- Hi friends, it's Sam
and I am in beautiful Vancouver.
It's a sunny, gorgeous day.
I love it.
It's so wonderful.
(laughs) Today I'm gonna show you what I eat
as a vegan in Vancouver.
Love it!
So excited, so much deliciousness woo.
Even before I took off in the airplane
I was at the airport.
Hello!
And I picked up a Starbucks of course
and this hot salad from Thai Express.
I kind of regretted it
because it didn't travel well
and it got soggy, so next time
I'll get a rice dish.
This was my fancy window seat.
Nice try Air Canada.
I had a look at the plane menu
and I did find some vegan snacks.
These energy balls,
this granola bar,
of course Pringles, just the plain ones.
Swedish berries are vegan.
Almonds, cashews...
This guacamole and hummus
and Twizzlers are also vegan.
I arrived in BC
and apparently this clock
is a big deal.
I met up with my friend, Coco,
who I love and is amazing,
and we ended up going
to Meet restaurant.
And look, do you see who that is?
That's Dom Thompson right there.
We ended up chatting later.
Meet had an amazing menu.
It was an amazing place.
They have several locations,
I've found out,
and we tried these chicken wing things
that were delicious, very bar-b-quey.
And I got this burger
and fries and salad.
And this was the first time
I got to try the Beyond burger
and wow, was it so weird!
It tasted so much like meat.
I don't even think I'd order it again,
because it was too meaty for me.
The next day was Vancouver Veg Expo.
I am here at the Veg Expo.
I just did my talk.
My face is very red, apparently.
It was a great time.
Sold books, signed pictures.
No, I signed books,
and took pictures
and this place is packed!
It's so amazing.
Check it out.
Apparently there were over twenty thousand people
in attendance at this expo.
It was insanely packed.
But, it was amazing.
I loved it so much.
The expo finished at about five o'clock
and it was a beautiful sunny day.
I actually met up
with some of the other influencers
and vendors at the expo
and we went to another Meet.
Yeah, I did two Meets in a row.
But what are you gonna do,
it's where everyone went.
I had this Thai peanut noodle salad thing,
which was delicious,
it was a little bit small,
but it was really yummy.
I wish I had more, though.
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Moving on to day three.
I had to wake up super early
to be on Global News.
So much fun.
I love being in these news studios
and Appetite by Random House,
is always super great.
They're my publisher,
and they hired me a food stylist
so I don't even have to do any of the prep work,
all I have to do is show up
and do a little segment.
It's a little bit scary.
It's always live and you kinda just
gotta go for it and have fun.
Here's a little bit of what that looked like.
- We were chatting during the break,
and I was saying sometimes being a vegan
it seems like it is so much work.
But you were saying it can be really easy.
- Yeah, it can totally
be fuss-free.
That's what I'm all about.
Making recipes that are easy,
and using easy to find ingredients.
So that you can be vegan
or even just eat less meat.
If you want to
see the full interview,
I'll post a link down below
where you can go and watch it.
After the news, Trish, my publicist,
in Vancouver, took me
to Heirloom Vegetarian restaurant.
I had another veggie burger.
I couldn't resist.
It was pretty good.
The cheese was pretty amazing.
But, the burger itself was just okay.
After lunch, I went back to the hotel
and worked out for a bit.
And then, I met up with some friends, Ethan and Coco,
and we went on a Vegan restaurant hop.
Oh yes we did.
Our first stop was Arbor.
We had these fried oyster mushrooms,
these artichoke hearts,
and these Jackfruit bun things.
These Jackfruit bun things were so good
and definitely my fave at the restaurant.
Next stop was Chick Pea restaurant.
My dog's name is Chick Pea,
if you don't know,
so I already liked this restaurant.
Yes, I do love Chick Pea.
(laughing)
We wanted to keep our restaurant hop going,
so we shared a platter of this roasted cauliflower,
hummus, chick pea fries, a side of vegan sausage,
and this fluffy pita bread.
It was super delicious.
Ethan was super cute
and told the host
it was my birthday the very next day,
so they gave us this little carrot cake,
which we also shared.
