Anyone who has seen enough Hong Kong movies might recognise or have heard of Nicholas Tse, the singer-songwriter and actor who has starred alongside such big names as Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-fat in films like New Police Story and From Vegas to Macau.
Or, you may know him as the guy who three years ago decided to become a chef.
Either way, if the internet has anything to do with it, you’ll soon know him as the guy whose intense approach to squeezing chocolate sauce kicked off a viral sensation.
The story began last week when the entertainer-turned-chef got to display his culinary skills to the public by preparing dessert for international chefs on Thursday at a Michelin Guide gala dinner in Macau, the same day the Michelin Guide for Hong Kong and Macau 2018 was launched.
Tse — or Chef Nic — prepared about 600 rose profiteroles with rose water and lychee jelly, dehydrated rose petals and caraway seed breadsticks, hk01 reported.
Then things got intense, with Tse applying chocolate to the wooden boards the food was served on like it was going out of fashion, squirting violent flurries of sauce all over the place.
Whilst some marveled at Chef Nic’s culinary skills, others were more amused with his dramatic display of chocolate sauce distribution.
One netizen asked, rightly, who was going to “help clean the table?”
Not to be outdone, a raft of Hong Kong celebrities responded by posting parody videos of themselves doing things, well… dramatically.
This included this video uploaded by Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong — who is also professionally known as Anthony Perry — dramatically styling someone’s hair and posting the words “intriguing.”
Quite fitting given that the actor also briefly trained as a hairdresser in the UK.
Then came this offering from singer-songwriter Hins Cheung, who adopted Tse’s style but applied it to his Friday night hot pot.
In a nice added touch, he threw in two handfuls of noodles that were on his shoulders — mimicking Chef Nic’s epaulettes.
He also posted the video under the hashtag #chokonicchallenge (or “chok o nic challenge,” chok meaning a Cantonese slang term to make someone look more handsome), further fueling the viral challenge.
Then came this offering from Cantopop singer Sherman Chung preparing herself for that inevitable problem of unclean dishes piling up in the sink.
Then there was Hong Kong internet celebrity Gingerlemoncola helping someone apply the right amount of shampoo onto their head.
And finally, actor Carlos Chan preparing a post-work snack for some hungry colleagues.
Thanks for that, internet.
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