Mermaid Beach’s Dalas Kitchen has been delighting diners with its colourful array of mixed salads, homemade sodas and sweet treats for almost a year. Now, the health-conscious crew has opened a second outpost, this time swapping bricks-and-mortar for a shipping container perched at Pavilions Palm Beach (outside Coles) just in time for peak salad season. Promising to be love at first bite, Dalas Kitchen delivers a mouth-watering line-up of six core creations, including ‘So Satays-fying’, a creamy potato-based salad called ‘Fresh Tots’, the Kristmas Kale’ and the flavourful ‘Za’ Carrots’. If you can handle a little heat, the ‘Bangin’ Cauli’ (panko-crusted cauliflower, Asian slaw, mint, coriander, shallots, crushed peanuts, drizzled with creamy maple Sriracha dressing) has a spicy kick. Best of all, you can mix and match, with three different sizes on offer. Dalas Kitchen’s range is 100-percent meat-free but is also predominantly vegan-friendly, gluten-free and made using locally sourced produce. Thirsty? Sip a homemade soda, which at the Palm Beach outpost are served as slushies, alongside cold-brew coffee from Two Amigos and kombucha. There is also a range of guilt-free treats made locally by Nic Dimond that promise to kick your 3:30 pm cravings to the curb without loading up on artificial sweeteners.