Munachimso Brian Nwana, a 22-year-old content creator and food consultant, has set a new world record for visiting the most fast food restaurants in 24 hours.
Nwana visited 150 different establishments, surpassing the previous record of 100 set last year by American YouTuber Airrack. Before Airrack, TikTok stars Nick DiGiovanni and the late Lynn “Lynja” Davis held the record.
While previous attempts took place in New York City, Brian’s challenge occurred in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. “New York has clusters of restaurants and adequate public transportation systems, so doing this in Abuja was much more daunting and challenging,” Brian explained.
Brian could not use private transport for his record attempt. Due to Abuja’s limited public transportation infrastructure, he walked over 25 km throughout the city. He started at Chicken Republic in Gwarinpa and ended at Kilimanjaro in the city center.
Brian chose 5 p.m. as his start and end time, taking a nine-hour break from midnight to 9 a.m. to sleep. He purchased and consumed at least one food or drink item at each restaurant, with at least 75% of orders being food. Brian estimates he ate “probably enough to last a week” and sampled something from most of the places he visited, with the remaining food shared with his team and the public.
Brian undertook the challenge to promote Abuja’s restaurants and showcase Nigerian cuisine. Although he enjoyed various foods such as shawarma, pizza, fried chicken, and burgers, he particularly favored Nigerian delicacies like moin moin (bean pudding) and àmàlà (a dough-like swallow food).
“This record goes to show that the Nigerian food space is worth paying attention to,” Brian said. “I would like to encourage people from around the world to come and explore the Nigerian food space.”
