Evolving Vegan

Name: Evolving Vegan
Released: 2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Mena Massoud

TV Show · Reality · Travel

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

2023 · 40m

Starring Mena Massoud

EPISODE 1

Los Angeles, CA

Mena restaurant-hops with friends Lilly Singh and Laura Marano, indulging in plant-based French pastries, pastrami sammies, Thai chicken wings and carne asada.
EPISODE 2

Portland, OR

A diverse group of chefs creates mouth-watering plant-based dumplings, fried chicken sandwiches and Vietnamese catfish; Mena forages for lobster mushrooms and visits the oldest tofu factory in America.
EPISODE 3

Vancouver, BC

Mena explores his Canadian backyard, discovering delicious plant-based sushi, pistachio cannolis and pizza; Mena gets hands-on at a vegan cheese factory with comedian Bassem Youssef and catches a floatplane to forage for sea asparagus.
EPISODE 4

Mexico City, MX

In a frenzy of mezcal and spice, Mena devours a host of local delicacies: plant-based seafood, agua chile and classic enfrijoladas. Later, Mena joins a local abuela to make traditional moles and visits the legendary floating chinampas.
EPISODE 5

Austin, TX

Mena explores the off-beat Texan capital's surprising plant-based bounty: fried chicken, larger-than-life biscuits, short rib baos and mouth-watering vegan brisket.
EPISODE 6

Toronto, ON

Mena returns to his home town and makes vegan ice cream with musician Tesher, then swings home to get a taste of his mum's Egyptian cooking.