Next up was Cartems.
It is a doughnut place,
and it is not all vegan,
but they do have vegan doughnuts.
We had this caramel corn vegan doughnut,
and this smoked walnut, which was also gluten free.
I loved the caramel corn one best.
Lastly, yes we kept eating.
It was Virtuous Pie,
which is a vegan pizzeria.
Yes, I was really happy I went to the gym.
At least, today,
because my God, was I full!
So full!
But, I had to eat vegan pizza.
Who can resist, really, right?
We ended up ordering
this pizza with broccoli on it.
And I was like really, guys?
Broccoli on pizza?
But then I was, like, really!
Broccoli on pizza!
It was so good!
My last full day
in beautiful Vancouver.
I had to wake up
bright and early again.
This time to be
on CTV Morning Live.
It's always amazing, these studios.
People are jumping from one corner
to the next corner, and filming...
And it's all live.
It's always really crazy and hectic.
On air the whole time.
Once again, the amazing food stylist came
and prepared me to pretend cook on air.
(laughing)
Yes, I was pretend cooking,
because I wasn't actually allowed to turn on any heat.
I was definitely not the only special guest today.
Kathy Griffin was right up before me.
And then the cameras were getting ready
to promote my third printing of my cookbook.
So exciting!
- Now, the book is out now.
How many recipes in total did you have to do?
- There's a hundred and one recipes in the book.
All easy, all using easy to find ingredients
you can find at your local grocery store.
Got a fabulous cheesecake here, too.
I don't know if you've time.
(laughing)
- I heard about this.
This, this also blew my mind, too.
Plant-based cheesecake, okay?
- Yes.
No cheese in the making of this cheesecake.
- And no calories, either, right?
(laughing)
- What do you know about that?
- Well, I had a little bite of that,
I might as well go for dessert.
- I think you need to have dessert, as well.
This cake is super easy to make.
You just toss everything in the blender.
- Oh my goodness.
- Pretty good, right?
- This is awesome, this is amazing.
Sam, thank you so much.
- Thank you so much.
- Listen, best of luck with the book.
- Now, once again, if you want to see
this full clip of me on CTV,
I'll put a link below.
After filming, I had a bit of time for myself.
I decided to go on a 10 kilometer run
around the water front.
It was beautiful!
Check it out.
Vancouver, beautiful, period.
You having a good day, buddy?
Just chilling?
I saw this tree up on this building,
and I couldn't help but wonder...
Do you think this guy's super lonely
or do you think he feels like
the king of the world?
I couldn't decide.
You know what's a funny thing to do?
Film yourself while running.
That feels goofy times a thousand.
(laughing)
After this, I was a bit hungry.
I found a Chipotle
and got my first ever Sofrita Chipotle bowl.
It was just okay.
I'm not gonna lie.
I was pretty underwhelmed.
I've heard a lot of good things about Chipotle.
Nah.
My last event of the trip was at The Juice Truck,
where they hosted a pop-up dinner for me.
This is an amazing company.
They make these amazing juices and salads.
I was sipping on this Skin Deep juice,
which tasted like candy, yeah!
This is where they hosted the pop-up dinner.
It was beautiful!
They made all of these appetizers from my book.
I've got the pretzel bites there,
the spinach and artichoke dip.
Next were my Oh Mommy, Ooh Mommy Lettuce Wraps.
They also had a do-it-yourself burrito station.
I was having so much fun chatting with people,
that I forgot to film dessert.
So, I stole this footage from The Juice Truck's Instagram.
This is my Creme Brulee and my cheesecake.
Yeah, they had both for desserts.
So yummy!
And, then, going home.
The Juice Truck was super nice
and made me this huge goody bag
full of treats to take on the plane.
I actually had a good meal.
I had this breakfast cookie.
And this salad?
I don't know why it was so good.
It was so good!
There were so many treats in this bag.
Seriously, thank you so much!
I had a feast on the plane.
Hello, Toronto.
I am back here, I am back home.
(laughing)
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I'll see you next week.
Bon-Appetegan!
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