When Kellie Asante discovered vegan eating and nutrition, she was captivated, but found one of the biggest hurdles was that the food did not taste like “home”. She decided that there was a need for vegan, Afro-centred restaurants, cooking classes, and products in the Greater Toronto Area — and so Afrobeets was born!
Gearing people up for what’s to come for summer 2018, Kellie will be serving her signature, flavour-packed Chik’n and Waffles. A vegan take on an African/American comfort food staple, Kellie’s chik’n and waffles are a marriage of flavours from vast culinary traditions of Africa and beyond that are 100% plant-based.
Yendidi (let’s eat)!
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Chik’n & Waffles $15
A fluffy homestyle waffle with 2 piece Chik’n (crispy battered oyster mushrooms) on top.
Each chik’n & waffles combo comes with your choice of tater tots or coleslaw, and smoky-tangy maple syrup. (#vegan)
Classic — Good old battered, fried and golden.
Yahji BBQ — Chik’n tossed in a west african inspired savoury and spicy peanut bbq sauce
Apple Honie — Chik’n tossed in a sweet and zesty house-made apple honie sauce
Sweet Potato Pie $4
Decadent sweet potato pie served
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Afrobeets is a company on a mission to shake up the perception of vegan food by creating mouthwatering food that excites, broadens, and inspires your palate and mind. With its roots grounded in the cuisines of Africa and Diaspora and it’s inception sparked by the needs and imaginations of real people, Afrobeets provides contemporary Vegan-Africana cuisine that is both innovative and necessary. Through curated food events, providing catering services, and crafting devourables, Afrobeets makes wholesome delicious food that makes you taste the rhythm.
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Every Friday The Depanneur is an ‘open mic’ night for culinary talent in TO, where we invite guest cooks, amateur or professional, to come and make their favourite dishes.
