{"id":535590,"date":"2025-10-29T14:40:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/535590\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:40:22","slug":"american-tourist-visiting-manchester-reviews-15-worth-of-street-food-at-piccadilly-gardens-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/535590\/","title":{"rendered":"American tourist visiting Manchester reviews \u00a315 worth of street food at Piccadilly Gardens market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kalani Ghost Hunter visited Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester to try some of the street food<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/29_09_22_RITAS_REIGN_33550JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Rita's Reign in Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The American social media star visited Rita&#8217;s Reign in Piccadilly Gardens(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Piccadilly Gardens is a public transport hub, a home to restaurants, bars, shops, and it is also a popular spot for its street food vendors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">To see what they could pick up for \u00a315, Kalani Smith, known online as Kalani Ghost Hunter, visited the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/whats-on\/food-drink-news\/manchester-christmas-markets-2025-full-32736274\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester Piccadilly Street Food<\/a> Village.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">In a video seen by more than 100,000 people online, Kalani reviewed some Jamaican food from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/whats-on\/food-drink-news\/ritas-reign-piccadilly-gardens-caribbean-25151303\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Rita&#8217;s Reign<\/a> and a burger from Piccadilly Cantina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">He started the video by saying: &#8220;So <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/piccadilly-gardens\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">we&#8217;re here in Manchester<\/a> at the Piccadilly Street Food Village, there&#8217;s a couple spots we wanna try &#8211; most importantly a Caribbean spot that&#8217;s supposed to serve some heavenly food.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/29_09_22_RITAS_REIGN_33531JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Rita's Reign in Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens.\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Kalani ordered a large mixed fusion box costing \u00a312.50 (Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">As he walks up and down the stalls, Kalani exclaims: &#8220;Oh my gosh, that smells incredible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Join our Manchester Food and Drink WhatsApp group <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/G0NgkbF3lAgA3Y01SeXq6t\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Then he explained: &#8220;So we&#8217;re gonna start our little food adventure here at Rita&#8217;s Reign, they do Caribbean food. The smell coming off that chicken &#8211; insane.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Kalani opted for a large mixed fusion box which contains boneless jerk chicken, curry goat, jollof rice, and rice and peas &#8211; which costs \u00a311 for a regular and \u00a312.50 for a large.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">After being mildly attacked by a friendly Manchester pigeon, he got his food and dove straight in. Kalani gave an initial reaction of: &#8220;Oh, that&#8217;s so good,&#8221; before adding: &#8220;Hmm honestly for the price, this is a solid deal. So you get two types of rice, curry goat, jerk chicken, coleslaw and salad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">He said: &#8220;The jerk chicken is really nice, there is a nice decent spice kick to it, but nothing too crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">And when he tried the curry goat, he said: &#8220;The curry goat is super super tender, that is absolutely delicious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">His rave review kept on going as he explained that despite &#8220;not being a coleslaw guy&#8221;, it was &#8220;pretty good&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Kalani finishes up the review by saying if he were to return to Rita&#8217;s Reign, he would opt for just the curry goat because it was &#8220;just that good&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">After his Caribbean food, he headed over to a stall called Piccadilly Cantina and ordered a burger called the Kylo which is a double cheeseburger with spicy cheddar, jalapenos and sweet chilli which set him back \u00a38.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">He reviewed: &#8220;The sauces they&#8217;re using on there are actually really nice. That&#8217;s a solid burger. Honestly for this quality, that&#8217;s a good price.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/29_09_22_RITAS_REIGN_33570JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Rita's Reign in Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens.\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Long queues often form outside Rita&#8217;s Reign in Piccadilly Gardens(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;Between the Jamaican food and the burger spot, there&#8217;s some good options. There were some other things down here that we could&#8217;ve tried but these two stuck out to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Rita\u2019s Reign on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/piccadilly-gardens\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Piccadilly Gardens<\/a> often has a queue stretching from the food market all the way towards <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/market-street\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Market Street<\/a> tram stop. From Wednesday through to Sunday every week, the queue starts gathering from around 11am, and by lunchtime proper, it\u2019s getting in people\u2019s way as they try to navigate their way through the gardens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Join the Manchester Evening News <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">WhatsApp<\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> group <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/LUaHo8T8DDWDaHg65G29aN\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kalani Ghost Hunter visited Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester to try some of the street foodThe American social media&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,378,2465,16429,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-535590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-in-the-news","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-piccadilly-gardens","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115457977964591885","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}