Hey y'all and welcome to Memphis.
So I know a lot of you guys say that Memphis is known for its barbecue, which it is, but
did you guys know there's also a lot of good vegan restaurants here and regular restaurants
that just have vegan options.
So I'm going to take you around Memphis and show you all the good vegan eats that are
here in Memphis.
Let's go.
So if you ask people one thing they know about Memphis, a lot of times people will say barbecue,
and it’s true Memphis is known for their barbecue, so what’s a vegan to do if you’re
in Memphis.
Well there’s also a lot of vegan cafes, and say you come here with your friends who
aren’t vegan, it’s okay because they also have a lot of good restaurants that have vegan options.
So I’m actually at Lyfe Café and they have the menu with plenty of vegan options.
I ordered the curried rice noodles, and it smells absolutely amazing.
Alright you guys my stomach is rumbling so today I'm headed to Mama Gaia for dinner and
I'm excited because I get to meet the owners.
Mama Gaia has a couple locations, but I went to the one at Crosstown Concourse in Midtown,
where I got a chance to sit down with the owners Philipp and Cru von Holtzendorff-Fehling
who launched this company after their own personal life-changing experience with organic
and plant-based eating.
In 2010, Cru was diagnosed with Lyme Disease, so she self-prescribed a diet change to all
organic and plant-based foods.
Her health did a miraculous 180 and that’s when they started Mama Gaia, Memphis’s first
100% organic vegan restaurant.
You know Memphis is known for barbecue and so I wanted you guys to know that if you're
vegan and you're craving bbq, you can absolutely come here and get the Memphia Pita
or you can get the Memphia bowl and they're also coming out with a Memphia burger so you
can get like a barbecue style dish but it's completely vegan and it's organic which is very,
very healthy as a result.
Okay so I'm going to take my first bite of the Memphia Pita.
This is going to be my first impressions.
You definitely taste like that barbecue flavor and you can also definitely tell there's a difference
with organic food.
It just tastes richer, it tastes better, it tastes more fresh.
This is delicious.
So you know the South is all about their sweet tea.
Well this is their take on sweet tea, it is ginger green tea, wait, this is ginger green
tea lemonade and it is so so tasty and it's sweet but it's not with like artificial sugars,
they use agave.
She designed the entire menu for this restaurant.
She's absolutely incredible, her story is incredible, and I am so happy that they opened
this restaurant.
Thank you so much.
We love your restaurant. Thank you.
So another good spot to come to if you're vegan but you're coming with someone who isn't
vegan, you should come to Fuel Cafe because somebody can order a pizza with meat on it
and then you can also get a vegan pizza.
And so they have vegan slices but they also have pizza that could be turned into something
vegan, so that's what I really love about the menu.
Pretty much anything on the menu can be converted into a vegan dish.
And they make everything in house.
They make their cheese from cashew nuts.
They also make their own bread, they make their own dough, with the exception of sourdough.
They also have really low calorie sodas, so for all you health food nuts out there, this
is also a really cool place to come to for people who are very health conscious.
So I got the Carrot Hawaiian, which traditionally, the meat version has ham and pineapple and
bacon, but they were able to make a vegan version that is just as delicious.
They have vegan dessert too.
So I got sorbet in a martini glass.
This one's pretty fancy.
I can drink it because it's actually melting.
Very sweet.
I feel like I have sorbet all over my mouth.
Yummy.
One good place to get your morning started is at Raw Girls.
It's a food truck in midtown and they have all sorts of good vegan stuff and all gluten
free as well.
They have cold pressed juices, they have superfood smoothies, they have a lot of good yummy vegan
food and apparently they also have medicinal soups and people come here to try the medicinal
soups when they have certain ailments and they also have detoxifying waters, there's
a lot of good stuff here for health nuts like me and for people who just want to, you know,
try some good vegan food and vegan drinks.
I'm sampling all their cold pressed juices.
So this one is the New Yorker, it's got like pear, and apple, and ginger, a bunch of yummy
stuff in it, so let me see how this tastes.
I think I smell carrot too, there's definitely carrot in this.
That's good and because it's summertime, these cold pressed juices are so refreshing.
So one cute spot to go to in the Midtown area of Memphis is Otherlands.
It's a coffeeshop but they also have breakfast, they have coffee obviously, and they have
smoothies and stuff.
So I was able to get this protein smoothie with non dairy milk.
So they have vegan options, they have vegetarian options.
So I love the fact that say you're traveling with somebody who's not vegan, then the two
of you can enjoy your vegan and non vegan meal together, so I can have my veggie sausage
and your friend who's not vegan can have their non-vegan turkey sausage.
Everybody's happy.
Well that’s it y’all – these are just a few of my vegan faves in Memphis so make
sure to comment below if YOU have the inside scoop on other yummy vegan spots to check
out too.
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Until next time, keep on living an adventurously green life and I’ll catch you on the next
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