I Tried Eating Only Vegan Food in Berlin

[@emilybusby6922]

The trick to vegan and vegetarian food is to think of it as its own thing and stop trying to think of it as a substitute for something else.

[@vomm]

yes and no. There are actually really good substitutes and it's absolutely nothing wrong if you sometimes want to get the tastes of your childhood or whole life before you went vegan

[@paolagrando5079]

Some people are vegetarian or vegan but do miss the taste. And some people won't try vegan food because it doesn't have such flavour. So, despite I myself not into it I know that it works for plenty of others.

[@purplelucrezia]

@@vommI agree to a certain extent. However, I have actually been a vegetarian since birth and I love eating veggie burgers. Of course, plant-based food is healthier than processed food, but even vegetarians are allowed to be human and enjoy a veggie burger, pizza or veggie “chicken nuggets.”

[@monique9225]

​@@purplelucrezia How do you truly know that you're vegetarian since birth? 🤨

[@romasashukla1200]

I could not agree more

[@fercruz88]

As a vegan I think it is great that you are open to trying new things and share it with everyone as a meat eater. For sure there will be food that is more to your taste than others, my only advice would be to not generalize one vegan sushi or croissant to all vegan food in that category. Every restaurant has their adaptation, some like to do stuff from scratch, others to use processed raw material, and in that sense, it is like trying a Mexican restaurant or an Italian once, and maybe you didn't like that restaurant, not the possibilities of the type of food. Hope you enjoy it and keep trying new things!

[@cora0420]

Exactly this! Just as not every croissant at an omnivore place is up to your taste, the same will be true about croissants at vegan places. + If you're used to the taste of meat, fish, eggs, milk and so on, trying alternatives that you're not so used to mostly will taste a bit "weird" at first because your taste buds have to accommodate to the different taste over time to feel like second nature. (That's the thing that happened with milk alternatives. Most people find the taste weird, if not unpleasant at first, but if you drink it for a few weeks you will begin to like the taste and trying cow mothers milk after that time without it will taste weird to you, even when you loved the taste before.) Our body is fascinating:))

[@FatimaLopez-jr1th]

@@cora0420 This!! I hated the taste of soy milk on its own when I started drinking it (I had to always had it with coffee or chocolate, and it took me a long time to eat cereals again) and cow's milk smell makes me a bit nauseous now.

[@rachelbachel2]

​@cora0420 do you ever feel guilty about the Brazilian rainforests that are being decimated by having forests cut down to grow almond crops. All the animals who are killed and displaced. The amount of water needed to make almond milk. The worst part about it is most vegans are doing it for ethical reasons and don't understand or realize the ramifications of mowing down forests for crops. Plus it's a very unhealthy diet that ruins people's health. Putting more strain on the medical system

[@FatimaLopez-jr1th]

@AlchemyAmiga-C64since198 I don't drink cow's milk?

[@tuttyfat]

@@FatimaLopez-jr1th been vegan for 6 yrs now and cows milk smell is AWFUL isn't it! About a year ago I used regular cream cheese because the store was out of the vegan one and I almost threw up after tasting it. Try oat cream or milk for coffee. It's creamier than soy.

[@w0ttheh3ll]

As a general rule, most of the overly specific replacement products (like vegan salmon) will be a disappointment. There are some exceptions. Like many others have commented, it's best to have a "does it taste good?" attitude rather than a "does it taste the same?" attitude.

[@delphzouzou4520]

It would be easier to do that if they stopped doing things that ressemble salmon, sausages, chicken, etc... You buy "vegan salmon" and it tastes like carrot, because it is carrot. Of course you're disappointed. Plus, it's not because they look similar that they have the same nutrition input. They have to reinvent the marketing and create their own vegan things without trying to trick our brain with meat like things. If you're vegan and stopped eating meat, then don't eat things that resemble to meat.

[@a_lethe_ion]

Tbh the vegan salmon slices for bread is good

[@elfpiesomeanotherword]

I dare to say she used those terms on purposes to bring a wider public into chance for vegan food. Isn't easy to fool your body / usual frequency that eats meat, it is not easy to please your taste if you abandon sugar and meat almost to 95% when you are completely surrended by it IMHO she intended to use 'taste the same' as a way to merchandise vegan food as most of us weren't the most happy children when time came to eat vegetables :)

[@w0ttheh3ll]

@@elfpiesomeanotherword I'm not saying you should eat only vegetables, just that you shouldn't expect meat replacement products to taste exactly the same. They don't, and that's fine.

[@Emeraldwitch30]

One interesting replacement in sushi for salmon is a special marinated watermelon. It's still not quite salmon but it is very nice. I saw it on an iron chef episode They take a rich kombu/shiitake dashi, simmered down to concentrate the flavor and add a good soy sauce to it then they take cubes of seedless watermelon and pour the dashi/soy sauce over it and put in a vacuum chamber/ container and pull a vacuum a few times. It pulls the air out of the melon and sucks the dashi in. It turns a lovely deep reddish color. I tried it at home for fun and we used it in sushi it actually tastes lovely and not quite fishy but of the sea. We do the watermelon and juice trick too. Have you ever harvested or chose a meh watermelon? Well just grab your favorite juice and put in vacuum container/bag and pour the juice on. Pull a vacuum a couple of times and it flavors the watermelon with the juice. My grandkiddos love the surprise flavors. We've done white grape and white grape/peach flavored juices

[@vsatmlrg]

I find it funny that you'd be surprised by the vegan/vegetarian options for the Vietnamese food. Some of my favorite vegan/veg are Vietnamese because they know how to make great "meat substitutes". I live in a big Vietnamese population in California so I am not short of places to eat, but I always come back to those vegan/veg places cause they are still so great when I'm in the mood for them.

