Kalguksu, a Korean noodle soup made with knife-cut noodles, recorded the steepest worth improve among the many in style dining-out menu gadgets final month, information confirmed Sunday.
Some have taken to characterize this as “noodle-flation,” a portmanteau of noodles and inflation, reflecting how the rising price of dwelling is hitting customers by means of a dish lengthy thought-about one of the reasonably priced choices.
In response to information by the Korea Shopper Company, as of final month, the common worth of eight main restaurant menu gadgets in Seoul rose 3.44 p.c from December final 12 months.
Kalguksu confirmed the most important improve, climbing almost 5 p.c to 9,846 received ($6.7), up from 9,385 received throughout the identical interval.
Some in style eating places cost 11,000 received or extra for a bowl.
It is a greater than 50 p.c bounce from October 2015, when the common price of the dish was 6,545 received.
The value hike is defined by the spike in international wheat prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Samgyetang, a conventional Korean ginseng hen soup, recorded the second-largest bounce in dining-out costs.
Its common worth got here to 18,000 received in October, up greater than 4 p.c from 17,269 received final December.
Different on a regular basis restaurant menu gadgets additionally turned pricier over the identical interval.
A roll of gimbap, a rice roll made with seasoned rice, greens, spam and egg all rolled in seaweed and sliced, rose to three,646 received in October, up greater than 4 p.c from 3,500 final December.
The value of a bowl of bibimbap, a blended rice dish topped with greens, egg, meat and gochujang, or Korean chili paste, rose greater than 3 p.c to over 11,500 received.
“Dishes that when have been thought-about reasonably priced are more and more turning into pricier, a pattern prone to persist given larger ingredient costs and labor prices,” the company mentioned.
