Final yr, Malaysians went loopy over the South Korean whipped beverage referred to as Dalgona espresso.
Now, because of the favored South Korean fictional drama Squid Sport, Malaysians are sharing recipes on how you can make Dalgona sweet on social media platforms like TikTok, Fb and YouTube.
A video uploaded on the Cikidot Channel on YouTube has garnered over 334,000 views because it was first uploaded two weeks in the past.
It reveals YouTuber Mohd Afzarul Dzarif Mohd Mazlee trying to make the sweet utilizing melted sugar and soda bicarbonate. The toffee is then flattened after which stamped with a patterned mould.
Mohd Afzarul Dzarif Mohd Mazlee (second from left) and his co-hosts trying to make and crack Dalgona candies on his YouTube channel Cikidot Channel. Picture: YouTube/Cikidot Channel
The sweet, also referred to as ppopgi, is a conventional South Korean toffee used as a problem within the third episode of Squid Sport. The goal is to carve out the sample utilizing a toothpick with out breaking it.
Squid Sport is a Netflix drama collection a couple of contest the place 456 gamers from completely different walks of life who’re largely deep in debt play a collection of youngsters’s video games to win 45.6 billion received (RM160mil) in prize cash.
Nevertheless, there’s a lethal punishment for contestants who lose. The present stars Lee Jung-jae and Park Hae-soo.
Inside a month of its launch, the present had attracted hundreds of thousands of viewers, surpassing 2020’s interval drama Bridgerton because the community’s most-watched collection so far.
Childhood associates Sang-woo (Park Hae-soo, entrance) and Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) are compelled to pit in opposition to one another in Squid Sport. Picture: Handout
Some Instagrammers are using on the recognition of the sweet by promoting it on-line too. As an example, @dalgonamalaysia is promoting readymade candies for hardcore Squid Sport followers. Every bit is bought at RM6, whereas the toothpick is priced at RM1.
There may be additionally the story of a Kuala Lumpur-based manicure salon promoting painted and press-on nail designs primarily based on the favored fictional drama.