[@stephm2429]

So Cal?! Orange County was the first place I ever had vegan pho. Many ramen places are getting too good at simulating the fish taste and it freaks me out😅

[@Dinkleberg2845]

In my experience this doesn't apply to most Vietnamese restaurants in the West though, because almost every dish on the menu has fish sauce in it. Maybe it's different in Cali but where I live the Vietnamese restaurants might as well put up big signs that read "Vegans keep out".

[@orestesdinh7711]

Oh yeah, Vietnam is basically a vegan wasteland, right? I mean, it's not like there are countless vegan restaurants everywhere or anything. She must be living in some tiny, remote village where they worship meat or something. Poor thing, probably has no clue that the rest of the country moved on from that centuries ago.

[@asier_getxo]

Exactly, the best, most convincing vegan restaurant that was trying to replicate meat I've ever tasted was in Ho Chi Minh city. Trully astounding. I had a vegan duck that was surprisingly close to the real one.

[@Takkunda]

thats cause lots of vietnamese are buddhist lol. Every time you go to a buddhist temple in vietnam, you can find "vegan/vegetarian" food.

[@Mewngiboongi]

It's all about appreciating flavours and textures for their own merit. As a vegetarian/vegan for 16 years I truly believe you cannot compare meat with vegan substitutes but there is so much to enjoy in the thing itself, I haven't missed meat this whole time.

[@MyFiddlePlayer]

I'm quite open about trying vegetable-based dishes, but my one trip to a vegan restaurant was a complete disaster. There was literally not one thing on the menu that I could eat! It wasn't that everything was made of vegetables, but every menu item contained something that I happen to be allergic to. Why must they make everything out of oat bran, whole wheat, brown rice, and flax seed? I was expecting hummus, tofu, bean tacos, potato salad, whatever. Maybe that one restaurant was just weird, not a representative sample. I hope so, anyway.

[@clown-cat]

@@MyFiddlePlayer lmfao that's so true!! i've been semi-vegan (mostly due to allergies) for years now, but this year i found out i've also got celiacs and suddenly realized all the popular meat substitutes are based on wheat and out of reach for me 💀 (a bad reaction to seitan actually made me connect the dots and look into getting tested)

[@rtqpcrxn]

​@MyFiddlePlayer I've got the same problem with stuff advertised as vegan, but Im allergic to nuts, soy, and peas..... I didn't realize that gluten was an issue in meat substitutes as well!

[@nommh]

@@Mewngiboongi Thank you, you put it so well! There was a vegan sausage I are for years before I went vegan because I liked everything about it better than the meat sausages I could have gotten. Now I still prefer it to almost all other kinds of vegan sausage around. I‘m so sorry to hear of your allergies @MyFiddlePlayer and @rtqpcrxn

[@aaausername]

@@MyFiddlePlayer Oh by golly, that's annoying. I'm vegan but there's not really any vegan or vegetarian restaurants near where I live so I just cook things myself.

[@hynnow18]

I really appreciate this experiment! And that even though you were skeptical at the beginning, you did not let that stop you from enjoying and giving due credit when dishes were as good or better than non-vegan/or non-plant-based ones. Hope this will encourage more plant-based eating at home!

[@rebel4466]

Keep that attitude. A positive mindset is much more successful in getting people to change a little here and there. The usual vegan is absolutely annoying and makes you not want to join them. I've been living vegan for a year to try out the possible options. Worst part of the experience: vegans.

[@jef2247]

@@rebel4466sorry that you’ve had crappy vegans in your social circles. 😢 I’ve been vegan for five years now and I make sure I don’t give my friends a hard time about eating what they want. They know my reasoning for my choices and that’s all that matters.

[@csdragonfly]

As a vegan, I find your open-minded attitude refreshing!

[@psycryptic]

Would you be open-minded and give meat a try?

[@csdragonfly]

@@psycryptic It WAS my open mind that led me to become vegan, too late in life, in my adulthood. Same open mind has allowed Uyen to try vegan food. On the other hand, unfortunately, YOUR narrow mind is what made you ask me this. So hopefully, even if late in life, you too will OPEN YOUR MIND! Take care!

[@psycryptic]

@@csdragonfly I don't think newly explored morality is gonna make me move.

[@csdragonfly]

@@psycryptic You never know! I became a vegetarian in my twenties, a vegan in my thirties. I'm 50 now. It's never too late!

[@rachelbachel2]

​@@csdragonflyare you aware how harmful veganism is to the environment? Do you know more animals die because of it? Do you know how harmful it is for your health and can cause you to be a burden on the medical health industry, your family and employers?

[@djaypinkie3976]

As a almost 10 year vegan, I am very glad you made this video and gave some vegan food a try. You made me want to travel to Berlin :) it looks like they have some awesome stuff. Would love to see you do this again with German boyfriend giving his ratings too behind the camera XD since you both have a lot of different food preferences. I love your channel and look forward to watching more videos :)

[@Nauway]

Same! I want to travel to Berlin now! I also second the idea of German boyfriend joining you and trying out vegan food!

