Doomie dishes out his mac and cheese that would fool any omni.
Before I was vegan I never much liked mac and cheese. I still don’t.
I don’t think it’s ‘cuz when we were po I ate it a lot, of the grimy then-25¢ a box Kraft kind. I think I just don’t like it.
Doomie’s Mac and Cheese
But what I DO like is a good old-fashioned vegan food bare-knuckled throwdown. And that’s what I got today.
Sun Cafe’s mac and cheese
Chicavegan, the manger of the M Cafe De Chaya on Melrose, was a judge at this summer’s Vegan Burger Smackdown at Mohawk Bend, and today she threw her own event: L.A.’s Best Vegan Mac & Cheese Showdown. And it was great. Five restaurants showed up at Space 15 Twenty on Cahuenga and offered up their take on vegan mac and cheese. The five battlers were Doomie’s, Hugo’s, Sun Cafe, M Cafe, and Southern Fried Vegan.
Southern Fried Vegan’s version
For five bucks you got five good-sized servings. Plus, Amanda’s Bakery & Cafe was selling some good desserts to boot.
Treats from Amanda’s Bakery
I went with the head of Supervegan’s L.A. office and she liked Doomie’s the best. And I have to say, Doomie’s was good and it did taste the most like traditional mac and cheese. But my favorite was from Hugo’s, and the judges thought so too, since they crowned it the champ.
Hugo’s Winning Recipe
I forgot to take a photo of Hugo’s mac and cheese because I was too busy woofing it down, but If you’re curious, there’s a lot more photos on Supervegan’s instagram @wearesupervegan
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