"The spicy and sweet menu takes over the American restaurant..."Popular with red pepper paste".

The spicy and sweet taste is gaining popularity in U.S. restaurants, and many use Korean gochujang as a seasoning, U.S. economic media CNBC reported.

CNBC said the hottest food and beverage trend this year is spicy and sweet in an article titled "The so-called 'Mapdal' item occupies the restaurant menu."

In addition, he introduced the newly coined word "Swissy," which combines "Spicy," which means spicy, and "sweet," which means sweet, and introduced that the taste occupied 10% of the U.S. restaurant menu, up 1.8% over the past year.

CNBC said that the popular menu used Korean condiments such as red pepper paste and spicy honey, and introduced Shake Shack's "Korean fried chicken sandwich" as a prime example.

He then said that the popularity of Korean food, especially spicy and sweet red pepper paste sauce, is increasing, and predicted that this "Mapdan" menu will increase by 9.6% over the next four years.