Delivery Apps

Food Delivery is a culture in Korea. Of course,  there may have food delivery in any country but why it becomes a culture in Korea? And why using Delivery Apps becomes a culture nowadays?

Basely, Food delivery divides into 3 part in the past.

Chinese food delivery

Fried chicken delivery

Pizza delivery

People make a phone call to the restaurant and make a delivery order, the delivery staff bring the food and arrive as soon as possible. People in Korea love “fast”, it is their lifestyle. People prefer to make a delivery order instead of to dine out, they think it can save their time to do some other things. And the delivery staff are mostly doing their job with a motorcycle since the traffic in Korea is very complicated if anyone wants to go to a place within a short time, the only way is using the motorcycle.

As time goes by, delivery apps become popular in these few years. It is way more convenient then make a phone call. People can choose the restaurant they like in the application, the application even classifies the restaurant genre to make it more user-friendly. People can read through the restaurant menu anytime, it can avoid people want to make an order which without the takeaway menu because it is all online now. People also can pay their meal online, the application will show the time that how long would they need to wait after they make the order, so people can make good use of their time. Using the delivery apps also have extra benefits, the users may have a discount on their meal. For example, for some delivery apps (e.g. foodpanda) the new user enter the discount code, they can have a discount (-$50) for their first order. Beside the first order, the apps may have an extra discount for the old user too.

I am a food lover and also a delivery apps lover. I usually use the apps to order food at night or at midnight. I really love the apps, it can show me all the restaurant that I can choose. Sometimes when I am on the street I don’t even know what kind of restaurant is around me, I can not make sure what food I can eat in the restaurant because not every shop is willing to put a menu outside the restaurant to let people know. So I may miss some good food, but if I use the apps, I can know all the things that I can order, and how long I need to wait for the food. Sometimes I am really hungry and I know I really want to eat noodles but I saw the time they needed is around an hour or even more than an hour to arrive, I will give up and choose something need less time. In the other situation, I want to eat the food with a very long waiting time and fortunately, I have plenty of time to wait for it, I will order it. So the delivery apps give people choice and we can have better time management.

There are so many different delivery apps, I used to use “deliveroo” and I tried “foodpanda” last week. It is my first time to use foodpanda and I also use to discount code for my very first order. So I can -$50 of my sushi, it is very nice for the first experience when I use the app. I use this kind of apps when I am working, sometimes I want to eat some specific food those are not around my workplace, those delivery apps really help me to solve this problem. What I need to do is using a phone and order, pay and wait at my workplace. I can still do my own job and my manager won’t see me going out for a long time only for food.

 

I really love this kind of experience and I know this is normal in Korea. People are not just delivering food on the apps, they deliver anything people can imagine. All the stuff that daily use (e.g. clothes, baby food, flower) or even people can order “an event”. People can order “a gym” on the apps, the trainer will bring the equipment and go to the place that people order and provide a gym training class. It is very amazing to know about that, and how people make good use of the delivery apps.

Somehow, I hope Hong Kong also has the delivery apps beside food so that I can make my life way easier.