Soup and a bread roll
Steam in the shot, a torn roll for the texture, and a price that makes the score easy to defend.
Lunch in My City Trend
One lunch, one place, one honest score. Here is how to film the lunch in my city trend and what to order when you do.
What the lunch in my city trend is
The lunch in my city trend is a clip about the lunch people really eat in the middle of a working day: one place, one plate, a few lines about why it is the usual, and a score. It belongs with #CityTasteTest, minus the tour: no route and no six dishes, just the counter you keep going back to.
It travels because it repeats. The same format works every week with a different plate, and a viewer who has never been to the city still understands the lunch.
Nothing about the lunch has to be famous. The format asks for the plate you would recommend to someone in town for one day, and for one line about why it is that plate.
How to do it step by step
Four decisions, then you are filming. Make them before you order, not while the food goes cold.
- Pick the spot: somewhere you already eat, within walking distance of where you spend the day. A place you know films better than a famous one, because you can say what is good about it in one line.
- Shoot four shots: the doorway, the order at the counter, the plate on the table, the first bite. Ten to fifteen seconds each is plenty, and each one stays in a single take.
- Record the rating line: name the dish, say what is in it, add one detail about texture or heat, then the score out of ten and whether you would order it again.
- Write the caption: the dish and the score on the first line, the place and the price band on the second, then the tags. #CityTasteTest reaches the review audience, the lunch tag names the format, and the city name brings the people nearby.
How the planner builds a lunch route
One lunch is a clip; four lunches are a day of eating. The planner turns a city into a route of stops: give it the city, the number of stops and what you care about, from classics to street food to sweets, and it writes the dishes to taste, the kind of place to find each one and what to judge at each stop.
Three stops fit a lunch hour and six fit a Saturday, and the route is written for the city you named rather than a generic list. Use the stops as a shooting order: film one plate at each place, score it before the next one arrives, and the clip has a verdict at every stop.
Nine lunches that film well
Anything eaten at midday can carry the format. These nine are the easiest to shoot, because the food shows its own quality on camera.
A street-food sandwich
Wrapped in paper with the filling showing; unwrap it on camera so the first bite is the reveal.
A bowl of noodles
Lift the noodles high for one beat, and say what is in the broth rather than how it tastes.
A rice plate with a side
Two components mean two scores, which gives even a single dish a ranking.
A bakery lunch
Two small pastries instead of one sandwich, eaten in the shop or on the step outside.
A market stall plate
Busy background, fast service and a cook who will not mind a phone; ask before filming the counter.
An all-day diner breakfast
The cheapest thing on the menu usually looks the boldest, and a counter seat gives a clean angle.
A basket of dumplings
Several pieces in one basket mean several bites to describe, and the count makes a natural score.
A salad or grain bowl
The one lunch that films best when it is loud about texture: crunch, dressing and how it travels.
Plan your lunch route
Type any city into the planner and it returns the dishes, the kind of place and what to judge at each stop. Free to try without an account, and the scorecard keeps every number in one place.
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Questions people ask
How long should a lunch in my city clip be?
Under a minute. One plate, one place and one score fit in thirty seconds, and a clip that ends before the food goes cold is easier to watch.
Do I have to say the score out loud?
Show it as well as saying it. Text on screen survives a viewer with the sound off, and the spoken version keeps the clip human.
What if the lunch is not good?
Say so, and say why. A low score with a reason is more useful than a polite review, and the numbers only mean something while they are honest.
Which hashtags should I use?
The taste test tag for the review audience, the lunch tag for the format, and the city or neighbourhood name so people nearby find it.
Can I film several lunches in one clip?
Yes, but keep the running total visible. A score per plate and one line about the best of them stops a two-lunch clip turning into a list.