- I don't like the taste of this one though.
I think it tastes like feet.
(upbeat big band music)
- Hi, I'm Michelle.
- Hi, I'm Destiny.
- I'm Spencer.
- I'm Jasmine.
- Today we're gonna be testing out mac and cheese
and we're gonna try to guess which one is vegan.
- I actually love vegan food, I love vegan alternatives
and I like restaurants that serve like all-vegan everything.
I work in travel and food so, (slaps lap)
I kind of have grown to love everything.
- I'm working on it, but vegan food is actually really good
and you wouldn't think so.
- I think vegan food is disgusting, um.
(both laugh)
- Straight up. - Straight up.
I don't like substitutes of anything.
It's like if you're just gonna eat this type of food,
just eat it.
- I've never had vegan mac and cheese before.
- Yeah, me either.
I feel like I'll be able to tell the difference.
- Yeah, I don't think it'll be too hard.
(airy music)
I did not know that this would be blindfolded.
- This will look good with my outfit,
so I'm not that mad about it.
- Ooh, oh, this smells so good.
Without my utensils are right here, okay.
- Where is it?
(fork clinks)
Is it on my fork?
- [Woman] Yes.
- Thank you, ma'am.
(both laugh)
I mean, it's obviously pasta.
- Good job. (laughs) (laughs)
- I don't know if it's because it's vegan
or because it was frozen and is now reheated,
but there's a creaminess factor that's missing.
- To me the sauce seems like really thin and kind of white,
so I'm like, "Is this vegan?"
Maybe. - This is vegan, it has to be.
- I feel like this might be the vegan one
because it has a very heavy like umami mushroom flavor
that's overwhelming the whole flavor palette of this dish.
(Spencer snorts)
Why are you laughing at me, Spencer?
- You're just so specific. (laughs)
- There is a little bit of spice in there,
which I think they're trying to compensate
for the lack of real cheese.
- Yes, yes, I agree.
I think this one is vegan, that's like my verdict.
- Same.
(playful strings music)
- Can't really smell anything.
- I'm kind of nervous.
- I'm really scared.
- (laughs and wheezes) I'm using my fork upside down!
- Oh!
- Is it good?
- It's creamy.
- I don't like the taste of this one though.
I think it tastes like feet.
- If it tastes like feet,
(laughs) it's probably real cheese.
- The cheese does taste kinda like nachoey, (laughs)
but I almost feel like I taste some dairy in there
and I'm lactose intolerant, severely, so I would know
what this tastes like. - Oh! (laughs)
- This could be an instant mac and cheese
with like the orange powder.
- That's fair. - There's a little bit
of grittiness, and then when you reduce it,
it does get a little sticky and a little thick.
- I'm gonna go with vegan for now.
- What!?
No. - Yeah, yeah.
- It may not be like the freshest cheese,
but it's not vegan.
(jaunty guitar music)
- Oh, you already put it down?
- [Man] Uh-huh.
- Wow, you guys are
fast and quiet. - Fast.
- Okay, are you ready?
(fork clatters)
I know my mac and cheese, not vegan.
I could be completely wrong
and then I look like an asshole. (laughs)
- I feel like mine's really yummy,
like mine's very cheesy.
I don't know, was the second bowl vegan?
Is this the real cheese?
Like I'm getting all kind of mixed up now.
- I think this is real cheese, tastes like cheese,
and it feels like cheese.
- Yes, it feels like cheese.
- Feels like cheese.
- This tastes like fried chicken.
This is reminding me of KFC,
it's reminding of places that serve mac and cheese,
so I think this is probably not vegan.
- Yeah, I don't think this is vegan either,
this reminds me of what I lived off of in college.
- This is by far the cheesiest,
maybe slash the creamiest one out of the bunch we've had.
- You know, it pales in comparison
to my homemade mac and cheese, but you know,
if you have nothing else to eat in the moment, sure.
- [Michelle] We've tried all three mac and cheese dishes.
- I think number one is vegan.
- I'm torn.
Okay.
(both laugh)
I'm gonna go out on a limb,
I am gonna say that option number two was vegan.
- Really?
- Yes.
- [Man] Well, let's take off our blindfolds.
- Oh, boy. - Okay.
- Oh, god.
- Just looking at them now,
I think I can confirm I think number one is vegan.
- I still think number two's vegan.
- Look at this!
Where is the cheese?
- Wow. - The vegan plate
is plate number one.
(both gasp)
(fanfare plays) (applause)
- See, you got it.
- Lactose intolerance never lies.
(both laugh) (claps)
- [Man] Number one is vegan.
- Garbage, obviously.
- Ha-ha! (giggles)
- She's the food person, I'm not supposed to know anything,
I just eat things. (laughs)
- I know, I get to keep my job then, right? (laughs)
- Well, yeah.
- Woo!
- I'm so sad that I did not go with plate number one
because honestly, I think I second-guessed myself.
- One, not shocked that it's vegan.
Two, not shocked that it's delicious.
I think that if I ordered this at a restaurant,
I don't think I would have been like,
"Oh, this is mac and cheese,"
but it is a very good pasta dish.
- Yeah, I mean, it was good.
The only one I didn't like was number two,
and it's not vegan, so yeah, I like mushrooms. (laughs)
Yeah, I would eat it.
- Even as someone with severe lactose intolerance problems,
I would still rather have full dairy mac and cheese
and ruin my entire day before I had vegan mac and cheese.
(laughs) - Dang.
I'm definitely not eating vegan mac and cheese.
(both laugh)
I just feel like when we got to option number three
and I could taste how creamy and cheesy it was,
I was just like. (imitates eating voraciously)
I understand like if you choose to have a vegan diet
and you want to eat something that is reminiscent
of mac and cheese, why you would go for it.
- I think it's really awesome that if you're a vegan,
you can still enjoy mac and cheese too.
(bouncy strings music)