- [Kayline] Do you think he has any kinks
based on this plate?
- Off this plate? Nah.
- So this is more of like, we are usually doing
like missionary every day, but there's a little...
- Anniversary.
We going wild little bit.
(Jionne laughs)
- Hi, my name is Godwin Asamoah,
and I'm from Ghana.
- Hi, my name is Hassan.
I'm from New York.
- My name is Adonis, and I'm from Grenada.
- And we made stew.
(upbeat music plays)
- Welcome to Plate to Date.
My name is Kayline.
- And I'm Jionne.
- And we are here to find this lovely lady, a man.
We're gonna have you try not one, not two
but three different stews.
- [Jionne] Ooh.
- And with those stews you have to decide
who you want to date.
So you've never had like African stew or Caribbean stews?
- No, but I'm...
- Really?
- Is that what they made?
- I don't know.
I'm just saying there's different stews out there.
So we are here to not only expand our pallet
but also you know.
- Find a man in the process.
Yes, exactly.
What type of guy do you look for usually?
Do you like somebody who's stocky?
Who's a little petite? Like what do you like?
- I'm a thick girl so you have to be bigger than me.
They ain't the guy smaller than me.
We look like the number 10.
(record scratches)
- Not the number.
- We look like number 10.
I need you to be able to handle all of me.
- Okay, and personality.
What are you looking for there?
- Oh, you have to be funny.
You have to be adventurous and be friendly.
Like, I wanna bring around my friends too.
Don't be like just in the corner at brunch
just not talking nobody.
I need you to turn up with us.
- Right.
I know that you guys are all single men looking
for that one lady.
So what do you guys expect from this right now?
- I'm expecting critiques on how I can do better
on my cooking and just expand.
- I'm looking for vibes.
Food is vibes. Vibes is food.
And my food is definitely a vibe.
So she gonna get with it.
- I'm definitely expecting her to love my cooking
cause you know, it's definitely made from the culture,
from the motherland.
So I know that a queen definitely gonna preach it
sound like that.
- I read you.
- So that's what I'm with.
- Who thinks they're gonna win here?
- Yeah, I'm definitely winning.
- [Kayline] Okay, now everybody's gonna win.
- I'm winning.
- I mean you can't compete with, you can't compare, so.
- Well our beautiful bachelorette is gonna try your dishes,
and you guys can sit in the back and chill
for a little bit.
- Bet.
(upbeat music plays)
- All right Adonis, this plate looks amazing.
- Thank you.
- And I'm Caribbean too, so I love me some oxtail.
- Bop, bop, bop.
(Kayline laughs)
- [Adonis] Oxtail is a luxury dish.
- [Kayline] Oh, of course.
- I'm a man of expensive taste, you feel me?
The seasoning, the cleaning your meat.
That's the biggest thing.
- You gotta clean.
- You're Caribbean, so you clean your meat.
- He's hip.
- But honestly just the marinating,
having that done overnight
so that it falls off the bone
and then you can suck the bone real good.
Understand? Right after.
My mom used to make this every Sunday.
- [Kayline] Oh, so your mom made it with the parsnip?
- Nah, I kind of had to elevate it real quick.
I'm in love with parsnip puree cause it has
this really creamy consistency and texture.
- It sounds like you know what you're doing.
How is your personality packed into this plate?
Cause there's a lot going on.
- So we're gonna start with the plate.
I'm grounded.
- Ooh, he's grounded.
- It's always start with good base.
It's a little salty.
I'm salty, I'm sweet, I'm everything.
I'm everything in one.
- It's Adonis.
- It's a vibe.
- Adonis is salty and sweet and grounded.
Do you have a message to give to the bachelorette?
- Listen, I don't know your name yet, but when you try this
don't pick the wedding date just yet. All right?
- Anything for your competition?
- Good luck.
- That's it.
He said my plate's gonna speak for itself.
Okay, so are you ready to get into these plates?
The whole 10 yards?
- They better come strong.
- All right, I'm gonna give you plate number one.
- Okay.
I like this plating. Oxtails!
Come on, I'm from Brooklyn.
Oxtails. Some kidney beans.
- Kidney beans y'all.
- Carrots, some garnish on top.
Mashed potatoes.
- So actually that is a parsnip puree.
- Oh, okay.
He's different.
He's giving boujee, cause you could have just
made mashed potatoes, but it smells good.
There's a little sweetness in there.
- [Kayline] Ooh.
- I like that. I can eat this.
- What do we give?
A 10 out of 10, definitely recommend?
- I don't wanna say it's a 10 out of 10
cause that's too high.
I'm gonna do a Keith Lee.
We gonna say like a 9.5.
It is really good. Like there's a sweetness to it.
