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Evolving Vegan

Mena Massoud, actor and cookbook author, travels across North America and eats his way through some of the coolest cities to show us how beautiful meals, talented chefs and restaurateurs are making plant-based food delicious and a...

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You will be over here
and you'll say: - Evolving Vegan

You will be over here and you'll say:

You're gonna have - Evolving Vegan

You're gonna have

So, if you came in
and tasted this, blind test, - Evolving Vegan

So, if you came in and tasted this, blind test,

If you gave me this, - Evolving Vegan

If you gave me this,

The Flores, - Evolving Vegan

Yeah.
Ooh, the texture's really nice. - Evolving Vegan

Yeah. Ooh, the texture's really nice.

Yeah, and it's got - Evolving Vegan

Yeah, and it's got

One of the main reasons
I love LA is this: - Evolving Vegan

One of the main reasons I love LA is this:

I think people's
imaginations here are so free, - Evolving Vegan

I think people's imaginations here are so free,

And I think it creates
this energy of - Evolving Vegan

And I think it creates this energy of

I think, previously,
I only used to view food as joy. - Evolving Vegan

I think, previously, I only used to view food as joy....

It doesn't matter, - Evolving Vegan

It doesn't matter,

You know, also something - Evolving Vegan

You know, also something

Is it something
that you try to do - Evolving Vegan

Is it something that you try to do

For me, I wish - Evolving Vegan

Where I'm, like, - Evolving Vegan

Where I'm, like,

They tell me that all the time - Evolving Vegan

They tell me that all the time

I have not ate
as much plant-based dessert. - Evolving Vegan

I have not ate as much plant-based dessert.

Substance with the tofu,
and sweet and spicy - Evolving Vegan

Substance with the tofu, and sweet and spicy

Beverly Hills.
The height of - Evolving Vegan

Beverly Hills. The height of

And for me,
luxury means one thing: - Evolving Vegan

And for me, luxury means one thing:

Laila Abddaim is
the mastermind behind - Evolving Vegan

Laila Abddaim is the mastermind behind

She's pulled off
the seemingly impossible, - Evolving Vegan

She's pulled off the seemingly impossible,

Egg and cheese croissants
with a dukkah-nod - Evolving Vegan

Egg and cheese croissants with a dukkah-nod

You being French,
you're obviously doing - Evolving Vegan

You being French, you're obviously doing

What inspired you to open up
a Chaumont Vegan - Evolving Vegan

What inspired you to open up a Chaumont Vegan

And every time I hear
people talking about - Evolving Vegan

And every time I hear people talking about

So, I wanted
to change that mindset - Evolving Vegan

So, I wanted to change that mindset

What you've been able to do here - Evolving Vegan

What you've been able to do here

It wasn't easy for me
to replicate - Evolving Vegan

It wasn't easy for me to replicate

Because butter - Evolving Vegan

Mmm.
You can hear the crunch - Evolving Vegan

Mmm. You can hear the crunch

Now, I have to know
how she's making these pastries - Evolving Vegan

Now, I have to know how she's making these pastries

The first step
is making the choux pastry - Evolving Vegan

The first step is making the choux pastry

And let me tell ya, - Evolving Vegan

And let me tell ya,

You don't want me to get
it on my beautiful jacket. - Evolving Vegan

You don't want me to get it on my beautiful jacket.

So, of course, a lot of egg
but in this care, vegan egg. - Evolving Vegan

So, of course, a lot of egg but in this care, vegan egg.

Laila's plant based eggs
have a base of yellow mung - Evolving Vegan

Laila's plant based eggs have a base of yellow mung

You know, no, seriously, it
takes a long time - Evolving Vegan

You know, no, seriously, it takes a long time

After some EXPERT
piping, we let it - Evolving Vegan

After some EXPERT piping, we let it

I truly think vegan
food, like, plant-based food - Evolving Vegan

I truly think vegan food, like, plant-based food

If I can like make something
that tastes better than the - Evolving Vegan

If I can like make something that tastes better than the

Once the shells are ready,
we poke three holes and - Evolving Vegan

Once the shells are ready, we poke three holes and

The eclairs are glazed with
Matcha and chocolate - Evolving Vegan

The eclairs are glazed with Matcha and chocolate

No, you want to
grab just a little piece. - Evolving Vegan

No, you want to grab just a little piece.

No way anyone would
be able to tell - Evolving Vegan

No way anyone would be able to tell

Come on. - Evolving Vegan

Come on, Johnny, I don't
think I've fed you yet. - Evolving Vegan

Come on, Johnny, I don't think I've fed you yet.

The crazy length you've gone
to make extraordinary pastries - Evolving Vegan

The crazy length you've gone to make extraordinary past...

