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They drag incomprehensibly on the internet. Mukbang's videos, a trend that was born in Korea ten years ago, have turned youtubers into celebrities who devote themselves to streaming a swamp food . We talked about a host of greasy dishes that could feed an entire large family. As they swallow live and direct, the number of their followers rises like foam. A form of food porn taken to the extreme that has reaped millions of faithful inside and outside that country.

You just have to take a look at the figures: videos with 15, 25, 35 and up to 45 million views. Channels, like suellASMR, with almost two million subscribers that are included in the category of videos of ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response), an acronym that designates the contents of pleasant character that are supposed to cause a sensation of relaxation in the viewer.

Such is the popularity that hotels have begun to see the reef of the phenomenon and crave a piece of cake. Hence the W of Washignton DC, a luxury hotel that has just made a million-dollar tuning, has begun to offer its customers a mukbang experience that, although much more glamorous than can be seen in Korean videos, allows Produce one of these shorts from their rooms.

Microphone courtesy of the hotel to record each sound.

The five-star Marriott chain offers guests a mobile phone holder and microphone to capture the moment of the binge . For those who are not familiar with mukbang, the noise of sipping and chewing is an essential part of these videos that are streamed .

Accompany, of course, a special room service menu. For $ 295 , about 267 euros, the meal consists of cheeseburgers, charcuterie boards , pizza, sirloin trays and lobster tails, pie towers and potato chips, among other dishes ... For now, the first Who has tried the extravagant menu is the actor Antoni Porowski , protagonist of the Queer Eye series, which can be seen on YouTube devouring delicacies to promote the hotel.

In addition to the price of the menu, the rooms of this W can be booked from 175 euros. This is the closest hotel to the White House, a 1917 Beaux Arts building, with a rooftop bar, the legendary POV, from which to look at the presidential mansion and much of the Mall, where the most famous monuments and Washington DC museums.

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