- That has punched my tonsils with salt,
(Rachel and Tucker laughing) thaw was like holy damn.
- [Rachel] Are the vegans being way harder
than the non-vegans?
- It does look like dog food,
but it taste really good.
(upbeat music)
- What's up, everybody. It's your girl, Merle.
- Hello, I'm Rachel.
- And we thought it would be fun
to bring a couple of our friends,
Ben and Tucker.
- What's up?
- Oh, hi.
- To (chuckles) try some vegan fast food around LA.
- I am so excited
because we are gonna go get vegan fast food today at
Panda Express, (Tucker moans)
Subway, (Tucker moans)
Burger King,
Del Taco,
and the Blaze Pizza.
(Merle imitates horn blaring)
- And then, we're going to be rating
each option from 1 to 10.
- So since Merle and I are already vegan,
I thought it would be fun and more interesting
to have two non-vegan friends with us,
so you can get the real deal opinion.
- I haven't had as many vegan substitutes,
like I've had vegan food before,
just like without the animal product,
but I've had every place that we're going,
I eat like a gosh darn hog.
I love these places. (Rachel giggles)
So I'm ready to rumble.
- I can go to fast food
because it's quick, (finger snapping)
it's filling, and you leave the house,
I don't wanna go taste no vegan fast food
and still be like,
"Dang, let me go eat some non-vegan food after."
- That's true. - Hmm.
- That's very, very good point.
- Hmm. - So at Panda Express,
for a limited time only,
they have the beyond meat orange chicken.
- Oh! - What?
- [Rachel] And I am so freaking excited to try this.
I think it's great that they're bringing these options
to such mainstream fast food chains.
We're pulling up right now. Let's go check it out.
- [Merle] Oh, they look good.
Look at those all nuggies. - Oh my god.
If my chicken doesn't have the bounce like get out of here.
- I wouldn't take it out of bed.
(Ben chuckles) - Why is she in bed
with a chicken?
- I'm not giving this a 10.
- Oh, me either.
- The sauce is the same,
so that's a plus, - Yeah.
- but the crunch.
Where's the crunch?
- I tasted it. This one's a little crunchier.
- Mine have been soggy dog.
- I will say, I think that the sauce
is better than the meat itself.
- She's going for the broccoli instead of the chicken.
That's how you know she's not impressed.
- [Ben and Tucker] Damn.
- Do you guys wanna tell your fortune
while we eat? - Absolutely.
- Yes! (gasps)
My dad just got a fortune the other day. No fortune in it.
- Oh. - Oh my god, I was like,
"Dad, I'm praying for you."
(Merle and Rachel laughs) That can't be good. (chuckles)
- So here we go.
- Okay. I'm just gonna pop it all in.
You really gotta chew.
- I'm not mad at this.
- I'm actually, yeah, I wouldn't say I'm angry at all.
Because the sauce is the exact same,
it's like, my brain's confused.
- Can't believe it's not me.
- Oh.
- I'm into it. - Like if they accidentally
gave me this, I'd probably be like,
- Yeah. - did they do something
different with the batter?
- You go to Panda Express for the sawuce
and we'll leave it at that.
So I would say we're getting the sawuce here.
- Are the vegans being way harder
on Panda Express right now than the non-vegans?
I think... - Did we just become vegan?
- Okay, so Ben and Tucker, out of 10,
what would you each rate this?
- Hmm. - Hmm.
- 7.5? - Okay, I'm thinking 7.5.
Honestly. (lips popping)
- I'm gonna give it a seven, which is still a good score
- Okay. - because I think
it carries the sauce well, I think the texture is good.
It's just like, I, you know-
- You know what else is out there.
- I know what's out there. - Hmm.
- I've traveled.
I've had my slutty years (Tucker chuckles)
in vegan college, I know. - Okay!
- She's cultured, okay? - You know what I'm saying?
- I wanna give the seven to Panda Express
for having this option.
- Ah. - Nice. Okay, cool.
- All right.
- Chicks. Okay. - Onto the next stop.
- Whoa! - Whoa!
- Our next stop, team,
is Subway.
(Tucker inhales) - Eat fresh.
- Eat fresh.
- And I do often.
- So there's been some controversy (chuckles)
over the vegan option at Subway actually.
There is a Veggie Patty
and I knew that the Veggie Patty wasn't vegan,
it had eggs and milk in it.
But now, we're living in 2021
- Whoa. - and they have veganized
the Veggie Patty.
My go-to at Subway for a long time has just been like
every single vegetable they have
(Ben chuckles) on a piece of bread.
- Oh yeah. - It's terrible.
- It's actually not that bad.
We're pulling up the Subway now.
- We're here, baby. - Let's check it out.
So we got the Veggie Patty
with every veggie. you can imagine,
avocado, oil and vinegar, some salt and pepper.
I even got some potato chips, guys,
- Oh!
- if you wanna add those to your sandwich.
- Okay.