In a land of make-believe,
people like Laila prove - Evolving Vegan

In a land of make-believe, people like Laila prove

After a couple stops on our
LA food crawl, I gotta get - Evolving Vegan

After a couple stops on our LA food crawl, I gotta get

And fortunately, I know
one of the best trainers - Evolving Vegan

And fortunately, I know one of the best trainers

He moved to LA - Evolving Vegan

Today, Kollins is putting
me and restaurateur, Mod, - Evolving Vegan

Today, Kollins is putting me and restaurateur, Mod,

Since moving to LA, fitness
has become a huge part of - Evolving Vegan

Since moving to LA, fitness has become a huge part of

When I went plant-based,
I became way more aware - Evolving Vegan

When I went plant-based, I became way more aware

But when it comes to the
gym, with plants fueling - Evolving Vegan

But when it comes to the gym, with plants fueling

Before I moved to LA the
biggest thing people always told - Evolving Vegan

Before I moved to LA the biggest thing people always told...

Like, the strongest animals in
the world - Evolving Vegan

Like, the strongest animals in the world

And they're huge/ - Evolving Vegan

And they're huge/

I've been vegan for
like say 7 to 8 years now. - Evolving Vegan

I've been vegan for like say 7 to 8 years now.

I feel like that works for
me but obviously not - Evolving Vegan

I feel like that works for me but obviously not

Uh, back 2015, I used to be a
competitive physique athlete - Evolving Vegan

Uh, back 2015, I used to be a competitive physique athlete

I felt like I look good but I
was like functioning well, - Evolving Vegan

I felt like I look good but I was like functioning well,

After I switched to being vegan,
I continued to go the - Evolving Vegan

After I switched to being vegan, I continued to go the

And definitely felt much better
and also I realized that - Evolving Vegan

And definitely felt much better and also I realized that

Kollins is a passionate
dude who was way more - Evolving Vegan

Kollins is a passionate dude who was way more

When you first like discover
plant-based diet and being - Evolving Vegan

When you first like discover plant-based diet and being

And then you realize you have to
be the change that you want to - Evolving Vegan

And then you realize you have to be the change that you want...

So all you can do is be the best
version of yourself and - Evolving Vegan

So all you can do is be the best version of yourself and

But I feel like a lot of times
when you push somebody to do - Evolving Vegan

But I feel like a lot of times when you push somebody to do

Well, I don't know about you
guys but I'm starving and you - Evolving Vegan

Well, I don't know about you guys but I'm starving...

Maud is the owner and head chef - Evolving Vegan

Maud is the owner and head chef

If you come to LA,
and you want Thai, - Evolving Vegan

If you come to LA, and you want Thai,

The texture is the same, - Evolving Vegan

The texture is the same,

Do you think Thai food innately
lends itself to vegan food? - Evolving Vegan

Do you think Thai food innately lends itself to vegan food?

I think, for me,
it's easy to make it vegan. - Evolving Vegan

I think, for me, it's easy to make it vegan.

Maud's famous, hard-punching
Muay Thai chicken wings, - Evolving Vegan

Maud's famous, hard-punching Muay Thai chicken wings,

One of the things I craved,
and could never really find, - Evolving Vegan

One of the things I craved, and could never really find,

It was kind of about
the texture for me, - Evolving Vegan

It was kind of about the texture for me,

I love these things.
I can eat them all day. - Evolving Vegan

I love these things. I can eat them all day.

Yeah, I believe a lot of times - Evolving Vegan

Yeah, I believe a lot of times

Maud's shrimp and wings are
a classic example - Evolving Vegan

Maud's shrimp and wings are a classic example

And Maud's thrilled
with the change she's seen - Evolving Vegan

And Maud's thrilled with the change she's seen

People seem to be vegan,
like, last five years. - Evolving Vegan

People seem to be vegan, like, last five years.

Like... like, crazy busy
last five years. - Evolving Vegan

Like... like, crazy busy last five years.

Not just us; every single vegan
restaurant in Studio City. - Evolving Vegan

Not just us; every single vegan restaurant in Studio City.

So, there was a boom in
the last five years, - Evolving Vegan

So, there was a boom in the last five years,

Obviously, we're in LA,
which is a vegan mecca, - Evolving Vegan

Obviously, we're in LA, which is a vegan mecca,

Well, good thing we
got our workout in, - Evolving Vegan

Well, good thing we got our workout in,

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Mena Massoud, actor and cookbook author, travels across North America and eats his way through some of the coolest cities to show us how beautiful meals, talented chefs and restaurateurs are making plant-based food delicious and a...

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Director: N/A

Writer: Mena Massoud

Production: Casa de Filme 5

Genre: documentary

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

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Released: 30 Mar 2023

Awards: 1 nomination total

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