A TikToker that is famous for ordering massive Chinese takeaways left owners of a Manchester restaurant ecstatic after he paid them a visit this week.
Best known as Big John, or @boshtokk on TikTok, the dad of professional boxer Johnny Fisher stopped off at Happy Seasons in Chinatown for one of his signature massive scrans on Thursday leaving fans blown away.
Filling his table with food and even posing for a picture with its owner, the hilarious TikToker went in: ordering a whopping nine plates of food including fried monkfish and bean curd, triple roast meats, salt and pepper pork chops, soft noodles, egg fried rice, stir-fried veg and pork, sweet and sour king prawns and tender beef brisket.
As if that wasn’t enough, he also opted for several steamed baskets of dim sum – digging into Har Gow and Siu Mai dumplings stuffed with pork and prawns on top of everything else.
In a video uploaded to Happy Seasons’ Instagram page on Thursday, you can hear Big John explaining each dish to the camera before looking up and spouting his catchphrase ‘bosh’ before adding that the food looks ‘delicious’.
In a post that has been liked over 1,000 times, Happy Seasons wrote: “Had the pleasure of serving @itsbigjohn1. Thank you for coming up north and stopping by china town John, we hope you’ve enjoyed the food.”
A former boxer himself, today Big John is mostly famous for ordering mega Chinese takeaways on TikTok and saying ‘bosh’.
One of his first viral videos saw him order what, for him, was a standard takeaway – leaving viewers staggered as he opted for practically the whole menu in one sitting.
His original TikTok @Wilbatross was banned at 400k followers, but he has since created another which has already racked up over half a million likes.
A certified Chinese takeaway connoisseur, we’re not sure we know anyone with more enthusiasm for putting in a big order than John.
As he says, “Some things can’t be stopped. Big John eating Chinese is one of them.”
Featured image – Happy Seasons
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Hotel Chocolat to open viral chocolate Velvetiser Cafe in Manchester
Daisy Jackson
Hotel Chocolat is set to open a Velvetiser Cafe in Manchester city centre, and it’ll be absolute paradise for chocolate lovers.
The popular chocolate shop, which has stores across the UK selling delicious chocolate bars, boxes and more, is now preparing to branch out in town.
Hotel Chocolat then hit a new level of fame with its Velvetiser, an invention that creates velvety smooth hot drinks at the touch of a button.
They’ve been so popular, Hotel Chocolat is now opening Velvetiser Cafes across the UK – and Manchester is up next.
If it follows in the footsteps of the Meadowhall cafe in Sheffield, visitors will be able to customise their perfect hot chocolate from thousands of combinations.
There are 18 flavours, different milks, and a whole variety of toppings available.
Then you drink can be served hot, over ice, or as a choc shake.
Colourful hoardings for the Hotel Chocolat Velvetiser Cafe have now appeared on Cross Street, just next door to the new Joe & The Juice.
A planning application has also been lodged with Manchester City Council.
Drake-backed fried chicken brand Dave’s Hot Chicken is opening in Manchester
Daisy Jackson
The huge LA-based fried chicken brand backed by Drake is heading to Manchester for the very first time this summer.
Dave’s Hot Chicken is set to open in the Printworks this August – the first UK branch outside of London and Birmingham.
The cult chicken brand has said that its new venue will feature an ‘industrial design inspired by Manchester’s rave scene’ (if we had a pound every time a new venue used that design style, we’d be as rich as Drake…).
Dave’s Hot Chicken is famed for its signature Nashville-style hot chicken, which is served in seven different spice levels from No Spice to Reaper.
Expect sliders, tenders, ‘next-level’ top-loaded shakes and slushes.
It’s grown so quickly that in 2021, it caught the eye of none other than rapper Drake, who is a ‘significant investor’ in the brand.
The fried chicken spot will be moving into the large corner unit at Printworks, which has previously been Busaba Thai, and Floripa, with 139 covers.
Dave’s Hot Chicken is coming to Manchester
Inside, it will feature towering ceilings, exposed steelwork, and laser lights, claiming to be a ‘full-on sensory trip, where music, light and fried chicken will come together to create a high-voltage experience’.
There will also be custom graffiti inspired by L.A.-based street artists Splatterhaus and Dehm.
Dave’s Hot Chicken still has hour-long queues down in London, several months after opening on Shaftesbury Avenue – next up will be a Birmingham branch in July before Manchester opens later this summer.
And this is just the start of a nationwide expansion.
Jim Attwood, Managing Director of Dave’s Hot Chicken UK, said: “Printworks Manchester is the ideal setting for our next UK site – right at the heart of one of the country’s most exciting cities.
“The new restaurant pays homage to Manchester’s legendary warehouse rave scene, with an industrial-inspired design and bold, high-energy atmosphere to match our signature flavours.
“We can’t wait to bring something fresh to this iconic venue and its vibrant mix of entertainment, food and culture.”
Dave’s Hot Chicken will open at Printworks Manchester on 8 August.
Georgina Pellant -
21st April 2023 
