Data Binding in ASP.NET MVC ContextMenu control

<div id="contextmenutarget">Right click/Touch hold to open the ContextMenu </div>
@Html.EJS().ContextMenu("contextmenu").Target("#contextmenutarget").Items((IEnumerable<object>)ViewBag.menuItems).BeforeItemRender("beforeItemRender").Render()

<script>
    function beforeItemRender(args) {
        if (!args.item.text) {
            args.element.classList.add('e-separator');
       }
    }

</script>

<style>

button {
  margin: 20px 0 0 5px;
}

#target {
  border: 1px dashed;
  height: 150px;
  padding: 10px;
  position: relative;
  text-align: justify;
  color: gray;
  user-select: none;
}

</style>

public IActionResult Index()
        {
            List<object> menuItems = new List<object>();
            menuItems.Add(new
            { 
                id=1,
                text = "View"
            });
            menuItems.Add(new
            {
                id = 2,
                text = "Sort By"
            });
            menuItems.Add(new
            {
                id = 5,
                text = ""
            });
            menuItems.Add(new
            {
                id = 3,
                text = "New"
            });
            menuItems.Add(new
            {
                id = 4,
                text = "Ascending",
                parentId = 2
            });
            ViewBag.menuItems = menuItems;
            return View();
        }