- What do you think you can tell from this plate
about this man?
- I don't know if this is his recipe though.
Somebody probably told him how to make this.
This tastes like something that was passed down to him.
- Do you think he has any kinks based on this plate?
He want a little handcuffs?
- Off this plate? Nah.
- So this is more of like a, we usually doing like
missionary every day, but there's a little every now.
- For anniversaries, we going wild up a bit.
- For like Halloween, put on a costume.
- For the birthday. We gonna kink it up a bit, but yeah.
- [Kayline] You wanna finish the plate, or?
- I'm gonna save it for later.
I can take this home.
(upbeat music plays)
- I love what you did with this plate.
First of all, you have it like aligned right in the middle.
- [Hassan] Yeah.
- You're giving a lot of symmetry.
So tell us about your plate here.
- [Hassan] This is braised beef.
- Braised beef.
Okay, got it.
So you have celery, you have carrots,
you got, is that cauliflower?
- Yes.
- You got cauliflower.
- [Hassan] Just all the veggies.
You know, I'm really on the health and fitness.
- We can tell. Come on.
- You see all that.
Okay. You know, just keeping it healthy.
I do try to stay away from too much salt.
There's a lot of issues with sodium in the black community.
So the flavors are bold.
I'm bold.
- Oh, what type of woman do you like?
- Real woman, black woman.
- Black woman.
- Love black women.
- Of course.
- And a woman who loves to eat, like me.
- Okay, bet.
So do you have anything that you want to say
to the bachelorette before she tries your beautiful dish?
- I really think you're gonna enjoy this,
and then when you see me you'll be like, yeah
I made the right decision.
- Okay. And what about your competition?
Do you think that they actually have a shot?
- Wait, I have competition?
- Ooh.
We will see.
- I feel like falling in love.
(crickets chirping)
- No finish it, please.
- That's all I got.
- Option two.
- Ooh rice!
Hmm.
I'm not feeling this smell.
- [Kayline] What it smell like?
- Something that I don't like.
I don't, it's, I don't know
if it's the seasoning or it's the meat.
What kind of meat is this?
- It's braised beef.
- Braised beef.
It doesn't look bad.
I'm just not feeling that smell.
I definitely think it's the beef.
- Do you think he gave you spoiled beef?
- I hope not.
I'm so underwhelmed with this plate.
I'm not gonna lie.
It's just like rice and beef on top.
Like here, eat.
Maybe I'll be shocked.
I was right.
- Dang.
- Yeah, and it's crazy cause I taste spices
but it's just like that one hit of spice,
like just a lot of black pepper.
Not like spices as if I was cheffing it up.
This is a very much the bare minimum plate.
This is probably something he always makes
like when someone say make a dish for the, for the potluck.
This is his like go-to thing I could tell.
- What are you envisioning when you see the man
who made this plate?
- A bald guy with a beard that's probably like
like he doesn't get like his weekly shape-ups or whatever.
(Kayline laughs)
That sounds crazy.
Like he gives me very much, like the same rag he uses
the washer with, the type he use with his face.
(record scratches)
- One towel alone.
- That sounded so mean.
But that's what this giving me.
Like he just.
- Does he wash the towel?
- Probably every like three months like, but nice try.
It's not bad. It's just need something, you know,
sazon or something. I don't know.
Maybe I could be the one that spiced him up.
I could tell him like, babe this ain't it.
Sorry to this man.
(upbeat music plays)
- Godwin, this meal looks real good.
You did the little, ugh, like the rice.
So tell us a little bit about your plate.
- You know on this plate you have your spinach
but then you also have eggs cause Africans,
we love our eggs.
You already know this.
- The protein.
- [Godwin] We love our.
- We need our protein.
- You know so we do have corn beef as well in there.
Some red pepper. Some onions in there.
So everything is literally natural.
- Corn beef is not.
- The corn beef isn't but I love corn beef though.
So, I had to add in there.
- Did you try this?
- Oh yeah, for dinner.
I tried it and make sure that it's good.
My family ate it. They all loved it.
- So, this is a winning plate?
- Oh yeah, it definitely is.
- You had your whole family approve?
- [Hassan] Oh definitely.
- I hope she loves the plate.
- Yeah, for sure.
- I really do.
Because you've been talking a lot.
- For sure.
- Okay.
- And I'm gonna back it up too.
I can back it up.
- Okay. Do you have any words for the bachelorette?
(Hassan speaking non-English)
- I'm a little jealous of the bachelorette.
Well good luck to you.
- Yeah, for sure.
- Good luck to you.
(upbeat music plays)
- Like there's no wow factor to this plate.
Like this looks like a chicken.
It smells amazing.
I see some spices.
Is this like a sausage, right?
That is not a sausage.