[@Zan-xm2po]

I'm vietnamese, her saying there aren't a lot of vegan food in Vietnam is misinformation, which i don't blame her because she lives in the rural area. Over 10% of Vietnamese are Buddhist and its really not hard to find Buddhist restaurant which serves vegan food and for realllly cheap.

[@xmxmss2120]

LOL she must have not been to the south. Can't imagine someone say there're not a not of vegan food. So wrong.

[@thiphan264]

She live in the rural in Northern Vietnam. Southern Vietnam has many kinds of food include vegan foods and cold food like many kinds of salads or sommer rolls and bánh mi, Desserts...

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

Me finding out Vietnam is only 10% Buddhist! Is there another prominent religion or is the country secular post-socializing ?

[@michimacho73]

@@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory Yes the Cao Dai, they also do not eat meat ....

[@killinh]

Came here to say the same thing. I was so confused when she said this because Vietnam has SO MANY dishes that are just vegan or vegetarian by default. My parents both come from rural areas in Northern Vietnam, and it's still known to us. And if you've been to a temple even just once (which I feel like most Vietnamese people have despite not necessarily being Buddhist) you'd know that there's always an array of vegan food served there. She probably grew up in a community that really didn't have much vegan food available but it's honestly still a bit surprising that she doesn't at least know about it.

[@KJ-Neon-Yoru-Sage]

Am I the only one that thinks it would be so fun to watch Uyen try cooking vegan takes on Vietnamese food? I think she would be so good at it! Especially since she seems to prefer making things from scratch.

[@christinabest.9058]

I love her being so open and trying different things, especially when it comes to vegan food! It looked delicious,and I truly believe that everyone should try it at least once in your lifetime. She's super cute and I appreciate her content for sure, thanks for sharing this with us,uyen!

[@Muhammadsliter]

Give some pork on your fork

[@srividyakrishnamurthy4725]

I have seen you relish meat so much , i am glad you gave vegan a try and were not disappointed, congrats to you and the restaurant too

[@amalfy4810]

Me and my bf have been vegan for 7 years now and we go on a trip to Berlin every 2 years or so specifically for the food! The second location you visited is where we went last time as well and it was our favourite spot

[@TheDjuske]

This made me want to visit Berlin so bad! I love your positivity about the food even if you're not vegan yourself

[@leza4453]

I have been vegan for 20 years and I love all the new different options opening up and the international cuisine getting accessible for vegans eating out. Btw Baking Herrmann is a great channel who makes tradional plant based food from around the world.

[@anujpramanik1819]

His Italian series was soo good!

[@dwi5582]

Vegan foods are amazing indeed. I have to occasionally consume non-vegan options because I feel sick if I eat only vegan foods, though, and taking supplements isn't possible because I keep on throwing them up

[@ydne]

I usually cook at home, so when I go out I like to have things that are more difficult to make at home. A lot of vegan food is like this.

[@ChrisWar666]

Wunderbar!

[@gablison]

Sauce Stache is also good. he's more of a mad scientist who likes to experiment and delve into more of the science of mock meats and stuff.

[@milie2422]

I was skeptical but this was a really nice video, i'm happy you were open to trying new things and i hope to see more of this kind of videos in the future !

[@raultorres-bonilla5649]

“Vegan Chuchi” warmed my heart. Loved the video and thank you for showcasing some cool spots in Berlin.

[@hynnow18]

I would love to go to that Berlin plant-based grocery store with a travel group and try all the unique creations! Made me so happy that Uyen is plant-based curious, adventurous, and open-minded!

[@voyance4elle]

I recommend putting the vegan salmon on a bagle with vegan Remoulade, lettuce, cucumber and Dill and a squeeze of lemon (Zitrone) 😍🤤

[@minime7375]

I’m vegetarian (mostly plant based though) and Imo what restaurants (and in general the food industry) are doing wrong is trying so hard to imitate meat. Instead of simply going for dishes that were created to be vegetarian or vegan from the start. Asian cuisine especially has a LOT of vegetarian and vegan dishes that are very tasty and contain no meat whatsoever.

[@justmejenny7986]

Agreed.

[@minime7375]

@@pollyfletcher-ee4lr I was thinking more of Indian, it’s mostly vegetarian, but also a lot of Chinese and Japanese dishes that are vegan or easy to “veganize” as you said. Most vegans (long term ones) don’t usually go nuts for fake meat.I’d rather have an honest, well cooked piece of tofu or some mushrooms instead of those processed soy “meats” and beet juice that imitates blood in a “rare” vegan steak. Why would I want something that looks like a bloody steak as a vegan, no idea.

[@noahsarkhive4482]

this, 100%. i also generally wouldn’t recommend those “meat imitations “ because there’s nothing natural about them anymore. a wonder of chemistry for sure, but usually not great for your digestion

[@blodewedd210]

I've been vegan for almost 10 years and I really liked the taste of animal products. So while I mostly eat exactly as you've described, I also highly appreciate being able to have something similar to meat or fish every once in a while. Though, I do agree, if it reminds me too much of a bloody steak it freaks me out 😅

[@TheFonzieCommunity]

The problem is that some people that want to be/try to be vegetarian or vegan, want the food to be like meat; and I’m one of those that can’t see myself being fully vegetarian or vegan because it’s not exactly meaty enough. Also I’m big with authenticity, and it’s hard to make vegetarian or vegan authentic enough to taste the same or similar. It might be easy for some westerners to go vegetarian or vegan, but as a Asian American that would like to potentially duel citizenship with the eu/uk; and my cultural background is not going to convince me that most vegetarian or vegan food is going to be meat like enough or authentic enough for me to be happy. In general i can be vegetarian and vegan partly when I want to be, but will be more flexitarian of different diets/lifestyles.

