked salmon. I found the rice a tad dry on that day but nonetheless appreciated the clean, natural flavours. Again, at $2.50 per ball, this is not cheap.

Still, 12x12 offers high quality, healthy, wholesome fare. And knowing you're doing your body good is worth splurging on.