An American TikTok sensation was left stunned by the traditional English breakfast during his first trip to the UK.
Heading to Swindon, the social media star, known as @kalanighosthunter, ventured into Blues Café to tackle the iconic British fry-up.
His culinary adventure was documented on TikTok, where he sampled the quintessential components of a full English, including eggs served both fried and scrambled, mushrooms, sausages, toast, black pudding, bacon, beans, tomatoes – and somewhat controversially, onion rings.
The ghost hunter turned food reviewer’s first encounter, with black pudding, was less than stellar.
He remarked: “Not my absolute favourite by any means, it’s not bad, but I feel like it’s just – I don’t know, it’s just not my favourite.”
However, the sausages were a hit, prompting him to declare: “That’s tasty, but something I’ve learned here. Brown sauce needs to just go all over.”
To his own surprise, he found the combination of beans on toast to be a revelation, exclaiming: “I did not know I was going to like beans on toast, but this is delicious. The flavour pairing is really good on that.”
He also shared his take on the “big difference” between UK and US bacon. He said: “This is a lot different than the US but I really like this one. I won’t say I like it better than my US bacon. I like the crispy bacon at home. This has a lot of really good flavour.”
He added: “Dipping it in the egg yolk, that might be a crime over here but man I love it. I don’t know if it’s a sin over here but I love combining different things on the plate.”
His now viral TikTok video, which has amassed over 92,000 likes, gathered comments from users advising him on local customs. One reassured: “Dipping in the egg yolk is a common custom you’re good.”
Yet the inclusion of onion rings left some Brits baffled, with one commenting: “In all my British life I have never seen onion rings on a full English,” and another declaring: “Onion rings on a full English? That’s just wrong.”