[@sunnymensch9936]

I almost never use substitutes, not because I think they are bad or sth. I just love naturally vegan dishes. I never miss the meat in there :3

[@voyance4elle]

[@Pseudophonist]

Going for cuisines with vegetable-rich traditions is always gonna win! I didn't have too much trouble finding vegetarian food in Vietnam, in the main cities.

[@marlies7444]

Mediterranean has many "accidental" vegan dishes, hummus, falafel, baba ghanoush, eggplant in tomato sauce, and many more I can't remember. Italian food, pasta with tomato sauce, sauteen with peppers and onions. Mexixan food, bean and rice dishes. Grilled veggies for fajitas. And of course Indian food

[@againstthewaves1]

Indian food tends to have so much dairy xD I have a really hard time finding vegan Indian food

[@marlies7444]

@@againstthewaves1 yes you are correct, I forgot about that. They do use a lot of cheese and ghee.

[@cauvv770]

But most of it can be easily substituted with oil. Instead of ghee, any nuteral flavoured oil can be used. However, there are a lot of desserts with diary, which really can't be substituted that easily. By cheese i think you mean cottage cheese, we do have a lot of cottage cheese curries. But, we Indians ourselves don't eat that everyday. There are so many natural vegan options in Indian food. 😊

[@taylors4243]

^^^ so much this 100%%%

[@galacticwarlock2271]

I love corn smut. Or the corn fungus. It is delicious. DELICIOUS! (Huitlacoche)

[@heather54101]

There are a lot of vegan options beyond soy, like cashew ice cream, that i really like (vs rice or oat ice cream). I also like some of the wheat/seitan based "meat" products vs the soy ones, except i think the mushroom-based "chicken" ones from Quorn are very good. Overall, where i live (Pennsylvania, USA) , there are a lot of options if you want something that is like a typical animal-based product. But the longer I've been eating this way, the more i appreciate eating food that don't try to imitate animal- based products.

[@Hannah24uk]

Thanks so much for trying! The animals would appreciate it. After having worked on a dairy farm, I can tell you, going vegan is the only way to go.

[@AlexTheFox2001]

That mist have been absolutely horrible, I"m sorry. Veganism is truely the only way to go ❤

[@squidleyskidley]

Would love for you to share your insights from working on the diary farm. What exactly changed your perspective?

[@SodaPopxx124]

as a vegan, thank you for making this video! vegan food is for everyone!

[@kaylee9280]

Thank you for doing an episode over vegan food!😄I remember visiting Germany last year and thinking how incredible it was that practically every restaurant I visited had vegan options, not just vegetarian. I think of Germany highly in terms of the vegan world for sure! 🤗

[@tubbygubbler]

omg i love that y'all chose bocosaurus for the vegan vietnamese section ❤ i love arc de soleil. it's so cool that they make royalty free music, cuz it all sounds awesome!! (imo)

[@squidleyskidley]

Just remember if you don’t like one version of vegan food, that doesn’t mean you won’t like another version or from another cook.

[@vclem7518]

I think the expectation that "it will be like meat" is why people get let down by vegan or vegetarian options, i think just being open mind enough to try without expectations would be more of an enhancing experience.

[@jeannekambara1246]

Not related to the content but I appreciate how she blurs out the ppl in the background

[@lexaray5]

Awww I love this so much!!! I'm so happy this experience has made you willing to try vegan options at restaurants moving forward :) Thank you for being so open minded!

[@PalmiraPuglianiniGuerra]

@Uyen I saw you tasting in the Italian bakery and I was about to crash in to the video to say hello. I love your videos!!

[@helloelianamilena]

Idk why but your videos and reels are always so comforting, so thank youuu 🤗

[@TheSchafer78]

HEY! MISSUS NICE VIETNAMESE LADY! 😊 You did a video recently about eating dandelion. If you want to eat dandelion it is very nutritious, but must be picked very early in the morning or around dusk. When the plant starts changing sunlight into nutrition with its chlorophyll it becomes bitter. You must pick only the the smaller leaves very early or late in the day. It is best used in very flavorful salads or sauteed dishes. From a Canadian friend. It can be delicious if harvested and used right. ❤ From a Canadian friend

[@marystestkitchen]

I appreciate the brutal honesty

[@katiechamberlin4194]

Hi Mary! Lovely to see you here 🫶

[@domy6827]

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[@juliee888]

Chocolate cake with fermented soy sauce does not sound good at all. You were brave to have tried it.

[@XxBlueberryxxok]

I mean it looked good why wouldent you try it! Lol

[@eva-w]

It sounds like they're putting too much in it. If they'd just replace the salt in the recipe with some soy sauce it would probably compliment the chocolate flavor well.

[@giuliabortone1265]

The reason why you might have felt the Italian bakery’s black croissant was not very buttery is because it was not a croissant. As you can see it’s called cornetto and it’s what you would usually find in italy instead of croissants. The dough is different, there is less butter and more eggs (obviously in the non vegan version), so it’s a bit more bready than buttery

[@Claudiaatje212]

Glad you had such a positive experience! Berlin is pretty much the vegan capital of Europe, so hard to go wrong 🙂 I switched to plant-based/vegan almost 12yrs ago and it's been one of the best decisions in my life.

