SINGAPORE: A video of a woman went viral after she took a bite of a croissant-shaped lamp bought from Temu, a Chinese-owned online marketplace, and found that it was indeed a croissant.
In the video posted on her TikTok account on Sept 2, Neta Murphy, who goes by the username @froginahatgirl, reveals that she received the lamp as a gift from one of her sisters and found a small hole on it.
“I came home from work after a hot day and there were like, hundreds of ants underneath it,” Murphy says in the video.
She felt it was odd, as she thought the shiny-looking lamp was only shaped like the food item and should not be attracting ants.
In her video, she cracks open the lamp like a piece of bread and displays the flaky, pastry-like inside. Crumbs fall out as she pokes it.
She breaks off a small piece, takes a tiny bite, and tells her followers it really is food.
The video garnered 13.4 million views as at Sept 10, and left netizens both baffled and amused by her action.
“Did she just eat the Temu croissant lamp?” one TikToker, AndrewNutrition, said.
Another TikToker, Hopehuff, joked: “I have a chicken nugget key ring from Temu and I’ve always been convinced it’s a real nugget in resin.”
A netizen who goes by the username dreya180 on TikTok offered an explanation for the concept behind the lamp.
“I think it’s real croissant because it’s supposed to be a copy of the Yukiko Morita lamps where she uses real bread and pastry like croissants. The bread is hollowed out but preserved with anti-fungal coating.”
There has been no official statement from Temu in response to the video. - The Straits Times/ANN
