Cycle 13 – Item 222

15 (Mon) August 2022

Steamed Lobster

2.5

from Hunil Susan (Garak Market)

at the In-Laws’

-Apgujeong, Gangnam, Seoul, Republic of Korea-

with W and IZ

For FIL’s birthday, we ordered in.

The spread cost 580,000 won.  By contrast, a similar meal almost exactly 2 years ago from the same place cost 215,000 won.  Beyond ordinary inflation, the guy said that the war in Ukraine – previously, crabs and lobsters were sourced from Russia, but now from Canada – is further driving prices up.  Fucking Putin.

(See also GLOBAL FOOD GLOSSARY)

(See also RESTAURANTS IN KOREA)