[@Rowaaaan]

Same for me! 10 years ago never going back 🎉😊 I love all animals! ❤

[@manekifox]

Next time you're in Berlin try DoenDoen kebab. It's so much better than Vöner.

[@AlohaToNoOne]

Absolutely, I agree!

[@q.phuca6124]

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[@lauren9667]

I never fail to be impressed by your willingness to try new things and admit that sometimes it’s just as good or better than what you’d normally eat or do. I know I’m not your mom, but I’m proud of you, you courageous woman!

[@beckyharding6571]

As someobe dairy intolerant, i was drooling! The idea of being able to order anything in a restaurant!

[@AlecsOfficial]

This video makes me wanna try eating more vegan food! It's also very beneficial for our planet, I'm learning that in school right now. It would take to long to write it all down here but if you are interested, search how much farm land we use only to feed our animals and why eating less to no meat at all, could save our planet! Thank you for that Uyen!!!

[@CocoShin]

Berlin vegan here- it was fun watching you hit up some of my favorite spots. Well done with your research! Now I’m off to have some of those dishes!

[@afasico9669]

I had one of the best dates of my life in that Vietnamese restaurant. I don't live in Berlin anymore and this really hit me in the feelings... I wasn't expecting that!

[@PrateekandMax]

omg uyen your videos never disappoint :D the next time i'm in berlin i can't wait to try vegan food there as i always ate meat in berlin. thanks for the inspo

[@ralucabalc1100]

Thank you so much for having an open mind and making this video❤

[@aboutnol]

Yat. I'm vegan for 12 years and I love your videos. When I've traveled to Berlin a few years ago it was super easy to find good vegan food. I also visited in the sushi place and the supermarket you've been in here lol. BTW I still think about tho pho I ate in Berlin or Munich a few times I don't remember where it was but I really liked it.

[@voyance4elle]

Berlin ist great 😍 vegan heaven 💚 but Cologne (Köln) for example is also an amazing place to live as a vegan, or Bonn, a smaller town nearby... I guess most cities with students or towns with some "alternative thinking" population, but I even found amazing vegan places in towns where I didn't expect it... 😁

[@IssieAndLife]

Really? Aw heck. I visited Köln in February 2023 and found it a bit difficult for vegan options, but I was with work so had to eat wherever my colleagues wanted to go.

[@samanthatheminimalist]

As a vegan I just love that you did this and were willing to try everything!

[@voyance4elle]

Me too 💚

[@hansmeyer7225]

The huge advantage omnivores have is they can eat everything eatable 😅

[@Etienne_H]

What about animal rights though

[@babecat2000]

@@Etienne_H The problem with that is when they want to put animals on a higher level than humans.

[@princesspenelopebananahamo1816]

@@babecat2000Who does that?

[@thesayes6231]

"It's quite difficult to have a bite out of it and look elegant. But I try. ... AAAAAAH" Love the video. made me hungry.

[@janinhacker8772]

You were munching around the corner from me. 🥙 😋 We have so many Asian vegan restaurants here. Vegan Döner with Seitan as a meat substitute are not particularly popular in Berlin, much more so the Gemüsedöner with roasted veggies - so yummy. You could come more often to Berlin to our countless Vietnamese restaurants and report. It's always a pleasure to see you chatting and enjoying food. 🙋🏼‍♀

[@ellebell5964]

I’m a vegan living in Australia, and I love Vietnamese restaurants in the city! There’s lots of delicious vegan options. I love bun hue and com chay! Always grateful to be able to try options within the Vietnamese cuisine.

[@imangellau]

Thank you for giving vegan food a try!🌱💚

[@agiori1005]

Thank you for this Uyen! My sister lives in Berlin and i have always heard that in the city you can find a lot of options, i will take notes of the places you went, thank you for your open mind trying vegan food! 💗

[@voyance4elle]

A few things I'd like to mention: 1) "Seidentofu" is amazing for deserts! It's light and fluffy and my absolute favorite desert is a Mousse au Chocolat with Seidentofu 🤤 2) Most vegans chose this way of life because of ethical reasons so we accept that some meals we'll probably never taste again for a good cause. To us it's worth it to sacrifice a few food items for the greater good. So after a while we start to forget the taste of the "old diet" that we had before. So our taste changes. Most people are super used to meat, milk, cheese and so on... But when you change your diet you adapt and get used to other tastes. So to most of us it's not important that things taste like meat or saussage or cheese. A few vegans never liked that taste in the first place and a few vegans are disgusted by stuff that resembles dead animals. So the things that resemble meat are mostly for new vegans that want to change but are still very attached to these kinds of food (like junkies getting Methadon 😂) - it makes the change easier. For some of us it's a once in a while thing and then there are many people who aren't vegans but want to switch it up from time to time to eat cruelty-free meals more often 😊 I think only a few vegans eat things that try to resemble meat regularly... At home I only cook with vegetables, beans, mushrooms, things like that and maybe every 2 or 3 months I buy a Schnitzel or something like Vischstäbchen... Because it's nostalgia 🤗 But going out to eat in a restaurant is always an adventure 😍 I don't mind if the meals immitate something or are just their original as long as it's super tasty and it mostly is ❤

[@leza4453]

Yes, I am very used to soymilk. After some years being vegan, I found that cow stuff smells really vile (like unwashed feet), though I did not think like that before I became a vegan.

