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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. To see what they could pick up for £15, Kalani Smith, known online as Kalani Ghost Hunter, visited the Manchester Piccadilly Street Food Village. In a video seen by more than 100,000 people online, Kalani reviewed some Jamaican food from Rita's Reign and a burger from Piccadilly Cantina. He started the video by saying: "So we're here in Manchester at the Piccadilly Street Food Village, there's a couple spots we wanna try - most importantly a Caribbean spot that's supposed to serve some heavenly food." As he walks up and down the stalls, Kalani exclaims: "Oh my gosh, that smells incredible." Join our Manchester Food and Drink WhatsApp group HERE Then he explained: "So we're gonna start our little food adventure here at Rita's Reign, they do Caribbean food. The smell coming off that chicken - insane." Kalani opted for a large mixed fusion box which contains boneless jerk chicken, curry goat, jollof rice, and rice and peas - which costs £11 for a regular and £12.50 for a large. After being mildly attacked by a friendly Manchester pigeon, he got his food and dove straight in. Kalani gave an initial reaction of: "Oh, that's so good," before adding: "Hmm honestly for the price, this is a solid deal. So you get two types of rice, curry goat, jerk chicken, coleslaw and salad." He said: "The jerk chicken is really nice, there is a nice decent spice kick to it, but nothing too crazy." And when he tried the curry goat, he said: "The curry goat is super super tender, that is absolutely delicious." His rave review kept on going as he explained that despite "not being a coleslaw guy", it was "pretty good". Kalani finishes up the review by saying if he were to return to Rita's Reign, he would opt for just the curry goat because it was "just that good". 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 £8. He reviewed: "The sauces they're using on there are actually really nice. That's a solid burger. Honestly for this quality, that's a good price. "Between the Jamaican food and the burger spot, there's some good options. There were some other things down here that we could've tried but these two stuck out to me." Rita’s Reign on Piccadilly Gardens often has a queue stretching from the food market all the way towards Market Street tram stop. From Wednesday through to Sunday every week, the queue starts gathering from around 11am, and by lunchtime proper, it’s getting in people’s way as they try to navigate their way through the gardens. Join the Manchester Evening News WhatsApp group HERE
