Kalyani Saxena

They're sometimes referred to as Korean drug eggs because they're so addictive.

And, you know, the origin of this dish is suspected to be from China, but many other Asian countries have their own version of marinated eggs.

Japan has a soy marinated egg that is used in ramen and Taiwan and Vietnam also have soy

their own version.

So this is something that has been around on the internet for a while, but also like just in general culture for like hundreds of years.

But the reason I wanted to talk about these eggs is that even though they've been showing up on my For You page for years,

I noticed a pickup in just like the volume of videos about these Mayak eggs late last year.

And they started with videos from an influencer and content creator named Courtney Cook.

So Courtney is chomping on these eggs in the morning for her breakfast.

She films a lot of videos of her just like she takes a bite out of the top of the egg, puts a little bit of crunchy onions, and then sort of dives in.

Okay.

And people, they love these videos from Courtney, and they start making their own version of the Mayak eggs.

Only there's one problem.

They're calling the eggs Courtney Cooks eggs.

We're making Courtney Cooks soy marinated eggs.

Come with me to try Courtney's soy eggs.

I'm eating marinated eggs.

Who's this from?

Courtney's fault.

Oh, man.