CU Grilled Eel Dosirak Summer Meal Review [Korean Food]

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Hello! Korean convenience stores roll out stamina dishes every summer, and this year the muggy heat arrived early, so the boyang (restorative) menus started landing fast. Today’s pick is CU’s new lunch box, the Grilled Eel Set — CU’s first summer stamina dosirak, built around a whole eel over rice. It looks basic, yet it … Read more

Samyang Jjareureu Uji Jjajang Ramen Review [Korean Food]

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Hello! Today’s new ramen comes from Samyang, a brand that is genuinely serious about beef tallow (uji): the Samyang Jjareureu beef-tallow jjajang ramen. Much like the earlier Samyang 1963 ramen, this Jjareureu leans on tallow. Blending tallow into a jjajang ramen — which usually relies on a vegetable flavor oil — is a genuinely novel … Read more

Emart24 Honey Combo Tteokbokki & Tuna Mayo [Korean Food]

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Hello! Today’s new lunchbox is the Legendary Honey Combo Tteokbokki & Tuna Mayo, a tie-in between Emart24 and a hit Korean army-cook drama (a webtoon-based series). Quite a mouthful of a name, right? As the show took off, each convenience-store chain rolled out its own collab item. The lineup here doesn’t seem to have much … Read more