Autumn is here and its presence is felt in the calendar, on the streets and also inside of each of us – the season specific fatigue has already been installed and colds are becoming more frequent because of the abrupt temperature changes. We all want to prolong our summer and regain our vitality, and the best solution is to be careful about what we eat.

We know that after a tiring day at the office, you don’t feel like preparing a healthy dinner and you prefer to eat at a restaurant, where you often choose fast-food. We propose you to replace this type of non-nutritious food with a fresh, vitamin-rich salad that can give you energy and a general well-being.

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No, don't think of the usual Caesar, Greek or Bulgarian salads; we're sure you've eaten them so many times that you're skipping them while checking the menu every time you see them. So, we thought that you can try some special salads in the restaurants from Bucharest, with various ingredients mixed together that are more delicious than expected!

1. Upstairs – 24 Sevastopol Street – www.upstairs.ro

The "Vitamin" Salad is, as the name suggests, a vitamin explosion! It contains a mix of salad, oranges, cherry tomatoes, avocado, onion rings, vinaigrette, frisee salad and its price is 29 lei.

2. Distrikt 42 – 3 Sfântul Dumitru Street – distrikt42.ro

Here we’ve discovered a shrimp salad, which is unusually appetizing! It has amazing ingredients: shrimp, avocado, grapefruit, cherry tomatoes, orange and mixed lettuce. Enjoy it at the price of 36 lei!

3. Simbio – 26 Negustori Street – simbiokb.ro

Simbio awaits you with a salad that will make you feel on holiday, on the Asian continent – Asian Beef Salad, which contains grilled beef chuck, tomatoes, bell pepper, green lettuce, rice pasta, cashew and dressing with soy sauce, ginger, garlic and sesame seeds. Its price is 32 lei.

4. Energiea – 4 Ion Brezoianu Street – energiea.ro

Enjoy the salad with marinated salmon from Energiea, which includes marinated salmon with citrus, anise, allspice and coriander, rocket salad, oranges, grapefruit, cucumbers, radish, carrot, strawberries, sesame and pumpkin seeds, citrus dressing. You can find it in the menu at the price of 30 lei.

5. Lugo – 23 George Enescu Street – www.lugo.ro

Would you like to eat a salad with duck meat? Then choose the mixed salad with smoked duck breast, cream cheese and mango from Lugo. It contains smoked duck chest, mixed lettuce, goat cheese, mango, currant sauce and cashew and costs 41 lei.

6. Hashtag Pub – 32 Mihai Bravu Avenue – hashtagpub.ro

If you want to try a salad that is closer to the #Classic style, then go to Hashtag Pub and enjoy their delicious salad with salad mix, chicken breast, goat cheese, peaches, red onion and peanuts. Its price of 24 lei makes it even more attractive!

7. Stadio | Restaurant cu Atrium – 11 Ion Câmpineanu Street – www.stadio.ro

What do you say about the New Normandy Salad with Camembert Cheese, Raspberries and Hazelnuts? If "deliciooous" is the representative word you are looking for, then we intensify your appetite with its description: lettuce sheets, placed under camembert slices rolled around in Panko crumbs and colored with raspberry sauce, prosciutto crudo, peach carpaccio, browned hazelnuts and lime foam, at the price of 34.8 lei. You're already on the way to the restaurant, right?

8. Salon Golescu – 17 Nicolae Golescu Street – www.salongolescu.ro

Did anyone say "bacon"?! Oh yes! At Salon Golescu, you can eat a salad full of flavor, which contains chicken marinated in smoked paprika with crispy bacon, poached egg, salad, parmesan and Caesar dressing. The price is a correct one – 30 lei.

9. Resto Aperto – 55-59 Vitan Avenue – www.restoaperto.ro

Have you finished your shopping session and you want to eat something good and special? Then the salad with smoked Butterfish, baby spinach, boiled potatoes, pears, pistachios, dates, sesame, poppy, pomegranate and avocado from Resto Aperto is exactly what you are looking for. In the menu, you can find it at the price of 29 lei.

10. 5ENSI by BeanZ Cafe – 2 Paris Street – www.facebook.com/5ENSIbyBeanZCafe

You're still thinking about vacation, aren’t you? You could travel to Malaysia, but we think it's easier if it comes to you. The solution is to try the Spicy Malaya Salad from 5ENSI, which contains marinated chicken breast, white and red cabbage, carrot, coriander, chili, green onion, peanuts, vercimelli noodles and Malaysian dressing. Its price is 42 lei.

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You surely find it difficult to choose one of these appealing options! Our proposal is to make a marathon of the salads mentioned above, and finally, tell us which one you liked the most!

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