FULL OF SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS AND UNICORNS. THAT’S AT 10 A.M. ON MONDAY. WELL THANK YOU FOR
WATCHING AS WELL WITH AUGUST
BEING BLACK BUSINESS. TALK ABOUT
GREAT. WE ARE LIKE, THANK YOU
GUYS FOR WATCHING THE SHOW.
SERIOUSLY IT MEANS A LOT TO US.
THAT WAS A GOOD, LIKE LIKE, YOU
KNOW, KICKER AS THEY SAY, YOU
KNOW, ON THE BACK END. WE ARE
GOING TO DINE IN THE D AT SOME
OF THE BEST BLACK OWNED
RESTAURANTS AROUND TOWN FOR THE
COMING WEEKS. YES AND TODAY WE
ARE TAKING YOU TO A PLACE
DISHING UP FLAVORS FROM THE
AFRICAN DIASPORA AND INFUSES
THEM WITH CARIBBEAN TASTE OR
CARIBBEAN TAPES. YES, GET READY
TO DINE IN THE D AT YUM VILLAGE
IN NEW CENTER DETROIT. BOLD
FLAVORS FROM AFRICA AND THE
CARIBBEAN WITH STEWED MEATS SO
TENDER THEY FALL OFF THE BONE.
THOSE ARE THE LANDMARKS OF
GODWIN, EVEN TWO G’S YUM VILLAGE
. IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TO
BUILD A COMMUNITY OF YOUNG, YOU
KNOW, BEING A ABLE MAN, AFRICAN
AND DISSENT. VILLAGE AND YOUNG
BECAUSE OF WHAT I WAS TRYING TO
CREATE, AND CHEF GODWIN HAS HAD
LOTS OF PRACTICE MAKING YUMMY
DISHES. I HAVE BEEN COOKING
SINCE THE TENDER AGE OF EIGHT
YEARS OLD AND I TOOK IT UPON
MYSELF TO TRY TO MAKE SOME LEMON
PEPPER CHICKEN WINGS AND SOME
PANCAKES. TURNED OUT HORRIBLE,
BUT MORAL OF THE STORY IS, DON’T
GIVE UP. KEEP GOING. HARD WORK
PAID OFF, INITIALLY OPENED UP A
FOOD TRUCK BEFORE MOVING INTO
THIS SPACE ON WOODWARD IN 2019.
WHEN YOU THINK OF THE DIASPORA,
THERE’S SO MANY DIFFERENT COLORS
AND SO MANY DIFFERENT FLAGS. FOR
THAT REASON WE TRY TO DO RIGHT
TRYING TO BE COLORFUL AS WELL AS
INCLUSIVE TO USE HIS RESTAURANT
TO PROMOTE OTHER BUSINESSES LIKE
INCUBATING FOOD STARTUPS OR
SERVING ONLY BRAND. BY PEOPLE OF
COLOR AT THE BAR SPECIFICALLY TO
PROMOTE WHAT WE’RE DOING. AS THE
PEOPLE THE MENU IS A MIX OF
FAMILY RECIPES AND HIS OWN
INVENTIONS. TELL PEOPLE THAT
WE’RE BEGINNING OF THE
CONVERSATION OF WHAT AFRO
CARIBBEAN FOOD CAN BE. THIS
SPREAD LOOKS AMAZING. SO LET’S
GET INTO THE MENU AND WE’RE
GOING TO START OFF WITH ONE OF
THEIR APPETIZERS. THESE ARE
THERE TURNS UP THROUGH SOON THAT
SUITS YOU IS A TRADITIONAL
AFRICAN DISH NORMALLY DIPPED IN
STEWS. HIS ARE FRIED. THEY’RE
MADE WITH CASSAVA, PLANTAINS AND
AGED CHEESE BLEND. YOU CAN DIP
THEM IN STEW OR IN THESE DIPPING
SAUCE IS ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO
START OFF YOUR MEAL OR WITH
THESE AFRO FRIES, SO THEY’RE
KIND OF LIKE AN AFRICAN TWIST ON
POUTINE. THEY HAVE A YAM SAUCE.
OVER TAB, WHICH IS SAVORY AND
DELICIOUS. SO THAT DISH IS
ACTUALLY VEGAN. AND SO IS THIS.
NEXT ONE IS THE JUST PLANTS
COMBO. IT HAS FRIED CHICKPEAS.
