Cereal killer café where hipsters paid up to £7.90 for a bowl spark new outrage with ‘next-level breakfasts’ on TikTok – including Shreddies with orange juice and squirty cream and Coco Pops with cheese
- Alan and Gary Keery, who co-own London’s Cereal Killer Cafe, shared the video
- In the clip, they pour orange juice over their Shreddies in place of the milk
- They finish it off with a pile of squirted cream, saying it makes it into a ‘dessert’
- Social media users said it made them feel ‘sick’, with others said it must be a joke
Cafe owners have sparked outrage after serving up a bowl of Shreddies drenched in orange juice and topped with squirty cream.
In a bizarre TikTok video, twins Alan and Gary Keery, who co-own London’s Cereal Killer Cafe, show how to take your breakfast to the ‘next level’.
The hipster cafe, famed for serving bowls of classic American cereals that cost up to £7.90, was a popular location for those looking to indulge in bowls of breakfast within the confines of a 90s themed setting.
Since lockdown forced its closure, the pair have been sharing unique cereal combinations on the social media site, including Coco Pops with small balls of cream cheese and milk, or making a latte out of the cereal.
In one video, they share their unique combination with Shreddies as they pour the cereal into a bowl.
Twins Alan and Gary Keery, who co-own London’s Cereal Killer Cafe, have been sharing unique cereal combinations on the social media site and in one clip replaced the milk on their Shreddies with orange juice
Instead of pouring milk on top, they instead add orange juice, explaining: ‘We all know that some cereals taste better with orange juice.’
And they don’t leave it there. They then proceed to serve the breakfast with a dollop of Anchor squirty cream.
They continued: ‘Try adding some cream and turn this normal bowl into a tasty dessert.’
At the end of the clip, they dig into the Shreddies, ensuring all three elements are on the spoon.
And they don’t leave it there, topping the breakfast food with a pile of Anchor squirty cream, saying: ‘Try adding some cream and turn this normal bowl into a tasty dessert’
At the end of the clip, they dig the spoon into the ‘dessert’, scooping a bit of all three elements of the unique combination
TikTok users were outraged at the suggestion of mixing orange juice, cream and cereal, with one saying: ‘How do I un-watch this.’
Another said: ‘I would rather pass away,’ while a third wrote: ‘I might be sick.’
Another user added: ‘No – just when I thought it wouldn’t get worse, you added whipped cream.’
TikTok users were outraged at the suggestion of mixing orange juice, cream and cereal, with one saying: ‘How do I unwatch this’ [sic] and another saying: ‘No – just when I thought it wouldn’t get worse, you added whipped cream’
One TikTok user said: ‘mixing dairy and orange juice? yeah no.’
Others weren’t convinced the recipe was serious, with one saying: ‘This has to be a joke, surely,’ and another adding: ‘Uhhh this is satire right.’
Another simply asked: ‘You ok?’
But one wasn’t so opposed to the idea, commenting: ‘I feel like this isn’t right but I’m gonna try it anyway.’
Others weren’t convinced the recipe was serious, with one saying: ‘This has to be a joke, surely,’ and another adding: ‘Uhhh this is satire right’
Another wasn’t so opposed to the idea, commenting: ‘I feel like this isn’t right but I’m gonna try it anyway’
In July, Alan and Gary Keery, co-founders of the cafe, confirmed that their two establishments in Brick Lane, Shoreditch, and Camden, have permanently closed after the Covid-19 crisis rendered their business ‘not financially viable’.
In a statement on Facebook the brothers said: ‘After 5.5 years we will be saying Cheerio to our Cafes, for now.
‘After a long period of closure due to Coronavirus, and with the future of the hospitality industry looking very uncertain, we have made a decision that our Cafes on Brick Lane and Camden will not reopen their doors.
But it’s not all bad news, you can still buy all the awesome unique and hard to find Cereal we are famous for on our website. Cereal Killer will carry on as an online store selling the world’s best boxes of Cereal, we also have loads of toppings and a Cereal subscription box for the cereal super fan.’
Co-founders of London’s Cereal killer café, Alan and Gary Keery (pictured), announced that they will be shutting down their two venues in Brick Lane, Shoreditch, and Camden in July
When they first opened, the café was challenged for selling basic bowls of cereal for £3.20 just a stones throw away from the borough of Tower of Hamlets- one of London’s poorest areas.
Meanwhile other bowls, which included extras like marshmallows, were selling for as much as £7.90.
In an interview on Channel 4 in 2014, co-founder Gary Keery was asked by a reporter on the news channel whether he thought it was a lot to charge for a bowl.
The restaurateur seems surprised by the question, responding: ‘I think it is quite cheap for the area’.
When challenged by the interviewer, who pointed out that the cafe was in one of the poorest parts of London , Mr Keery justified the extraordinary cost, explaining that many of the brands were ‘imported from America’.
The brothers opened their first Cereal killer café in Brick Lane (pictured is the interior of the cafe in Brick Lane), Shoreditch, in 2014
In 2015, the cafe was vandalised by members of an anti-gentrification protest – because of its position in one of London’s poorest boroughs.
Just a few years later in 2018, the cafe fell foul of hygiene inspectors who said a ‘major improvement’ was needed to improve the establishment’s one star health and safety rating.
Inspectors looking into restaurants and cafes in Tower Hamlets said the cafe had to take action to ‘ensure food sold or served is safe to eat’ after it gave it a very low one on the ‘scores on the doors’ system.
Speaking about the rating at the time Alan Keery said the cafés score had been due to a leaky kitchen roof.
He told The Docklands and East London Advertiser: ‘We had the rating when we relocated to our new Brick Lane site, and due to a leak when the premises was vacant, it caused the kitchen ceiling to crack. This was resolved and we are waiting on a new inspection.’
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