North American Lobsters Are Latest Foodie Fad in South Korea
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Wall Street Journal] By Joshua Hall - January 23, 2015 -
Forget macadamias and honey butter chips, South Koreans have it bad for lobsters.
A flurry of establishments serving the crustacean have opened recently, offering platters and lobster rolls in a country where the decapod has long been seen as limited to the realms of fine dining and marbled wedding halls.
Thanks to the FTA, U.S. lobster exports to Korea have overtaken Canada’s, which are burdened with higher tariffs. Canadian lobsters accounted for 67% of imports in 2002, but last year U.S. lobsters held the majority with ...
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