Chef Ahn Seong-jae’s ‘Dubai Chewy Cookie’ Goes Wrong, Sparks Thousands of Angry Comments
Creatrip Team
3 months ago
Michelin three-star chef Ahn Seong-jae faced a backlash after posting a Christmas cooking video in which he tried to make a trendy SNS dessert called Dubai chewy cookie (두바이 쫀득 쿠키, a popular stretchy, chewy cookie) with his daughter Si-young. Viewers expected the familiar stretchy ASMR texture but instead saw a firm, crunchy bar—nicknamed ‘Duranmali’ (a pun combining egg roll and the dessert) —after Ahn mixed melted marshmallows with kataifi (카다이프, shredded pastry) and lots of pistachio paste, producing a dense, crunchy snack more like a health energy bar. Fans criticized the result and mocked lines from his Netflix show, demanding he remake the dessert correctly; the video received thousands of angry comments and speculation that the recipe was altered to showcase an LG oven ad. A small group remained curious to try his unconventional version; the chef’s full step-by-step recipe was posted in the video description.