THAT SAME SAVORY YAM STEW AND
ALSO HAS FRIED PLANTAINS ALL
OVER COCONUT RICE. YOU CAN ALSO
CREATE YOUR OWN BOWL. SO FOR
THIS ONE, WE PICKED OUT CHICKEN
CURRY. YOU HAVE TRUFFLE OIL
GREENS, FRIED PLANTAINS ALL OVER
JULY PRICE, BUT THIS ONE WE
PICKED OUT THE GARLIC PARM,
CHICKEN, TRUFFLE OIL, GREENS,
PLANTAINS, AND THIS ONE’S OVER
COCONUT RICE MOVING ON TO SOME
OF THEIR DINNERS. THIS IS THE
FRIED FISH COMBO, SO THIS FISH
IS ACTUALLY PERCH. IT’S FRIED,
SO IT’S NICE AND CRISPY. IT
COMES WITH THOSE TRUFFLE OIL
GREENS, CORN CAKES TO HAVE
TUMERIC RICE, AND IT’S SERVED
WITH THEIR PEACH, HONEY MUSTARD
OR JEZEBEL SAUCE. NEXT WE HAVE A
CUSTOM OXTAIL DINNER. THESE
OXTAILS ARE COOKED FOR A LONG
TIME IN THIS SLIGHTLY SPICY JERK
INSPIRED SOFT. AND IT GETS SO
TENDER AND FALL APART. WE’RE
SHOWING THIS ONE WITH THE BLACK
PEPPER RICE, PICKLED CABBAGE,
CORN CAKES AND PLANTAINS. AND
FINALLY, YOU CAN HAVE THIS FOR
BRUNCH DINNER OR WHENEVER IT’S
THEIR CHICKEN AND WAFFLES. YOU
HAVE THE NICE BELGIUM WAFFLE
MAPLE SYRUP. PLUS THERE’S SUYA
CHICKEN. NOW SUE YOUR CHICKEN
COMES FROM WEST AFRICA HAS KIND
OF A PEANUT DRY RUB ON IT OVER
THERE, THEY GRILL IT, BUT HERE
THEY FRY IT UP. IT WAS ALSO
DELICIOUS. ARE YOU ALREADY
DIVING IN? YES, I HAVE SAMPLED
THREE THINGS SO FAR, INCLUDING
THE GREENS. NICE. THERE’S A
CONSISTENT SWEETNESS. MHM
EVERYTHING THAT I’VE TRIED SO
FAR. I’VE TRIED BELIEVE THE
BURGER, THE FRIES, THE CHICKEN
SANDWICH, AND NOW THE GREENS,
AND THERE’S A SWEETNESS COULD I
CAN SEE THAT THERE’S A SWEETNESS
AND THERE’S ALSO, DEPENDING ON
WHAT YOU GET THERE. THERE’S A
NICE HEAT TO A LOT OF THEIR FOOD
AS WELL. IT’S SWEET AND SPICY,
SWEET AND SPICY IS KIND OF LIKE
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THEIR MAIN
TO FLAVOR COMPONENTS ALONG WITH
A LOT OF SAVORY OPTIONS, SO,
YEAH, YOU HAD THOSE TWO OVER
HERE WITH ME. I GOT SOME EXTRA
ONES. WE HAVE THE OXTAIL DISH,
WHICH IS MY FAVORITE DISH WHEN I
WAS THERE. I ALSO REALLY LIKE
THIS CHICKEN AND WAFFLES. THE
CIA CHICKEN HAS A REALLY NICE
PEANUT FLAVOR. TO IT JUST VERY
SAVORY. AND THEN THIS IS THEIR
FRIED FISH COMBO, AND THIS IS
ONE OF THEIR CREATE YOUR OWN
COMBOS, BUT THEY ALSO BROUGHT
IN. SO ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS
I THOUGHT IS THAT THEY WOULD
LOVE TO PROMOTE BLACK BUSINESSES
AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES. SO
OVER HERE YOU CAN SEE ALL THE
DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOD THEY
HAVE IN THEIR INCUBATORS. SO
THIS IS BAKED BY BABA. THIS IS I
N R. I AND THIS IS BOSSY ANNA
BRAND, AND THESE ARE ALL VEGAN
DESSERTS THAT YOU CAN BUY THEIR
PLUS. JASON. I, UM I BELIEVE I
GAVE YOU A DRINK. I’M SORRY.
THEY WERE TALKING TO ME IN MY
WOULD YOU SAY, DID YOU I BELIEVE
I GAVE YOU A DRINK, AND I’M
TRYING TO OPEN MIND RIGHT NOW,
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN
DRINKS, FRESH PRESSED JUICES,
AND THEY HAVE THESE COCKTAILS TO
GO. AND THEY’RE USING ONLY BLACK
OWNED BRANDS, WHICH I THINK IS
REALLY COOL. HAD ANY OF THIS
FALL? I SWEAR THE PEACH COBBLER
THAT I’M HAVING RIGHT NOW, IS IT
AMAZING. AWESOME I BELIEVE.
DON’T QUOTE ME ON IT, BUT I
THINK THAT’S VEGAN. IF YOU CAN
BELIEVE IT. HMM WELL, I DON’T
BELIEVE THAT AT ALL. IT’S VEGAN.
I THINK SO. YEAH I CHECKED THE
CHECK THE BOX. I’M PRETTY SURE
IT SAYS VEGAN HEALTH BECAUSE
THEY WERE ALL VEGAN WHEN I WAS
THERE, SO I GOT YOU TO LIKE
SOMETHING VEGAN. THERE WE GO.
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED, SO THEY
ACTUALLY HAVE THREE LOCATIONS,
ONE ON WOODWARD NEAR GRAND
BOULEVARD IN THE NEW CENTER AREA
. THAT’S THE ONE I WENT TO.
THERE’S ONE OVER ON AGNES IN THE
WEST VILLAGE, AND THEN THEY HAVE
ANOTHER ONE THAT OPENED UP IN
CLEVELAND. LIKE AS IN OHIO, AS
IN OHIO, THERE ARE EXPANDING. SO
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