‘That looks like vomit!’ MasterChef’s Poh Ling Yeow turns fans’ stomachs with her ‘witches’ brew’ concoction
On Tuesday night’s episode of MasterChef Australia: Back To Win, Poh Ling Yeow dazzled the judges with her octopus emulsion.
The 47-year-old explained: ‘I’m going to actually try and make a rich, smoky sauce with the octopus.
‘I’m going to char it, I’m gonna blend it, and I’m just gonna slow roast it in a frying pan, which is like a Chinese technique, and just get that flavour really concentrated’.
Creative: On Tuesday night’s episode of MasterChef Australia: Back To Win, Poh Ling Yeow (pictured) dazzled the judges with her octopus emulsion
Poh went on to explain that judges Jock Zonfrillo and Andy Allen loved the idea, calling it ‘unreal’.
‘Jock and Andy are really intrigued by this idea of an octopus emulsion. So it’s putting a lot of pressure on me to pull this off now,’ she said.
Fans at home, however, were less enthused by what they saw when the emulsion was being made.
At one point, it looked like pink sludge all over Poh’s hands – although the end result was quite appealing.
The 47-year-old explained: ‘I’m going to make a rich, smoky sauce with the octopus. I’m going to char it, I’m gonna blend it, slow roast it in a frying pan, which is like a Chinese technique’
Tasty! Poh went on to explain that judges Jock Zonfrillo and Andy Allen (both pictured) loved the idea, calling it ‘unreal’
Sticky! Fans at home, however, were less enthused by what they saw when the emulsion was being made. At one point, it looked like pink sludge all over Poh’s hands
One person Tweeted: ‘Poh yesterday made a cool pink sauce like looked like a magical spell.
‘Poh today made an octopus emulsion that looks like a witches’ brew. Love watching her haha’.
Another chimed in: ‘Octopus emulsion’. The only place octopus belongs is in the sea!’
Someone else watching at home Tweeted: ‘Eek – that octopus emulsion looks a bit like vomit!’
Someone else watching at home Tweeted: ‘Eek – that octopus emulsion looks a bit like vomit!’
Another asked: ‘Hold all the way up… that brownish mush Poh was just squishing into a cloth… was that the octopus???’
Multiple fans shared posts adding a ‘sickness’ or ‘vomit’ emoji alongside the words ‘octopus emulsion’.
MasterChef continues Sunday at 7.30pm on Channel Ten
Delicious! The end result was quite appealing with the octopus emulsion looking smooth