Cam Johnson & Chef Kwame Onwuachi talk Aliens, Hoops & more at BKLYN Blend | The Brooklyn Way
but I hear you’re big into space I am what what is it about space it’s fascinating right and I think you know everything in in our worlds get so busy and you get so caught up in everything everything seems so of such massive importance you know the world’s going to end if I don’t do this or you know everything will come crashing out if I do that and I think just learning about it reading about it um and trying to understand it better just puts so much in perspective we’re literally floating on a rock through space exactly nothing is that deep a small rock at that yeah a very small rock yeah do you think like aliens could hoop though no absolutely not there’s no way they could come to Earth and who I’m with you it’s been one hell of a busy summer let’s flash back to the winter real quick I spent my first February training with a pro basketball trainer David Xenon in preparation for my first ever NBA Allstar Celebrity Game keep it in front you know that’s in cash I also got a chance to visit Brooklyn blend a popular Health Food Spot in bed sty wow that’s a work of art thank you Chef hey we got one swide fry coming up and while there I had a chance to break bread and chop it up with my main man cam Johnson who’s the odds on early FV for MVP they not saying me no you got a you’re an underdog right now and we’re going to do it the Brooklyn way follow through fingers down snap that wrist there you go keep your knees bent follow through high there you go the soft touch don’t turn don’t don’t start sideways remember yeah stay squared up hold that keep the follow through high there we go good how long have we’ve been training for week and a half now he’s been putting in a lot of work man he been putting in a lot of work let work come on got you see on the Guam Guam three two cash app one yes sir cash app you got this oh stupid come on now we out of here baby I feel good you know I just wanted to see what it’s like to play in the arena stay low until you’re done with the shot hold that bang just got to focus on the rim and I think I’ll be all right I don’t think anybody else is training as much as this so I can bet on that all right let’s go coach let’s go start on the Baseline down and back you going to have to hook go the full court during the game My Boy L up yes sir let’s go Euro Step good work baby come on conditioning’s improved that was a big thing for us his jump shots improved come on lock in lock in there you go that’s what I’m talking about you got thisam let’s work let’s work let’s work oh yeah oh yeah cardio come on hold that bang hold that F through stay there yes sir you hear it MVP you hear it MVP I hear it MVP all right let’s go get some lunch with Cam I’m done here David thank you appreciate it but I I got to go to my real job oh let’s go after all that work on the court Noah had to reu with something healthy so it was a no-brainer to head over to Brooklyn blend yo what’s up man my guy how you doing man I’m good I’m good I’m so good I’m better now I’m better now founded 8 years ago by a tight-knit crew of Brooklyn what’s up baby this popular spot has made a name for itself by delivering healthy and delicious food to their community and they were gracious enough to invite me back into their kitchen Chef SE what’s up baby welcome my brother welcome so this is where it all goes down this is where all the fun Happ this is this is the the piece of magic that people don’t get to see there you go Salmon’s your thing salmon is a thing salmon is a thing people love the salmon okay all our salmon is wild CT okay you know what I’m saying and we we smoke them at the other spot and we bring them here and and we have a special dry season that we what’s what is it love come on man you’re not going to let me in I’m already I’m halfway there it’s we have some o some or spice some oregano some fenel seeds yeah yeah yeah that’s that love that tring that love brother beautiful beautiful you know what I mean so let’s get started all right let’s do it all right let’s get started on the tuna sandwich first tuna tuna boom how how you like your tuna Cooks medium rare medium rare all right so we got the tuna steak oh hell yeah get that thing nice and smoking nice and smoking that’s going to cook quick all right so what kind of sauce so right here we have our own Chipotle mayo put a little right here right right on the breeze I made that myself M came myself yeah that’s great so we make our owny sweet chipotle sauce to make all all our dressings everything in house okay so we got a little Chipotle here right here beautiful more onions some red onion got us do the double sauce got to do the double sauce close it up wow look at that let me let you in on a little secret that thing pretty that thing sexy Swit order up I’m exp my paycheck on Friday man next Friday next Friday all right all right all right what’s up hey what’s up man you nice to meet you bro what’s good man how you doing I’m good how are you I’m good Bro you’ve been in Brooklyn for a year now exactly how’s Brooklyn treating you it’s good it’s been good it’s been all right where’ did you come from Phoenix yes sir a little colder much colder much colder did that think I’m getting used to no I’m from Pittsburgh man so oh I’m no stranger to the cold weather just