"Beating the Heat with Spicy Flavors"... Food Service and Food Industry Aim to Capture Summer Appetites

Subway Spicy Shrimp Avocado

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] The dining out and food industries are gearing up to capture the "summer appetite" with spicy products for the upcoming summer season.

According to industry sources on the 23rd, Subway has introduced the "Spicy Shrimp" and "Spicy Shrimp Avocado" sandwiches. These are Subway's first-ever spicy sandwiches. This new menu, exclusively launched in Korea, delivers an exotic spiciness that Koreans love. The new menu items will be sold for a limited time only.

At Papa John's, the ‘Tabasco Jalape?o’ pizza featuring a spicy flavor has been released. The base combines rich tomato sauce with Tabasco sauce, topped with jalape?os to enhance both the spicy taste and chewy texture. It is characterized by its addictive spicy flavor. The pizza is topped with beef and pepperoni to add meaty flavor, and pineapple topping adds a sweet, spicy, and tangy taste.

Pulmuone Red Jjajangmyeon

Pulmuone Foods has launched the spicy black bean noodle dish "Red Jjajangmyeon," flavored with a spicy Doubanjiang sauce. Unlike the usual chunjang (black bean paste), this dish uses the red and spicy Doubanjiang sauce popular in the Sichuan region of China.

Binggrae has released a spicy ice cream called "Menbung-eo Ssamanco," which adds Buldak sauce to the traditional fish-shaped red bean ice cream "Bungeo Ssamanco." The name is a blend of "Menbung" (mental breakdown) and "Bungeo Ssamanco," adding a playful twist. The spicy flavor of Buldak sauce, the red bean syrup of Bungeo Ssamanco, and the soft, sweet taste of the ice cream combine to offer a new kind of spiciness.

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