Shannon Lynn Finishes Matcha-Laced Samyang Noodles in a Stream Meant to Last 30 Minutes

AKA VIRTUAL — Shannon Lynn, who streams as ONShannon and is affiliated with AKA Virtual, ate a bowl of spicy Samyang noodles mixed with matcha powder on Sunday, a forfeit that ran 95 minutes against her own prediction of 30. She finished the bowl near the end of the stream and said afterward that she was left with lingering nausea.

She said she had asked for plain matcha with no milk or sugar, but the powder she received was a sweetened matcha latte blend. Her mother, she said, had cooked the noodles. Under the camera lights the dish read as pale yellow and then brown, and she spent the opening stretch trying to make it look green, adding powder and finally a second helping of it. “The green barely shows,” she told viewers, and said she should have bought food coloring.

“This is the first time I haven’t enjoyed Samyang. It’s sweet. As sweet as matcha.” — Shannon Lynn, midway through the bowl

The first bite surprised her. “Wow, it’s good,” she said, and asked whether she had come to love matcha. That did not last. As more powder went in she described the smell as bad and the taste as sweet, and she said she would rather have matcha latte than the blend she was eating. Later she said it was worse than eating insects, and she repeatedly told viewers she was holding back the urge to vomit. Chat kept suggesting new matcha dishes, including martabak, fried rice and soto. She said she would hold off on further forfeits this month.

Viewers also pushed her to taste real matcha. She said she wanted someone to send her good matcha so she could believe it tasted good, and chat’s talk of a 10 million rupiah trip to Japan for it drew a laugh and the answer that the budget would not stretch that far. The stream had three Super Chats.

She said Samyang matcha was finished at around the 93-minute mark, then settled her stomach with a lollipop and milk candy. Asked about the next day, she said a planned cosplay stream was in doubt because her week was in disarray, and that she might go live suddenly. She signed off saying she was traumatized by the dish and thanking viewers for following the journey.