There are green pastures out here in UP Diliman - complete with low tables, cushions, soft lights, an arts and crafts corner, and strawberry soya drinks. Likha-Diwa is a pretty little place that serves all your Vitamin Cs in every possible way, without burning a hole in your pocket. Their vegan burritos - aptly called Rice Sa Wrap - teem with cucumbers, tomatoes, bean sprouts and sweet mango slices, and is quite filling for PhP 65. Their soups (souperbs) are a heady concoction of herbs: not to miss is their ultra-rich Calabasa soup, (PhP 42) which is a whole meal unto itself. They also serve meat dishes like kare-kare but the seaweed-based meat can taste a little strange for avowed carnivores. However, there's nothing that a good washing down of some anise, banaba or salabat tea cannot solve. And there are enough conversation pieces - beautiful, strange artworks hanging on the walls -- to make the waiting a pleasant experience.