So we are in Amsterdam right now, I think a lot of you think I actually live in the city,
but we live in another city in the Netherlands.
I've only been here like a handful of times myself, but the vegan food scene here is
incredible and growing and we want to go check it out a little bit more.
But we thought we would bring some people to join us because there's a lot of yummy food to be eaten.
So the backup that we have today is Gaz from avantgardevegan.
Thanks for having me back on your channel.
It's lovely.
So we've already done a collab video before if you haven't seen it. I'll link that below.
But today given him and his team are gonna help us explore all of the amazing things,
we're gonna try to eat as much as we can here in Amsterdam, all the vegan food.
But I thought it was gonna be a shame to have a vegan chef with us and not like steal a recipe from you.
Well it's funny cuz usually I'd skip breakfast if we're gonna go and eat loads of food in Amsterdam.
No, we're not skipping breakfast.
Let's make some nice muffins. These are from my new cookbook that comes out in April.
Mango breakfast muffins - simple and tasty.
Lovely. So, show me how to make these muffins.
Cool, alright.
So first we need to make a wet mix.
Can you mash together one ripe banana with one and a half cups of soy milk or any non-dairy milk of your choice.
Meanwhile, I'm gonna chop up half a cup of dried mango as fine as possible.
So Gaz, you said something about if your man's not vegan, what do you do?
Let that man go.
Ba dum tss
So into the wet mix, please can you add two tablespoons of chia seeds and half a cup of vegan margarine,
which I've just melted. So Sadia, just give that a nice mix up. Then, I'm going to add my dry ingredients.
So, for the dry mix of ingredients, I've got 1 cup of all-purpose flour. You can use gluten-free flour, too.
I've also got half a cup of blitzed up almonds and a cup full of oats.
So I'm also going to add 1 tablespoon of baking powder and half a cup of coconut sugar.
I'm also going to add the mango and then we'll get it into the wet mix,
and just fold this in, in a figure of 8 motion.
Here's our lined muffin cases. We need to get a couple of tablespoons of that batter in each one.
As neatly as you can. What's really nice about this mixture is the lumps of mango, the oats,
it's really really hearty.
I usually have oats for breakfast in the morning,
so this is nice to kind of just change it up every once in a while.
It's a lovely grab-and-go breakfast.
So now we're gonna pop it in the oven at 180 Celsius or 350 Fahrenheit for about 30 minutes.
Yes, right.
Yeah, keep an eye on them, but 30 minutes should be fine.
30 minutes in there.
That was Irish.
It was.
So the muffins have been in the oven for about 30 minutes.
They're lovely and golden and risen up nicely.
So I'm just gonna take the muffins out of the cases and drizzle over some maple syrup and sprinkle over some chopped mangos.
(Alright, left or right? I think it's important for us, we're gonna need to kind of...)
Now we're headed to a restaurant for lunch - it's called H/eart.h.
I haven't been there before myself, but it has really good reviews,
so we're gonna check it out.
It's cool to be able to sit on a swing when you eat - you're like a kid!
Okay, perfect. Can you recommend anything?
Yeah? Okay, we'll start with the sushi.
(What about the aubergine gnocchi?)
(It's pretty good.)
(Yeah, I'll try that one.)
(This one's really good, and get the sauce.)
(I like the lemony-ness, it's nice.)
(This is just what I needed.)
If you guys are in the mood for coffee, I think you're really gonna like the place. It's very very cozy.
I love coffee.
I think I'll have a flat white please.
Ooh they have quite a lot of vegan options here too! That's cool.
(I'm so happy.)
(Oh, the cortado looks beautiful.)
(Cheers!)
Good coffee
I want to try yours.
(Wow, so cute.)
(Couple goals.)
(Oh, it's waving!)
Hands down my favorite way of getting around in the Netherlands is by bike,
but Amsterdam is a different ballgame, and I want to see if these UK boys can handle biking around the city.
I nearly died twice already.
(Any vegan doughnuts in this city?)
(We'll eat here, yeah)
I just forgot - you're in my new cookbook aren't you?
Am I? Well you mentioned it but I wasn't sure if you actually...
Yeah. Yeah.
I don't know if I have a picture of it. Yes, you're in my cookbook!
Mouz.
So we've eaten lots already, but we wanted to show you another option,
so if you wanted to grab a quick snack or something,
there's loads of these Maoz vegan falafel bars everywhere and the falafels are actually really really tasty.
Yeah, you can take it with you to go if you're just kind of walking around and exploring Amsterdam or chilling inside
Exactly.
Crispy falafels, beautifully seasoned, loads of different toppings - whichever toppings you want.
I like mine extra spicy,
so I put lots of hot sauce on and it was a
taste bud explosion. I loved it. It was great.
We're gonna take a little bit of a break from eating for Tom to show off his barber skills;
he's a professional barber, and Robin is in desperate need of a haircut
I think one of the most beautiful things about the Netherlands and
Amsterdam in particular, is the 'plethora' of canals that there are throughout the city,
so we're gonna take the boys on a boat ride to be able to see the city from a different perspective.
Go for it.
Okay, so...
So we're here at the Meatless District. I actually came here one year ago; I thought it was really yummy.
You also came once.
Yes, two days ago.
Yeah, really? But for lunch. The dinner menu is different,
so we're gonna give this a go now.
Let's go!
How does it taste?
It's amazing!
(It's a nice big salad.)
(Do you like beets?)
(I love beets.)
Okay, so today is Tom's birthday, who's part of Gaz's crew,
and yesterday was Alex's birthday, he's part of our crew, and to kind of wrap up the evening
we got them a surprise cake yesterday from a place in Amsterdam - an all vegan pastry shop called Koffie ende Koeck,
and so we're going to surprise them with it now.
Thanks for coming guys.
Thank you.
No, thank YOU for everything! Oh my gosh.
We are gonna be doing a collab video in a day or so, so check out Gaz's video at avantgardevegan.
I'll link that for you at the end of this video and in the description box.
Thanks a lot for watching.
Pick Up Limes signing off. We'll see you in the next video.
Bye!