TikTok trend: Fans share comical cooking disasters inspired by Khairul Aming

Online personality and chef Khairul Aming recently posted a video on TikTok showcasing fans' failed cooking attempts using his recipes.

In a humorous display of frustration, he joked that he might have failed as an inspiration to his fans.

The video included a clip of a fan whose lesung (mortar) broke in two while attempting his version of sambal inspired by Khairul Aming.

This highlighted the potential gap between the seemingly perfect results in his videos and the reality of home cooking.

Khairul Aming captioned the video, "Please pray for this year's batch," acknowledging the ongoing spectacle between him and his fanbase.

For years, fans have attempted his recipes and shared their humorous failures, which have generated playful banter online rather than humiliation.

These comical failures extend beyond broken lesungs, including desserts like caramel pudding with holes in the middle, burnt buns and banana fritters left half-cooked in the sink with the pan and oil, among other amusing mishaps.

"Among the people facing the greatest tests this year are not just Kim So Hyun's fans but also Khairul Aming," one netizen commented.

Khairul Aming's "30 Days 60 Recipes" challenge, a follow-up to similar challenges in previous years with only 30 recipes, features an additional 30 recipes for the Ramadan month.

This year, he also invited fans to join his journey to Oman through cooking videos showcasing the country's beauty.

A local portal reported that Khairul Aming spent two months before Ramadan filming all the cooking recipes.

He also makes efforts to livestream his visits to Ramadan bazaars to support local vendors.

Known for his signature tagline, "What's up, guys?" at the beginning of most of his cooking videos, a fan jokingly commented on one video, in line with the trend of failed cooking attempts, "It's not 'What's up, guys?' anymore, it's 'What's wrong, guys?'"