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‘I would rather they come to my shop for drinks’: Chinese cafes adapt to Squid Game biscuit fad
- Despite being unavailable in China, the Netflix show Squid Game has created some trends in the country
- One tea shop owner started selling dalgona biscuits that resemble one of the show’s games
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When Beijing tea shop owner Lynn studied in South Korea in 2008, she used to see dalgona biscuits being sold to children everywhere.
The vendors churned out these treats at lightning speed, made in a metal ladle and stirred with a chopstick.
A dozen years later, she had forgotten about it. But this year, the sweet treats had returned to her life like a tsunami when the dalgona became a global sensation after Netflix’s Squid Game became its most successful debut of all time.
Lynn thought the sensation could be an opportunity for her tea shop, so she tried making the confectionery herself.
But despite a simple recipe of mixing sugar and baking soda, the biscuit is remarkably tricky to make because the temperature and timing had to be precise.
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