Singapore – First, there was “drain water” Singapore chicken curry; now there’s milo fried rice. It appears that the current culinary trends online is putting a twist or completely botching classic recipes.
Following the controversial Singapore chicken curry recipe uploaded by the New York Times (the video recently removed due to backlash), a TikToker has taken to the short video creation app to teach the public how to create “Milo fried rice.”
Singapore-based TikTok user Ewjeans is making rounds online for adding a three-in-one Milo sachet to his fried rice.
The video uploaded on Feb 2 shows Ewjeans whipping up the dish.
Nothing seemed amiss at the beginning of the video, with the TikTok user showing his ingredients of diced garlic, long beans, shallots and a bowl of cooked rice.
However, the camera focuses on a Milo packet, hinting that it will be included in the recipe.
Ewjeans cooks the dish on his wok, adding the chocolate powder as a seasoning at the end.
The TikToker even films himself eating a spoonful of his concoction, which deceivingly looked like Thai fried rice called Gapao but would not taste the same.
The video has over 1 million views to date, garnering disappointed comments from netizens.
“Really painful to watch,” wrote a TikTok user.
“Thanks, bro, my grandma threw a shoe at my phone,” added another netizen.
Meanwhile, many others tagged Malaysian Chinese comedian Nigel Ng who goes by Uncle Roger, to critique the dish.
Uncle Roger gained popularity by commenting on the authenticity of celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsey and Jamie Oliver’s fried rice.
The “Milo fried rice” also made it to Reddit, where netizens said Ewjean’s project was a matter of national security.
However, it appears that Ewjeans’ account is focused on kitchen experiments. He uploaded a Milio Maggie Goreng recipe on Feb 8 and a salted caramel ice cream blend using vanilla ice cream with soya sauce on Jan 28./TISG
@ewjeans milo fried rice, u ask it u get it!
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