A waffle chef horrified the Bangkok culinary establishment with the unique shape of her tasty cheese-filled snacks – but customers can’t wait to get them in their mouths.
Ketnita Prasertsomboon’s corndogs filled with cheese and sausage have tourists and locals alike in such a frenzy because they are shaped like penises.
Her market stall Pho Hai Ma, meaning I Got It From My Dad, started selling the phallic food-on-a-stick in early August.
A Thai waffle chef has horrified the Bangkok culinary establishment by creating tasty cheese-filled treats
Customers can’t wait to get the unique snacks in their mouths and are lining up in droves
But she gained a massive following 10 days ago when a video of the waffles being cooked and eaten was viewed more than 19 million times.
‘There were a lot of customers yesterday, even though it was raining,’ she said of her sudden popularity.
Customers are lusting after the unique snacks so much, hundreds shared photos of themselves chomping down all over social media.
However, not everyone is eager to enjoy her coveted corndogs in the deeply religious country where even alcohol advertising is banned.
The corndogs filled with cheese and sausage have tourists and locals alike in such a frenzy because they are shaped like penises
Market stall Pho Hai Ma, meaning I Got It From My Dad, started selling the phallic food-on-a-stick in early August
It gained a massive following 10 days ago when a video of the waffles being cooked and eaten
The video was viewed more than 19 million times and the stall has been packed ever since
This group loves them so much they made a party out of a bulk order and enjoyed them together
Customers are lusting after the unique snacks so much, hundreds shared photos of themselves chomping down all over social media
The inside of the creations, which are cheese-filled sausages encased in waffle
Yingsak Chonglertjetsadawong, a Thai celebrity chef, urged people not to buy the hilarious waffles because they were offensive and inappropriate.
‘From my time in the food industry, I never thought I would encounter food shaped like genitalia,’ she said.
‘Would you buy this for your parents? Would you put this in a monk’s alms bowl? If a girl aged seven or eight was eating it on the street, is that something you’d want to see?’
‘Some women take photos of themselves about to eat the waffles, or even videos of themselves eating one to post online. It’s inappropriate and a bad example for the youth.’
‘There were a lot of customers yesterday, even though it was raining,’ their creator said of her sudden popularity
This woman appeared not quite sure what to make of the very unusual snack
However, not everyone is eager to enjoy her coveted corndogs in the deeply religious country where even alcohol advertising is banned
A Thai celebrity chef, urged people not to buy the hilarious waffles because they were offensive and inappropriate – but it didn’t stop this eager customer
This tall tourist squeezed under the stall’s roof to get his hands on a sausage without the waffle around it
The stall’s owner said she’d also encountered some backlash from passersby but was trying not to let it bother her
Ms Prasertsomboon said she’d also encountered some backlash from passersby but was trying not to let it bother her.
‘Some people told me that I’m doing something obscene and un-Buddhist. I got a bit stressed, but I didn’t fight back. I just want people to view it as a snack,’ she said.
Pho Hai Ma’s waffles cost 39 bhat, about $1.50, and come with sauces like ketchup, mayonnaise, strawberry, blueberry, and chocolate.
Pho Hai Ma’s waffles cost 39 bhat, about $1.50, and come with sauces like ketchup, mayonnaise, strawberry, blueberry, and chocolate
Some customers were such fans of the snacks they made a birthday cake out of them
A woman shows the length of the penis waffles as compared to her forearm