The new menu item from Lotteria that I will introduce today is a new menu that enhances the shrimp flavor by adding whole shrimp tempura to a sauce combining Cheongyang pepper and chili sauce! Cheongyang Crispy Whole Shrimp Burger. It is said to have captured the spicy taste of Korea with the main concept of a premium shrimp burger that is rich in authentic shrimp flavor! As Lotteria is unrivaled when it comes to seafood burgers, it seems they have put a lot of effort into developing this one as well. Let’s find out what kind of menu it is!
Cheongyang Crispy Whole Shrimp Burger Price and Features
The concept of this new menu is a premium shrimp burger as the main, with Swicy, a combination of Sweet and Spicy, adding a sweet and spicy taste to the chili sauce! According to the description, the main trend in K-food these days is this Swicy, but thinking about it, I’m not sure if that’s really the case. The sweet taste in spicy sauces has always been there! Before the Kimchi Bulgogi, they kept releasing seafood burgers, and now they’ve launched another seafood burger!
The price of this menu is 8,400 won for a single item / 10,400 won for a set at the store! The delivery price is 9,200 won for a single item / 11,700 won for a set. Compared to the previous Egg Kimchi Bulgogi menu, it doesn’t feel particularly expensive when you think about the composition!
Cheongyang Crispy Whole Shrimp Burger Composition
Let’s quickly check the composition! Overall, when you take a look around, it has a quite hefty visual, befitting a burger with two types of fried ingredients! On the other hand, the vegetables seem a bit lacking, haha.
Looking at the ingredient composition briefly, the main components are sesame burger bun, lettuce, Cheongyang whole shrimp tempura patty, and shrimp patty!
The Cheongyang chili sauce, which can be said to be the core of the spiciness, is placed above and below the shrimp patty. This sauce is said to have maximized the spiciness by adding Cheongyang pepper to a sweet and spicy chili sauce! It might taste a bit like a Korean-style chipotle sauce!
Next, let’s cut it in half to check the composition in more detail. While cutting, a piece of Cheongyang whole shrimp tempura popped out, and it seems they really used whole shrimp. You can see the thick shrimp meat, right?!
Although the vegetables looked sparse from the outside, there is actually quite a lot of lettuce, and they used Thousand Island dressing sauce to enhance the taste when eating with vegetables.
The Cheongyang whole shrimp tempura patty uses a batter with Cheongyang pepper, and they used quite thick whole shrimp to maximize the shrimp flavor! After all, the most important point in a shrimp burger is that it has a proper shrimp taste! Haha.
And the patty mixed with pollock and shrimp meat, often seen in Ria Shrimp, is still going strong. Compared to the really old shrimp burgers where people questioned if there was real shrimp in them, the Ria Shrimp patty has quite a good shrimp flavor quality, and they say they’ve paid more attention to the sauce and ingredients, so I’m quite looking forward to it.
Cheongyang Crispy Whole Shrimp Burger Taste
Let’s take a bite right away. The red sauce above and below the shrimp patty is quite noticeable! As soon as you take a bite, the spiciness hits you, and it seems a bit too spicy for kids. Haha.
And the most important thing is the shrimp taste! The combination of shrimp patty and shrimp tempura has quite a big synergy! I was worried that the strong and spicy sauce might overshadow the shrimp taste, but it was just an unfounded concern!
Some might worry that the shrimp tempura + shrimp patty combination might feel quite greasy, and those who found Ria Shrimp a bit heavy with the combination of the existing tartar sauce and Thousand Island dressing sauce might have concerns. But with this menu, you don’t have to worry much as the sauce effectively counteracts the greasy taste!
It’s not just a shrimp aroma level, but the shrimp taste is definite, and with the sauce added, the synergy of the ingredient combination is quite certain. However, it’s also quite spicy, and if you’re expecting the sharp taste of Cheongyang pepper, it might be a bit disappointing that the main focus is on the numbing spiciness like chipotle sauce!
Still, personally, it’s a menu with more definite advantages than disadvantages, so even if opinions are divided, I think more people will like it! If you liked shrimp burgers, it’s a menu worth trying at least once.
In a way, it’s the most Lotteria-like burger, and it captures a taste that would be hard to create without Lotteria! Haha. It’s cost-effective and a good meal, so it’s a menu worth trying when you’re tempted.