[@voyance4elle]

@@leza4453 hahaha although I am an oatmilk person I have to agree 😂 I used to love cow milk but not I find it super disgusting (8 years of being vegan here

[@p.s.shnabel3409]

"... to eat cruelty-free meals ..." I salute your good will, but you are fooling yourself it you think that life can ever be cruelty-free. At best, it can be cruelty-mitigating. What do I mean by that? As an average person the food you eat is mass produced. That goes for animal products as well as plants. We don't need to go into the animal side of things, because we're all aware how bad some of that can be. However, in order to mass produce plants you need to deploy insecticides as well as use methods of pest control (e.g. small rodents, snails). This typically kills them or at the very least deprives them of their ability to survive. Why is it that we're seeing a general drastic decline of insect populations all over the world? Why is it that a lot of smaller vertebrates are on the brink of extinction? Because humans need food, that's why. And that's not even going into the negative effects of transporting these goods, the enormous amounts of waste (of perfectly good food just because they don't meed industry standards visually), packaging and storage. Yes, I'm well aware that animal products incur all the same bad effects - but again, if we think that eating vegan means eating guilt-free, then that is simply not the case. My personal solution, after living vegetarian and developing all kinds of food allergies because my body is a dork, is to try and live consciously. Whether that's waste reduction, getting involved in local attempts to better life (e.g. voluntary work at a shelter), tamping down on greed, or simply buying locally and seasonal (if you live in an area where they grow more than potatoes and blueberries) - it doesn't matter. All is good, every attempt it equally valid. We do what we can, as we can and remember to be mindful of our own needs while we do so. I've come to terms with the fact that I hurt other life by simply existing. But I also understand we *all* do and the trick is to give back as I can. And I sure hope that when I cross that rainbow bridge, the gods will see things my way -.-

[@Flo-vn9ty]

@@p.s.shnabel3409 It's not only about insects etc. It's also about working conditions in the production of the food etc. A cruelty-free diet would also mean no vegan chocolate for example.

[@leza4453]

@@p.s.shnabel3409 while your statements are true, I want to add an important further fact: Imported grains and oilseeds go mostly into animal feed (almost all south american soy, for example). Also, animal feed has lower quality standards for pesticides. You need way more acres for producing plant foods than animal food. A vegan consumes way less soy than a meat eater through his animal products.

[@pauvzla]

her saying "shushi" is the most adorable thing of the whole video

[@fantasyenjoyer123]

uyen . im from danang, and when u said "its very hard to find vegan food in vietnam" u r very wrong sister. danang has lots of vegan restaurant and most of them are very good. theres also more vegan places in other provinces too. u just missed out of them cuz u r one of the "dont like vegan food" vietnamese like me dad but i'm very happy that u r open to try new things

[@colorbar.s]

this whole video shows she isn’t a “don’t like vegan food vietnamese” like you said. she just isn’t from a place in vietnam that has it.

[@Takkunda]

@@colorbar.s isn't she from northern vietnam? She might not be religious cause you are supposed to eat do chay as a vietnamese person as part of buddhism. When you go to temples for tet they don't serve anything that isn't vegetarian / vegan.

[@Telerapette]

That was a very refreshing video. I like your honesty and open-minded attitude!

[@katharinakuh6518]

We have such great vegan curry wurst places in Berlin!!! Unfortunately, it seems this one was not one of them :(

[@cbruegg]

Which place would you recommend?

[@Roygbiv04]

Vietnamese vegan food(chay) is probably the best type of vegan cuisine. Especially the vegan meals that Buddhist temples offer on holiday events!

[@Fune-r9w]

Yes, she sounds uneducated.

[@yanied9646]

Vietnamese food has a lot of delicious plants in general, which is great advantage

[@lantieunguu930]

@@Fune-r9wshe might be ignorant about that subject cuz she is not buddhist and maybe aren't familiar with it. She can educate herself more about that but she is not uneducated. We can't know everything and are all in learning process everyday.

[@colleenmarin8907]

When she speaks about Vietnam and Vietnamese life, she is always speaking about her personal lived experiences. Like when a Canadian speaks about Canada and Canadian life

[@anetten5021]

Cool that you're trying out vegan food! I'm also jealous on the options they have in Berlin and Germany 😅 it's nice seeing others being excited to try out vegan foods 😁 and also nice feeling that no animals were harmed for the food 💖

[@JustPeachyVibeyVibes]

This vid made me so happy 😊 I loved how open minded you were and gave your honest opinion about the food. Ppl often judge too quickly how something is going to taste which is so upsetting. There's tons of fantastic vegan food, as well as bad and that goes for all food, vegan or not. You are such a gem!

[@tranmthu]

Can't believe I don't know any of these places. Noting them down to go with my vegan friends. I have some other recommendations for vegan food in Berlin: Quy Nguyen (restaurant with actual main dishes completely vegan), Kim999 Vegan (vietnamese vegan sushi, less fancy than the place in the video but also yummy!) On my list for places to try: Veganaa (mongolian vegan dumplings) Vegan food isn't that hard to find in Vietnam - the problem is that most places that offer meat don't offer a vegan alternative and vegan places don't offer any meat. So whenever I go visit my family in Saigon I end up eating too much meat because we go to places that only have meat as most family members don't want to go without meat. I'm only a flexitarian but I really get tired of meat in Vietnam quickly. My family indulged me once by taking us to a buddhist vegetarian all you can eat place and for only 80.000 đ (less than 4 €) there was a huge selection of different vegetarian Vietnamese food!

