‘Absolutely loving it, mate’
Bury Market has been praised by a top influencer on YouTube(Image: Copyright Unknown)
A popular influencer on YouTube and TikTok has heralded the many food spots at a Greater Manchester market as ‘unreal’.
For the last few months, online creator OnlyScrans, who has 89,000 followers on YouTube alone, has been shining a spotlight on the best football food in the UK. In a video posted last week, he turned his attention to the delights on offer for Bury FC fans.
The influencer, real name Jono Yates, visited the historic Bury Market, which dates back to 1440, to try the likes of black pudding and Eccles cakes. Describing the market as ‘older than America, older than Henry VIII’, Only Scrans said the market was like ‘travelling back to the 90s when things were alright’.
In the video, which has had more than 25,000 views in just seven days, the creator stops off at the Chadwick’s Bury Black Pudding stall, which has previously also been praised by Man V Food host Adam Richman.
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Tony runs the Chadwick’s Bury Black Pudding stall with wife Mary(Image: MEN Staff)
Having been run since 1865, the stall is now manned by couple Tony and Mary. “We’ve been going 160 years – 20 years before the football club was founded,” Tony tells Jono, who runs his own restaurant in Nantwich called Goat.
Trying a steamed pudding with Chadwick’s homemade mustard – which Tony described as the ‘best cure for a hangover’ – the YouTube star described it as ‘delicious’. “Absolutely loving it, mate,” he added.
Next up to be visited was Turkisk spot Gozleme, where tried a ‘so good’ Turkish-style pizza, called a Lahmacun, which comes without tomato sauce or cheese and instead consists of spiced minced lamb. “Can’t go wrong with it, really,” Only Scrans tells the camera.
Only Scrans visited some of Bury’s best loved food spots as part of his latest video, including Chadwick’s at Bury Market(Image: Only Scrans/YouTube: @0nlyscrans)
The influencer then makes his way to Harry Muffin to try one of their ‘dead nice’ Cissy Greens pies, which was considered a favourite of Winston Churchill. Also giving their Wimbury pies a go, with bilberries,. “That’s so good,” he explained. “It’s nostalgic, that taste, isn’t it?”
Outside of Bury Market, the video also shows Only Scrans talking to Bury FC fans at the Swan & Cemetery pub, as well as the hot food vendors at the club stadium itself to try some of their pies.
He also had the chance to visit Lojo Mate!, a tiny Hong Kong cafe on a terraced row of houses in the middle of a Bury street. Run by owner Alex, the spot has quickly become known for serving up some of the best char siu in Manchester.
The popular creator also headed down to Bury FC’s Gigg Lane stadium for a try of their pies(Image: Only Scrans/YouTube: @0nlyscrans)
The size of someone’s front room, the café, which is an off-shoot of a Michelin-starred takeaway in Hong Kong. has previously been described as being ‘something quite homely and unique’ and Only Scrans was also left impressed with their offering. “That’s unreal,” he adds.
The video clearly went down with viewers, with many praising both Jono’s presenting style and his championing of local and independent food vendors.
One person wrote: “Love Bury Market, great people – so glad you did the black pudding, top notch gear that.” Another said: “Great content! Bury is our town. We’re glad you enjoyed your visit, the football, the food and the world famous market.”
The creator hailed a Hong Kong cafe’s Char Siu as ‘unreal'(Image: Only Scrans/YouTube: @0nlyscrans)
One other commented: “This has to be one of my favourite episodes yet of these vlogs. It’s great to see a market so busy and vibrant and the town doing so well. Sadly many towns and cities used to have markets full like this every day but now they are ghost towns.”
They added: “These vlogs put places on the food map and football map and highlight many hidden gems. Love these videos and the banter you always have with people.”
You can watch the full video on YouTube here.
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