‘Soufflé that is magical’ - American YouTubers visit an iconic South Shields restaurant
American travel vloggers have paid a visit to an iconic South Shields restaurant.
Kalani Ghost Hunter and his partner Sav recently paid a visit to Colmans Seafood Temple, on Sea Road, in South Shields where they filmed a review for their YouTube channel.
The couple, who have almost 70,000 subscribers on their joint channel, have visited Colmans a number of times and were in the seaside town for a premiere for a documentary about the family.
Normally the pair rate the food when they are reviewing it but given they had been before, they wanted to showcase the cuisine at the iconic restaurant and told staff to “surprise them”.
They started with a range of oysters before moving onto a soufflé, lobster and extra large prawns.
Main courses for Kalani and Sav consisted of a lobster pasta and Colmans iconic fish and chips before finishing their meal with a cheesecake for dessert.
When speaking about Colmans Seafood Temple in the video, Kalani says: “Tonight is a special review - now this is a place that will be new to YouTube but this is our third time coming here.
“It’s my friend’s restaurant but they are celebrating their 100th anniversary so we wanted to come in and show the food.
“This is a meal that Savannah and I think about when we are sitting back home in the US as some of our favourite places to eat.
“I know it is going to be terrific - they have this soufflé that is magical.
“I have saved myself, I have fasted all day.”
Richard Colman, the owner of Colmans, previously made it possible for Kalani’s family to visit the UK where they spent time in the North East - including a visit to Colmans Seafood Temple.
In their latest video, Richard made an appearance where he gave their audience an insight into the history of Colmans and how it all began.
Richard commented: “I look well for 100 don’t I? I’m the fifth generation so five generations of my family have been custodial for the business now and at this point, we’re just looking after it for the next generation.
“So this used to be an old bandstand which was built in the 1930s and there was a public toilet underneath.
“We still have the original takeaway that we initial had in 1926 which we’ve extended over the years before we up this place coming up to 10 years ago.”
You can view the full video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-ypblvdlvs.
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