- So here we are Little-
It's a simple name.
I can't get it right for the life of me.
(upbeat music)
Hey guys, I'm Ziyne.
And we are here in Harlem, New York.
And today we are going to try some black owned vegan gems.
I personally have been a vegan for three years next month.
We are going to try three different places
that I've actually never had before
and I'm excited to try.
And I'm excited for you to come along with me.
Let's go.
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We are here on 125th Street and Madison Ave
at Uptown Juice and Veg.
I personally am really excited to try all the various types
of chicken because that's what I saw that they had.
So we'll go and check it out.
I got a bowl of various foods.
First one being mac and cheese, which is made from yuca.
The mac and cheese tastes like regular mac and cheese.
Here we have jerk chicken made with seitan.
It's amazing.
I mean, it doesn't taste like real chicken,
but the chew is so good.
And the flavors are very intense,
which I personally am very fond of.
We've got some rice and a drumstick.
A barbecue drumstick.
Pretty realistic.
The juice has a smoothie-like texture.
It has apples, carrots, a little bit of ice,
but it's sweet.
And I'm not even much of a smoothie person,
but I would finish that.
I would absolutely finish that.
Back at Uptown Veg, we were recommended
to come to Lennox and West 123rd.
Here we are at Little Hot Dog Wagon.
Looks like they have a vegan sausage,
and vegan hot dogs and a veggie burger.
While it's not a brick and mortar establishment,
we were told it's a pretty darn good food truck.
Let's check it out.
This is amazing.
- That's my baby right here.
It's sweet, it's zesty,
you see it has different veggies in there.
It's not just for hot dogs.
You can put it on anything.
That kraut is a food enhancer.
- No, this is good.
This is so good.
So, as you can see, that's gone.
This was fresh pineapple lemonade
and it is the one thing I think I needed all day.
It was up to here, like, not too long ago, so.
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We are here at our last stop.
We're at Seasoned Vegan.
This is owned by mother and son.
And just about every place that we went to,
we were recommended to come here.
So I'm trying to see what the hype is all about.
- Back in the nineties,
plant-based items weren't as available as they are now,
but like after, you know,
so many people came to our house like,
you know, by mistake,
just happened to come to our house for dinner.
It's good to still be able to be here
and service our community
and still show people that you can do plant-based
without it being different in terms of
with the flavor profile, you know,
people are looking for it.
- It's like creamy.
It's the sauce.
The sauce. (chef kiss)
Usually when I get like a sweet potato souffle,
it tastes bland, but that does not.
So I'm very impressed and I'm very relieved.
And then now the mac and cheese.
Look at that.
That is mac and cheese. (laughs)
That's straight up mac and cheese,
like that's...
This isn't vegan.
I mean, I don't know what's- there-
Do you see this? This is art.
It's art.
This might kill me 'cause of how good it is.
So I'm full,
but I'm definitely grateful.
As we've seen, many different foods can be vegan-ized
in a way for many people to enjoy.
And also I've got food for the weekend.
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See ya.
Oh, wait, I didn't say that I'd be back.
I'm going to be back Harlem.
I'll be back.