There was no shortage of suitors for Gordon Ramsay’s TikTok challenge, with home cooks around the world proposing vegan alternatives to classic recipes. In one reaction video, Ramsay declares a vegan beef Wellington “inedible,” renaming the dish “Turd Wellington.” Then there was the misguided chef who attempted to veganize mozzarella, resulting in a video Ramsay labeled “Vegan Cheese Tragedy.” In one submission after another, Ramsay agonizes his way through plant-based recipes that, at best, pale in comparison to their meaty counterparts, and at worst are downright affronts to food (we’re looking at you, vegan English breakfast burrito beef Wellington nonsense). But, as we all know, you have to kiss a few frogs to find your vegan prince, and royalty arrived on May 19 in the form of a ramen dish to die for.
“Sometimes I can be nice to #Vegan,” Ramsay wrote in the caption that accompanies his reaction video. The chef follows along and even oohs, ahhs, and “wunderbar!”s along, as @bakinghermann shows Ramsay his vegan ramen, made with shiitake mushrooms, tahini, and white miso. “This […] tahini and miso ramen converts any meat-eater,” the TikTokker claims at the top of the video, and Ramsay’s approval certainly made a believer out of us. “Omg Gordon was happy with the result for once,” one fan commented, while another wrote, “First time seeing Gordon talking nice about somebody’s cooking skills.” Has Ramsay really found his vegan Prince Charming? If anything can do it, ramen can.