(vegetables crunches)
- Hmm.
- It tastes more vegetable, than anything.
- I know, I think this is just a veggie thing.
Like I don't think there's a patty there.
Yeah, I just eat straight patty.
- Peas? - Oh my god,
there's a whole pea?
- Got a whole fricking out of mom.
I'm literally like, do I have COVID?
Because I don't
(Merle laughing) taste anything.
I got a one kernel of corn.
I was like, okay, there's a whisper of corn
in the back of my mind. (Rachel chuckles)
- These are baked for it. - I spit mine out.
- Oh, damn!
- You spit it out? - I spit it out.
I got to chew on it, and I was just like,
I don't even wanna swallow this.
- He was being nice on camera.
- I've never put something in my mouth
that I didn't have some remnants of a flavor,
like a salty food, like an ice cube
does have more of a mouth experience
than this. (Tucker laughing)
- Like it needs some hot sauce.
- Mm-hmm. - It needs something
to just flavor it up.
- It's just s- - Don't do that.
(Ben laughing) - Oh my god.
- Don't do that, - Soggy.
- don't do that. - It's kinda soggy.
I was gonna give it a 2.5 out of 10
because I like it without the patty,
and I like the bread and the veggies,
but for some reason today,
the bread and veggies doesn't even taste good.
So 2.5 out of 10
for me. - 'Cause you're traumatized,
you're traumatized
from this patty. (Rachel chuckles)
- I'm gonna say 2.3.
- Wow!
- I could only give it a one if it tasted bad.
I'm not giving a two because there are...
I'm gonna give it the 0.3,
because there are little actual pieces
of edamame and corn and carrot.
So like, there's at least,
I can see actual vegetables in here.
- It's not enough kick for me. They needed some flavor.
So it's going two.
- Before my opinions have been tainted by the masses,
(Ben laughing) I was thinking a three.
And the only reason I was gonna give it a three
is because I'm trying to think of the whole sandwich.
I'm here for the vegetables.
The avocado really made it better, but Subway,
if you're watching this, that three is being very generous.
- Uh-huh. - All right.
Onwards and upwards.
All right, team.
- Whoo! - We're back, baby.
- We're back. - We are heading
to Burger King now.
- Burger King. - Classic.
- And I'm excited
because they have the Impossible Whopper here.
- Hmm. - Oh, yeah!
- [Rachel] We're gonna go through the drive-thru
for the first time
in order to get the Impossible Burger vegan.
And we have to ask for it without mayo.
Do you guys like barbecue sauce?
- Yes! - I want barbecue sauce.
- So I checked their website
and the barbecue sauce is vegan.
- So another hack - Hello.
- to make it taste better.
And guess what else is vegan here?
- Tell us.
- The French toast sticks.
- Oh! - No way.
- Yeah way.
Can I do two orders of French toast sticks?
- [Staff] I'm sorry?
- Two orders of French toast sticks?
- [Staff] French toast?
That's only for breakfast. - Oh.
That's only for breakfast.
Makes sense. No worries.
- He was like, French toast?
You absolutely unhinged woman. (Rachel laughing)
What? (group laughing)
- At 2:30 PM. - What are you talking about?
- All right. So we got our food from Burger King.
(Ben and Tucker cheering)
We got the Impossible Whopper with no mayonnaise,
added barbecue sauce.
And we got a side of French fries as well.
- I just wish it could be a little less well done.
Like with impossible burgers,
you can actually make them like medium rare,
like actual meat. - Mm-hmm.
- And then like, I've asked for that at restaurants.
And they're like, - Same.
- "Vegan, please."
- I knew this was gonna be a thing
because this is how they do it
- Yeah. - at these fast food chains.
- They're tossing these on the back of the Skittle,
skillets. (chuckles) (group laughing)
- Oh, that Skittle.
- Ah.
(Merle and Rachel chuckles)
- It gets better with each bite.
- I don't think I would know the difference really.
- I wouldn't either.
I just say, it's like a well-done burger honestly.
- I am giving it an eight.
We're not giving a nine because yeah,
it's like fast food burger patty.
- I'm gonna give it a 7.5. I think the sauce is carrying it.
The texture's there.
A little too well done, but it's still good.
- I think would actually give this an eight.
- Give it! - Yeah.
'Cause I think it was like a little bit,
I like enjoyed it a little bit more than Panda Express.
- Same. - The experience,
very comparable to a normal Whopper.
That is okay. - I'm gonna give this a six
because, and I am Simon Cowell,
because I just think that, listen, Burger King,
you've been given us golden patty
(Tucker faintly speaking) and you've got the money.
So give us our vegan cheese,
give us our vegan mayo, and don't overcook the burgers.
- Okay, I'm changing it
to a seven officially. (Tucker gasps)
I'm going down to a seven - This is seven.
- because I agree with everything she just said.
- Hmm. - All right.
- Whoa! Next stop. - I'm sweating.
- Next stop.
