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Left, Aaliyah Jay with her current boyfriend Menelik, with whom she runs a Youtube channel (Instagram/@aaliyahjay)
Everyone is hopping on to the mukbang TikTok trend of trying exotic food from African countries. But rather than differentiating between the foods, the TikTok videos tend to lump them together as African food . YouTuber Aaliyah Jay and her Kenyan boyfriend, Menelik, seemed to want to hop on to the trend for views on YouTube and posted a video with the title Fufu, Egusi & Okra Mukbang | Our first time eating Nigerian food! Got Spicy .
The video starts off with a shot of Menelik stuffing his mouth with fufu, which is made from boiled and pounded starchy yams, plantains or cassava. Smalls balls made from the dough are usually dipped in sauces or flavorful soups before being eaten. However, Menelik puts a huge amount of fufu in his mouth before spitting the food out of his mouth, off-camera, because he can t swallow it as Aaliyah Jay, who is Af