Food With A Point

The other day, I really needed to have something healthy. Don’t ask why, because I will never admit to debauchery or hedonistic evenings filled with lovely wines, but nonetheless my body required a bit of reviving. Call it fate but a few moments later I was standing in front of the cold fridge at Tredici, a new eatery on Fairmount, and it was sitting there, beckoning me. The morning after we usually have have two options, suffer or employ the "hair of the dog" tactic. I am proud to present a third option.

The Firefly Detox drink is composed of mostly lemon, lime and ginger essences with water. Well that’s what it says on the front of the label. A closer look reveals that it also includes all sorts of other botanicals: Siberian ginseng (root), nettle (leaf), sarsaparilla (root), angelica (root), globe Artichoke (root) and rosemary (leaf). All the ingredients are natural and I promise that while the list of ingredients may make it seem almost impossible to believe, it tasted really good and not at all like those tonics mom used to make us drink during that 80s health craze (calcium tablets and royal jelly anyone?).

Firefly is a London-based company. They are shipping their products all the way here and for that we are grateful. Other flavours available are:

• Wake-up (red grapes, peaches and green tea)
• Chill-out (blackcurrant and apple juice with spices)
• Health kick (blood oranges and Manuka honey with Ginger)
• Sharpen up (grapefruit, passion fruit and Yerba Maté)

Consider Firfely drinks like the good kind of energy booster. Natural, with ingredients you know and can pronounce and have always eaten. I also relate to their tag line: Firefly - for people who work harder, stay up later, and still want to feel their best. Now I feel even more justified to work hard and play hard...

www.fireflytonics.com

They can be found at Tredici (275 Fairmount, 514.509.1341) as well as at Holt Renfrew.