‘Squid Game’ mania helps revive struggling cafe


Riding the wave of popularity: Waiters wearing Squid Game costumes and carrying trays laden with dalgona honeycomb toffee at Cafe Strawberry in Jakarta. — Reuters

AN Indonesian cafe is jumping on the global Squid Game bandwagon, hoping to fuel its pandemic recovery by recreating some of the games from the South Korean television series in its cafe space.

In a dark room with neon lights, patrons are greeted by staff dressed as the ominous hooded and masked guards in the nine-part thriller, holding toy guns and ushering them toward the end of the room where the “red light, green light” playground game starts.

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