Yemayá’s Vegan Corner — Restaurant in Amsterdam

Together with @eze_theglocalizer I went to visit Yemayá’s Vegan Corner to try out their menu for @blackloveoffood!

And our taste buds were extremely happy. Such tasty and fully plant-based food.

You can find natural beauty products in the restaurant as well, there’s quite some place to sit and on a sunny day it’s possible to sit outside (on a small terrace).

What did we taste?

Drinks: Ginger Lemonade Smoothie of the week (berry) — Non-sparkling nice and sweet lemonade with a really good ginger taste. Not too much that it’s unpleasant but enough to enjoy a fresh ginger flavour. Sweetened with agave which is a biiiig plus for us since we try to limit refined sugar intake. And Yemayá understands. The berry smoothie was sweet and fresh as well. Not too thick but still a nice smoothie texture. If you love berries, this one’s for you for sure.

Appetizer: Saoto Soup

— The soup was fire! FIRE! A vegan saoto soup? Don’t mind if I do. I honestly thought it would be very different from the original since it’s mostly made with chicken stock but they did the thing bruh. Eze doesn’t even like soup and he was enjoying thoroughly. Then you know it’s truly good.

Mains: Burger on spelt pita Yemayá’s box with mushrooms and vegan pom

— Great flavours, fresh veggies, healthy and lovely to eat. The burger was juicy and was one of the best meat substitutes I’ve ever had (and I’ve had many). It was Eze’s dish but I’m coming back for it for sure. The box was amazing. So many different things on a plate: cooked plantain, salad, pom, wild rice, mushrooms. Make sure you have an appetite to eat all of this deliciousness cause the portion is thick.

Dessert: Banana cake

— Sweet, fluffy, soft and melts on your tongue. Homemade deliciousness. And different from so many other menus in Amsterdam.

The owners are nothing short of amazing. So warm, friendly and passionate about what they do. Meat lovers will still have a great time here, so just go even if you’re not fully vegan (we aren’t either). The prices are also so decent for Amsterdam, so even on a budget you’ll be fine here.

A black-owned gem that deserves it all. I hope they exist forever to keep treating people with this dope concept. A big win for Amsterdam to have them!

You can find a video of our experience on our page...

HEAVENLY SAOTO SOUP (^3^)/

Was not familiar with the area and did not know where they sold saoto soup 😪 LUCKILY, a quick google search for saoto soup led me to this cute vegan corner. (^o^)

I used to be deadly afraid of vegans, so much I would hide and shiver in fear when they walked past me (I can smell when someone's vegan)

This saoto changed my life and helped me get over my fear of vegans, I almost wanted to turn vegan myself... Sadly, I still love fried chicken.♡

10/10 soup! ( ﾉ^ω^)ﾉ Mushrooms in the soup kind of imitate the meat you would usually have in a normal saoto, loved it! Also, the lime in the soup? You may think it's weird to have in a saoto, but it enriched the flavors very well.

Nice people with nice smiles working there, clean place + students at the school nearby get a discount, not a student there but they still...

Saoto vegan! Brilliant idea, but I think that will be perfect if you use Oyster mushroom and more nutmeg to give real Surinamesse saoto! Very healthy wild rice they add!

The vegan cheeseburgers was soo good! Taste like meat, a must to try! And for tempeh pita bread, I taste little bit bitter, maybe you need to choose the good tempeh producer. There is one best tempeh in NL, taste so good, brand Tempehting

The vibes was also good and cozy, the hidden vegan place in Amsterdam South East, take the metro to Gein from Ams. Centraal, stop...