“All This In One Day?”: Korean Woman Prepares Full SA Feast for Parents, Leaves Mzansi Impressed
- A home cook known as crazykoreancooking set out to introduce her Korean parents to South African cuisine for the very first time
- She prepared a full Mzansi spread from scratch, including boerewors with chakalaka, bobotie with geelrys, bunny chow and malva pudding
- South Africans online were blown away by the effort she put into cooking dishes many locals have never attempted themselves
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A home cook who goes by @crazykoreancooking took on one of the most ambitious kitchen challenges imaginable: preparing an entirely South African meal for her Korean parents who had never tasted Mzansi food before.
The video, posted on 1 August 2026, shows her working through an impressive spread from scratch. On the menu was boerewors with chakalaka, bobotie with geelrys, bunny chow with carrot sambal and malva pudding with custard. The footage captures her grating meat, blending spices including Durban masala and garam masala, sautéing peppers, grilling sausage, pouring batter and baking bread, all in a home kitchen.
On-screen labels guide viewers through each component, from the apricot jam folded into the bobotie to the baked beans base of the chakalaka. It reads like a love letter to South African comfort food, made by someone clearly determined to get every detail right.
A spread that took real dedication
She credited several South African food creators for helping her learn the recipes, including @fatima_sydow_cooks, @NadineDo, @beastlyeatssa, @pantsdownapronson, @eatmee_recipes and @perimas_kitchen.
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The scale of what she pulled off in a single day was not lost on viewers.
Watch the full cooking video here:
Mzansi reacts to the Korean cook's effort
South Africans in the comments on the page were equal parts impressed and amused:
@rethaboo wrote:
"Yasss 🇿🇦🇿🇦🔥🔥😍👌🏾"
@chloekimgee shared:
"As a South African I've never made anything from scratch 😭😭 shout out girl ❤️🙌"
@leratolicious1 added:
"Well done! 🇿🇦"
@tshepivundla asked:
"All this in ONE day? 🙆🏽♀️👌🏽✨"
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