Google Lens Mistranslates Milk To 'Beef Water' On Japanese Pancake Mix

We bought some Japanese pancake mix, figuring Google lens could get us through the instructions. We got as far as the 3rd line, asking for 150ml of "Beef Water."

We spent 5 minutes pondering whether beef broth could actually be the secret to delicious fluffy pancakes before my wife and I came to the same obvious realization and simultaneously shouted at eachother. ITS MILK.

This two-panel meme shares a funny, relatable story of a couple attempting to make Japanese pancakes. The pair bought Japanese pancake mix and relied on Google Lens to translate the Japanese language instructions, but the app made an incorrect translation that listed an ingredient requirement of 150ml of "Beef Water". They spent five minutes confusedly wondering if beef broth was actually the secret to delicious fluffy pancakes, before both realized the translation was wrong at the exact same time and simultaneously figured out it was supposed to say milk. The left panel shows the finished cooked fluffy pancake, and the right panel shows the screenshot of the incorrect Google Lens translation on the product packaging.

This meme originates from X.com (formerly Twitter), posted to the WholesomeMeme account as confirmed by the provided source information. It spread widely as a relatable, lighthearted joke about common mistakes from automatic machine translation when using foreign food products.