My Rainbow-DreamsVegetarian Cafe

A few steps from Dickson's Woolley Street strip, in the tucked-away Dickson Chambers arcade, this long-running vegetarian cafe deals in wholefood comfort rather than fashion. The counter runs to specialty burgers, wraps, curries, salads and a rotating bake-of-the-day, backed by organic coffee, a properly spiced chai and cold-pressed juices. Its quiet signature is the gelato, churned on the premises, an unexpected reward at the end of a plate of dal or a grain-heavy salad. Everything is meat-free, the menu nudging toward the nourishing without tipping into austerity, and the room has the worn-in ease of a place that has fed the same regulars for years. Daytime only, closed Sundays, and easy to walk past if you don't know the arcade. A wholefoods stalwart in a suburb better known for its dumpling houses.