[@TheMixCurator]

Its often super hit or miss with Vegan/Vege stuff, but when you find the "one", its incredible

[@hynnow18]

The brown “pumpkin” I wonder if it got mis-translated and is kanpyo, a dried gourd. It’s usually in the list of “basic” veggie rolls along with the cucumber, carrot, and burdock (gobo) rolls so should be able to find it at a regular sushi restaurant. I highly recommend trying it again by itself without the cream cheese. It’s my favorite! A little sweet, umami, and slight crunch. Yum yum. I’ll get futomaki and then eat around it so my last bites can be all kanpyo 😂

[@Lovereignsupreme]

💚 Culture based cuisine is often what is readily available and reducing waste. I am impressed with you expanding your horizons and you are so engaging and fun to watch! I fully support this journey😊

[@Pankhuriii3063]

Uyen I am a vegetarian, I loved that u tried these because I have mostly seen u eating non veg, thats a very brave step. Also plz try Indian cuisine, I want to see ur reaction Love love❤❤

[@qwmx]

It's not brave. Trying vegan and vegetarian food is not hard.

[@nadinebinder4488]

I love how you are modeling to be open and curious and just give things a try to see how you like it. And Berlin is such a great place to try vegan options ❤ Hamburg also has quite a few Vietnamese vegan places that make fantastic tapas style food - tastes great and looks beautiful, like the one you tried in this video.

[@evaschmid2583]

As i vegan on holiday in Vietnam i was amazed by all the options!

[@inezketchup]

Small English note: "let's see what it tastes like" or "let's see how it tastes". The how and like can't go together. Love your videos!!

[@dorolicious]

As a vegan, I rarely try to imitate meat. The taste is much more important and there are so many delicious plant dishes, I don't miss most animal food products. The only thing I really miss are some cheese options and a runny sunny side egg.

[@jutubetub4384]

Omg an honest Influencer! How refreshing! Danke dir!

[@theszmek]

Omg such good timing my fiance and I are vegan and we're traveling to Berlin in November! ❤🎉

[@OriginallyToowie]

This was very entertaining. I’ve been vegan for almost 10 years and my favorite cuisine is Vietnamese haha maybe I’m lucky with my city having lots of good options for vegans but I’ve never been to Vietnam!

[@terischaefer3954]

This truly was one of your top 10 videos in my opinion. you are so personable and open and honest and cute lol, appreciate the honest opinions on vegan foods, wish more were in USA, atleast where I live. You and Fiance' are so funny and enjoyable to listen to and watch, thank you for the past 2 yrs Ive watched you both. :)

[@MoneySavingMumma]

2:15 I personally prefer vegan Vietnamese food, but here in South Australia we have some very good Vietnamese places that do amazing vegan food. The rest of my family go for pork n beef everything.

[@lorenadsouza8135]

You should do a blindfold challenge where you tell the difference between vegan food and non vegan food.

[@squidleyskidley]

Yes I feel like she went in with a lot of expectations and bias. Which is understandable, but I think she would have liked more of the food if she didn’t expect to not like it

[@VichelleAndNicolas]

Now you're making me want to go to Berlin ❤ also I've been to Vietnam before as a vegan and I enjoyed it and loved how easy it was to find it... I went to HCMC 3x and Hue once.

[@tran1123]

My parents are both Buddhist, and so they took me to Vietnamese Buddhist temples often when I was a child in San Jose. I was impressed with how good their food is, and I consistently could not tell the difference between their vegan chạo tôm vs the real version. As an adult, I have been to Vietnam 7 times, and there is a vegan restaurant in the town of Đông Hà (central Viet Nam) that my team of meat-eaters consistently requested for dinner because it is so good. In the U.S., I always find the best vegan restaurants are Asian, mostly Buddhist-oriented. I just volunteered at a Taiwanese Buddhist temple this morning, and they gave my team a Taiwanese vegan lunch that was really tasty. I do eat meat, but my Vietnamese Buddhist upbringing has allowed me to enjoy good food regardless of whether it has meat or not.

[@IJustFartedPoo]

As a Buddhist my teacher tells me only taking only what you need. I take one cows life a year or less. Much less life taken than all the plants and insects life’s in vegan diet.

[@kayzak5785]

I could watch these long form videos all day lolol. I thought she only did shorts. Just signed up to get notified on all her videos.

[@Geckokidthepaladin]

i'm a vegan asian guy and i'm really looking forward to going to berlin now XD

[@cantbeleveitsnotnaru]

The fun part is that the more you look, the more vegan foods you'll see around! It's always a fun time for our house to see a new vegan thing and taste test it. Sometimes they are SO GOOD!! And sometimes I'm surprised they got past product testing 😂 Like many other comments, it is really important to look at it as it's own thing, and look for dishes that are trying to be good food, and not just vegan. Really delighted to see you willing to try so many things outside your food comfort zone! I hope you find lots of other really delicious vegan things you love!