I don't know what that is, but it tastes good.
- It tastes good?
- [Jionne] Tastes amazing.
- [Kayline] So there's corn beef in there.
- That was the corn beef?
- Yeah.
- But do you see the little white stuff in it?
Those are eggs.
- Eggs? Corn beef and eggs?
So he took something so basic and made it beautiful.
He knows what to do with the bare minimum
and razzle dazzle it up.
He's creative. I like that.
- Tell me where you think in Africa this is from.
- Nigeria?
- No.
- Oh, Ghana?
- [Kayline] Yeah.
- Okay. That was gonna be my first guess
but I thought that was too obvious.
Okay. I wish it was spicier though.
But it's fine because everything else
comes together very well.
He knows what to do with little.
- You say he knows what to do with little,
are we also talking about his package?
Do you think he has little packaged space?
- No, I don't think so.
He from Ghana, he better not be. One to 10?
I'm gonna say like a seven and a half. Only because I really
would like this spicy.
I'm pretty sure he probably could have made it spicy.
Probably just trying to play it safe to
make sure like let me take care about me.
- You've tried every single flavor of man we got here today.
So which plate do you think that you wanna date?
- Well we definitely know it's not this one.
The presentation was really nice but the
it was no flavor in this at all.
This one is giving showstopper, like he's very confident.
He knows what he was doing.
That puree hit, everything was good.
It was a hint of sweetness.
This one looks bland, but I have a kick to me,
cause that was actually really good.
He put a lot of things together,
so he knows what he's doing in the kitchen.
So he's creative.
So I feel like both of them can handle me.
But if I had to choose one, I think my man is in this plate.
Cause I really love oxtail.
- [Kayline] Ooh! Are you ready to meet your man?
- I am.
- [Kayline] All Right. Can we bring him out?
- Come on mister chef.
- What's going on? How are you?
- You made this?
- Can I get a hug?
- Yes you can. Hi!
- What's popping? Oh, you smell good.
- You smell good too.
- See, I like to take showers, you know?
- Come on.
- What you liked about it?
- This was actually really good.
So, you wanna eat with me?
- Cheers.
- Oh, I already. You take too long.
- Nah, it is what it is.
- You knew it was gonna be good.
- I mean, one thing I do, I cook.
- And I eat, so.
- So, listen, listen, listen.
With me, you eat like this every night. That's how it goes.
- Gotta really hit the gym now.
- Listen, that's fine.
Like it's all about love in the food. Okay?
- So are we happy with our, your choice?
- I am. I don't know about him.
- No, no listen. Like you ready? Let's go.
- Yeah.
Bring the table too, that's a nice plate.
Come on, bring the, help me.
Bring this too.
- My bad.
- This is nice.
Come on. Me taking this too.
- Yo, not the table!
(Jionne laughs)
- [Kayline] You guys have fun.
- Thank you.
- All right, thank you.
I got your flowers boo, don't worry.
- Come, come on babe.
Come on. We out.
- You want the tree too?
- They done stole the set.
Stop stealing the set.
- All right, I'm gonna come back for it.
(Jionne laughs)
- Well there you have it y'all.
We don't have a set and we got two love birds.
- Thank you Cocoa Butter.
- [Jionne] We appreciate it.
- Damn, I can't believe she didn't choose us
but I think she kind of missed a mark on mine.
- She say yours didn't have any flavor.
Like let's go ahead and switch.
- Yeah, she's right with the, it could be spicy.
- Could be more spicy, right?
- The texture is nice.
- Stop lying. You know you like it, bro.
You just took another bite, bro.
Let me try yours, bro.
(Godwin laughs)
(Hassan laughs)
- You know, you tried, you feel me?
You try cause I'm eating
but I'm not tasting any flavor, bro.
- No, that's messed up.
You know, when I grew up it was with some white people,
so maybe that's why.
(Godwin laughs)
- So you decided to come to a competition
with black people with a white recipe?
- I must have missed the mark though. Yeah.
- You missed a lot of marks.
- But, you know, it's, it's.
- A lot of marks. I saw the presentation.
You did your thing on a presentation for sure.
So like, I like the carrots.
I like that you have, you know, vegetables in here.
- Do you wanna congratulate Adonis?
- All love to Adonis, bro.
You did your thing, bro.
I appreciate, you know what I'm saying?
- Yeah. Okay.
- [Godwin] You try.
- Oh, that's hitting.
Oh, shit.
(Kayline and Godwin laugh)
Oh, damn.
- Oh, nah bro.
All right. That's my cue bro.
- Yo.
- [Godwin] That's my cue, bro.
Shorty ain't pick this?
(Kayline laughs)
Shorty ain't pick this?
(upbeat music plays)