We're heading to Del Taco
and they have a beyond beef burrito here,
- Hmm.
- which I'm excited about with guacamole.
Can I please have four
epic beyond fresh guacamole burritos?
This burrito has beyond meat, guacamole, refried beans.
We also got some hot sauce.
- [Merle] Yum.
- So yumzo.
- The bottom?
(Tucker chuckles) - Oh, damn.
- How is it? - Ooh, ho, ho, ho.
- I love salt.
I could live inside a house built of salt
and lick the walls happily
everyday of my life. (Ben and Tucker laughing)
So like, that's not bad for me,
but (beep) that has punched my tonsils with salt.
(Rachel and Tucker laughing) That was like holy damn.
But also, so fricking good, (Rachel chuckles)
like so good.
- Great texture, tastes like ground beef,
the beans, the guacamole,
I mean, - This is-
- what more could I want?
- I've never had Del Taco before,
but they are about to have a new,
very faithful customer in me.
'Cause you know how I am, once I like something,
I tend to overdo it a lot. - Hmm.
- Oh, yeah.
- What's your body? 90% water?
Not anymore. My god. (Rachel chuckles)
I mean, you give this to a beef eater...
(Tucker scoffs)
- How would they know?
- He wouldn't say anything.
- I really can't really tell the meat,
like you were saying.
- It does look like dog food,
but it taste really good.
- Mm-hmm. (Rachel laughing)
- Like that really good dog food.
It's an easily a nine for me.
- You've got the rice, you got the guac,
you got beans and beyond beef,
- Mm-hmm. - So I would give this
a strong eight.
- This is my favorite thing we've had so far.
I feel like I would give this a nine.
- Ooh, hell yeah. - And that's from Picky Penny
in the corner back here.
I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything with this.
There's so much fricking flavor.
- Yes. - Oh, yeah.
Okay. - I think I'm gonna give it
an 8.5. - Whoa!
- Because it's delicious. - Okay. (clears throat)
- Taste-wise, definitely the best thing
we've had so far. - Oh, 100%.
- They made this with love for sure.
- All right. We got our last stop.
- Whoa! - Let's go.
- Whoo-hoo.
- We have one more stop to make today,
and that is at Blaze Pizza.
- Whoa! - Oh yeah, oh yeah.
- All right.
- They have a vegan option pizza.
Merle and I have had all
- All the vegan pizzas. - vegan cheeses too and-
- Vegan pizza's so hit or miss.
Is it gonna be like really congealed,
clearly cheap - Mm-hmm.
- vegan pizza? - Like the gummy cheese.
- Oh, god. - Yeah.
So let's go check it out. We just pulled up to Blaze.
- Let's go! - So here we go.
All right. So we got the Blaze Pizza.
We got it with vegan cheese,
some vegan chorizo, regular tomato sauce
and then a bunch of veggies.
And it looks really good, I gotta say.
- Okay, first thoughts, that cheese melts properly.
(Merle chuckles)
- It's got that spice.
- Mm-hmm! It's spicy sauce. - Yeah, it's spicy.
I'm gonna get some of that crust.
That's how you know that's good overall.
- That cheese hits.
The chorizo, I literally would not
be able to tell the difference,
like that's just chorizo to me.
- [Ben] Eat it up. What do you think?
- Well?
- Oh, baby!
- So many flavors to take in. - You got kick?
- This is really good! - We're you kicked
in the face?
- This is fantastic.
I think this might be
one of the best vegan pizzas I've ever had.
- I don't feel like I'm eating total garbage, eating this.
It feels a little bit healthier to me
- It was half a salad
- It makes you forget - on top of it.
- that you're not eating... - than some of the other
options we've had.
- The crust is so crunchy
- Mm-hmm. - and perfectly cooked.
- Hmm! The sauce!
I didn't even have high expectations through this place.
- [Merle] Neither did I.
I'm gonna give it a nine.
(beep)
- It up. - Hmm.
- Big nine. - I'm gonna give it
a 9.5.
- Whoa! - Oh.
- Eyo. - I'ma go 8.5.
- Okay. - Okay.
- My highest so far. What'd you thinking?
- People, call me Paul Abdul (Rachel laughing)
but I gotta give it a 10!
(group cheering)
(Ben clapping) I'm giving it a 10
because I gave that burrito a nine
and this, I didn't think it was, I don't know,
it's like this is - It's definitely
- The 10 of the day. - better than the burrito.
- So it's getting dark.
What a full day
of eating vegan fast food. - Yes, yes.
(Ben cheering)
- Yes. - I'm full.
- I am so full. - Yes.
- Let us know if there's any other vegan fast food places
we didn't go to today that you want us to check out.
(indistinct)
Yay.
- [Everyone] Yay.
(group laughing)
- We are ve-gone.
- Oh, yes. Now, we are. - Ve-out.
- Ve-gone. (Rachel laughing)
Wait, that's amazing, Ben.
(soft upbeat music)