[@sumi3011]

Really glad to see you be so open-minded towards trying vegan food. ☺🌱I have to say that even though there are lots of vegan "meat-like" substitutes out there, in my opinion the best vegan dishes are most of the time the ones without them. Lentils, chickpeas, beans, nuts, tempeh, seitan, and tofu make incredible vegan sources of protein. Many vegans and vegetarians I know, including myself, most often appreciate the flavors those ingredients bring by themselves over vegan meats. 😄 I know that you wanted to try and see how similar vegan meat tastes to real meat and that's totally alright! They're usually 50/50 in being a hit or miss though hahaha. Indian cuisine has a lot of great vegetarian and easy-to-veganise dishes. I really recommend you trying those out sometime! Love u always Uyen. 😽💗

[@miaowmail]

This is a wonderful video! Thank you for being open minded and giving vegan food a try! I recently bought a vegan Vietnamese cookbook but haven’t used it yet!

[@shubhanshujain752]

There’s so much good vegan Vietnamese food.

[@MomTravelLifestyle]

My best vegan food experience was in DaNang and Hoi An. Being an Indian vegetarian living in US, i had never felt any vegan food to be tasty and flavourful, that i would choose it over regular vegetarian indian food, but my trip experience in Vietnam changed that prejudice. I hope you would try next time you go back to your home country. Banh mi and pho were my favourites!

[@Frauke-nv9od]

I wished there were vegan places in all German towns. Eating vegetarian food is possible quite easily, but if you're on a journey just somewhere in Germany and try to eat vegan, there are a lot of difficulties

[@albawaterhouse]

pommes are my go to, there's more often than not nothing else

[@leza4453]

Almost anywhere in Germany, even really remote villages, you can find Italian restaurants. There you can usually eat pasta aglio olio or pomodoro and pizza fungi or vegetariana without cheese.

[@voyance4elle]

There are vegan restaurants in all cities but maybe not in every small town. I recommend the App Happy Cow to find the good spots 😊

[@marychristmas1588]

Unfortunatley pasta often are made with eggs... :(

[@leza4453]

@@marychristmas1588 only fresh pasta in Italien restaurants. Dried pasta has a Reinheitsgebot in Italy and can't contain eggs.

[@phyliciajoykloes]

Aaahhh! I got so excited for this video! Berlin is so lovely! As someone who eats vegan, it's like a vegan heaven, haha.

[@susanbryant6516]

When I eat vegan or vegetarian, I don’t order things trying to recreate meat or cheese, but I can see the appeal for people who have changed completely to the vegetarian/vegan diet and might miss the dishes or flavours of their earlier days.

[@violetsnotroses3640]

I've been vegetarian for about ten years, but I've kind of always liked fake meat better than real meat? It's a texture thing, for me. The vegetarians I know have pretty mixed opinions on the subject of fake meat. I think the stereotype is that most people go vegetarian/vegan for very strong ideological reasons, but in my experience, lots of us just don't like meat that much, and have medium strength moral convictions.

[@rosemilkboba]

See this is interesting to me because I was raised pescatarian but chose to become vegetarian when I was 7, and I really like some of the meat substitutes

[@phenomadology23]

My easy hack for dairy-free whipped cream (if you live in a city, I can't usually find it in smaller towns) is to buy a can of coconut cream and then put it in the fridge overnight. I add some sugar and vanilla extract and whip it up. It definitely tastes more like coconut than whipping cream, but I like the flavor, and it's so nice to have it in the cupboard and not have to go out and buy fresh cream every time! Also lactose-intolerant friends are always very appreciative.

[@marsbit1711]

love the video! the camera work was well done, shoutout to german fiancé

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[@Hannamyy]

So nice to get to ser cool vegan food in Berlin! Thank you for charing and beeing so open to try new things :)

[@bjuri_lore]

if u try a coffee or matcha beverage again I would highly (!!) recommend you trying oat milk instead of soymilk

[@bjuri_lore]

makes a huge difference

[@SWMUKBANG]

Love ur honesty lolll

[@theonetruesarauniya]

This was such a great video! I've been making an active effort to try to eat more vegan and vegetarian dishes more often. I'm trying to figure out how to incorporate vegan dishes to my culture's foods as they are also quite meat heavy also. I'm getting close though for certain things. Love, love your videos and everything you post. You're such a bright light and warm spirit. Love how open and full of joy with this. Amazing job. Much love, Uyen!

[@voyance4elle]

Do you want to share what your culture is? 😊 I love to follow different cooking channels on youtube for inspo...

[@gailalbers1430]

Hi - so glad YT recommended your video today - it hasn’t for months I am still subscribed , love your video!

[@saviotus5790]

So much soy! I love soy, it's my favourite plant-based protein source, but here in Finland, we have many more options besides soy. I don't think soy is nowadays even the most used vegan protein in Finland.

[@voyance4elle]

We usually have a lot of Seitan and other things here :) I don't know why there were so many soy products in this video 😅

[@vomm]

In Germany we also have a lot of alternatives to soy. Very common currently is pea protein. The Mortadella at 12:22 is based on sunflower protein. Soy and Seitan is often used in restaurants because it's organic, traditional and "natural" - not extracted industrial protein like pea protein isolate. Keep in mind Berlin is hardcore alternative and loves organic stuff.

[@AlexTheFox2001]

In Germany vegan alternatives in supermarkets are really accessable especially compared to other countries I've been to, like Spain, France, England, Scotland and even the Netherlands, which were way better off than Germany like five years ago. Argumently I have only been to rather small or even tiny supermarkets there, but in Germany even those have quite a lot. But the options in Restaurants is definetely better in Cities like London and Edinburgh were I've recently been than in Collogne and Bonn were I'm from. I found that really interesting and would really like to know why tbat is.