left it for a little bit okay so what’s been your like favorite part of Brooklyn uh I got to be the food the food the food okay got to be the food any any kind of food it’s just the variety that I like you knowy that I like is Pittsburgh known for any food like they have those crazy sandwiches out there right Perman Brothers perny brothers would be like like mozzarella sticks on it I mean you could but the traditional thing thank you sir is you know cappicola ham cold SLA and then throw some french fries on there so put in french fries on sandwiches put in french fries on salads it’s a Pittsburgh thing to the point where any other place I go if I say can I get a chicken salad and then can you put french fries on it they look at you like huh that’s crazy to me you said that in Pittsburgh just like yeah it comes with it be weird if you didn’t do it yeah I got to try it I got to try it um and then obviously there’s some healthy spots you know some some bowls smoothies uh anything really while we’re in one Brooklyn blend they’re known for their juices their smoothies and they’re Caribbean food so that’s actually the Brooklyn Nest so it’s got peanut butter it’s got all types of seeds it’s very very healthy it’s a good smoothie yeah hey I want you to meet good brother ke nice to meet you how long you been here eight years eight years years very nice it’s a good one right here thank you thank you Brooklyn Nets Captain Brooklyn Nets we actually named this when we first opened cuz we were big fansing that so we had to name uh pay homage to prob one flavors one of the best sellers yeah yeah yeah definitely I like it he balls too yeah yeah he said he could cross you up I was like that’s crazy yeah was like yo Cam’s going to be here what you do man you shooter passer Defender I’m a Survivor I like it I’m the too hard I like it but yeah man I love basketball it’s my way to when after a long day work it’s almost like we flip-flop after long day work I come home and make some food or something yeah after long day work you go hoet [Music] yeah got a shrimp salad do a little garnish on there for you I was ear hustling so man you the man bro Pittsburgh way Pittsburgh way feel like I’m back at home the Ste sandwich well beautiful beautiful you know growing up in Brooklyn we had a huge deficit of options healthy options and um when we came up with the idea of Brooklyn blend we saw a need for healthy options in our community so this the reason why we have this in front of you here today we’ve been here for 8 years we’re looking to to expand in other communities that needs our services you know fun fact my father actually built this space with his hands um you know first generation Caribbean yep some of these items are repurpose things from Brooklyn you have something here from con Island Con Island we the facade of the building is from Coran we did so much dumpster diving so much dumpster diving while we were space that’s a Caribbean for you that is Caribbean so I have Caribbean so so when you walk in you feel energy right it’s Brooklyn you know people from walks of life all sorts of community just coming in and just having conversations like you guys MH so there the type of food you eat during the Y pre-workout post-workout exactly try to just get Greens in get proteins in okay obviously during the season when you’re playing a lot back to back you want to make sure you get your carbs in okay and just stay away from things that are detrimental for the most part so right now I’m I’m uh training for the All-Star Game in Indianapolis playing in it yeah what should I be eating this Brooklyn blend good thing I’m here right good I’m here said this you ready for the game yeah man yeah I’m training every day getting ready for what’s your uh goal MVP is there any other goal how you how you going to get there hard work okay what’s your stat line going to be um we’re working on it you going to be a scorer passer rebounder score 15 points five assists one block and and a shimmy you know what I mean uh-huh and a shimmy when does the shimmy come after three the shimmy comes after the tech it’s like get off me you celebrate a you going to celebrate a tech yeah to the ref you might get a second to get thrown out ref I’m going to yeah I got to make it a show got to make it a show you from New York that’s your mentality we’re here at Brooklyn blend signing off my good friend kwam we’re looking for an MVP mhm 15 mhm a block mhm and a tech a tech a tech and shimmy and a shimmy you heard it here first I got this you going to shimmy us out that’s it man I appreciate it man thank you man this was great this was fun after getting hyped up by cam I was feeling ready to dominate this J beard award-winning Chef can stay on the heat in the kitchen let’s see if he heats up on the court number 11 wamy on watching but once the game started there weren’t many chances to show off my skills that’s the end of the game game we played our hard side we had a good time three two one oh my God oh my God my man’s hype
While Chef Kwame Onwuachi prepared for the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, he caught up with Cam Johnson at BKLYN BLEND to talk about the flavors of Brooklyn, his interest in space, and more.
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Cam is going to have a bounce back year! Let him cook! With some fries.