The caption on this review names the lunch in my city trend, and the creator behind @gibbystaysgeekin explains the rules in his first lines. “Today I’m doing the lunch in my city trend,” he says. “It’s where you go on TikTok, you go on the search bar, and you type in lunch in my city, and you pick the establishment you want to go to.” The early frames show the TikTok search bar with a list of suggested searches pulled up over the footage.
He says he chose The Kroft, the business tagged in the caption, “and it looks absolutely amazing, so I’m glad I chose it.” The order was a wagyu smash burger with a side of spicy fries, plus a second dish he calls “Wagyu Smash Burger poutine fries.” He films the whole review from inside a car, with the takeout boxes open in front of him.
The burger gets the strongest response. He lists what is on it: “crispy onion straws, candied bacon, cheese ranch, barbecue sauce.” Frames show him lifting the burger toward the camera so the layers show, taking a bite with his eyes closed and holding it up again to show the patty. His verdict comes as a question to the restaurant: “The Kroft? Where have you been at all my life?”
The spicy fries are a different story. “Hmm,” he says, then, “They’re solid fries. The consistency is a little off.” He explains why: “It’s because I let them sit in the box for, like, five minutes, so that was my fault. But overall, these are solid fries. I could imagine they’re better when you dine in.” In the frames he pulls two long, orange coated fries out of the box and eats them one at a time.
Last comes the poutine style box, and he jokes, “I’m gonna go ahead and assume the owners are Canadian.” The box shows fries under a pink sauce with a chopped green topping, and he eats with a fork, going back for bite after bite as he talks. He sums it up as “that wagyu smash patty and those fries and that special sauce.”
There is also a food safety angle in his own aside about the fries sitting for five minutes. According to the federal food safety site FoodSafety.gov, perishable food should never be left out of refrigeration for more than 2 hours, or for more than 1 hour when the temperature is above 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Five minutes in a takeout box is well inside that window, so the change he describes is about texture, not safety. The same site lists 160 degrees Fahrenheit as the safe internal temperature for ground meat, the category that includes a burger patty.
For a reader who wants to try the trend, the video lays out a clear method. Type “lunch in my city” into the TikTok search bar, choose a place from the results, and order a signature burger plus a side. Eat the fries right away or at the table, since the creator links the softer texture he noticed to the time they spent in the box.
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