Today, Manchester World’s sport writer, Rich Fay, forgot to bring in his lunch, so we sent Theo out with him to pick out he perfect cheap eat spot.
They ended up at Rita’s Reign in Piccadilly Gardens, and here is the result.
They ended up at Rita’s Reign in Piccadilly Gardens, and here is the result.
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00:00Rich what are you doing? I'm looking for something to eat mate, I haven't got my packed lunch. Come with me.
00:06This is Rich Fay, one of our sports writers here at Manchester World and I couldn't let him go hungry so I thought I'd take him out into the city to show him one of my favourite places to grab a quick and cheap lunch.
00:15So we headed to the Piccadilly street food village.
00:18Now this is a great little area and a great idea to where small businesses have been given the opportunity to set up shop in one of these little huts.
00:26It's much much cheaper for them than buying a storefront and it gives them great access to a whole bunch of hungry hungry people.
00:33We were going to one place and one place only and that is Rita's Reign.
00:38What is it that you're getting Rich? Do you fancy?
00:41I don't know what I'm getting, what is it?
00:44Curried goat, jollof rice, first time ever having it.
00:47So they've got a tonne of great options from jollof rice, rice and peas, jerk chicken, curried goat and a bunch of vegan options too.
00:54What are those little fry bits, they look good don't they? Stuff in the end.
00:58Is that the plantain you're getting? I've had two.
01:01And yeah the plantain's caught Rich's eye so we had to get some of those too, you can see him chopping it up here.
01:06Thank you very much. No problem.
01:10So here's mine, that's a mixed box.
01:13There's in there jerk chicken, curried goat, some plantains too, bit of hot sauce, jollof rice and rice and peas, which is actually beans.
01:23It's Rich's first time trying goat so here's the first bite.
01:30That's the goat mate.
01:31I've never had plantain, you ever had plantain?
01:34I've never had plantain.
01:35So this is first one, plantain, cheers mate.
01:39That was absolutely unreal, it was so good, I'm converted.
01:44Now I knew I'd love Rita's because it's my favourite place in that little village but there are some other great options.
01:49Korean corn dogs, a bunch of different Asian cultures, burgers, hot dogs, everything you could possibly want.
01:54It's definitely worth giving it a go and it's a great place for small businesses.
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