Hello! The new Seven-Eleven lunchbox I want to introduce today is the Korean bansang-style Jeong Ho-young Tteokgalbi & Ugeoji Haejang-guk Bansang, a collaboration with chef Jeong Ho-young. Seven-Eleven keeps releasing quite a range of menus together with chef Jeong Ho-young! I’ve reviewed his kimbap and, not long ago, a cup ramen too, and today I’m reviewing a lunchbox. On top of that, since it’s not an ordinary lunchbox but even includes ugeoji haejang-guk, I’m quietly looking forward to this tteokgalbi haejang-guk meal! So let’s take a look at what it’s all about.
📋 At a Glance
- Product: Seven-Eleven Jeong Ho-young Tteokgalbi & Ugeoji Haejang-guk Bansang (chef collab)
- Brand/Store: Seven-Eleven
- Price: 5,900 won
- Weight/Calories: 402g · 730kcal (53% of the daily sodium allowance)
- Main components: Namdo-style tteokgalbi (teriyaki sauce, beef-pork mix), ugeoji haejang-guk (gelatin-set), jeyuk-bokkeum (domestic pork), stir-fried kimchi, stir-fried zucchini — five sides
- Notes: A bansang-style lunchbox that even includes soup (a spork is provided); the sides are on the salty side
- Verdict: ★4.0 — The unique tteokgalbi haejang-guk meal combo plus solid sides make it a hearty, recommendable meal!
Tteokgalbi Haejang-guk Meal: Price and Features
Chef Jeong Ho-young surely isn’t only good at Japanese cuisine, but since he’s a Japanese-cuisine specialist chef, a lineup collaborating on Korean menus might feel a little unexpected! (It did for me.) This menu was launched with the concept of a spicy ugeoji haejang-guk and a sweet-savory tteokgalbi. It’s not a renewal menu, and the tteokgalbi and ugeoji haejang-guk combo is a new menu that didn’t exist before, so I’m quietly looking forward to it! The price is 5,900 won.
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Copyright PAKOC https://pakoc.netThe total contents come to 402g, with 730kcal and sodium at about 53% of the daily recommended amount. Considering the price and volume, the calories seem moderate! Compared with multi-side lunchboxes that are mostly fried foods, the calories seem to have been set lower! The sodium isn’t as high as you’d think either. It looks like a lunchbox that’s nicely filling in moderation!
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Copyright PAKOC https://pakoc.netTteokgalbi Haejang-guk Meal: Components
So let’s take a quick look at the menu’s composition. This menu is a lunchbox with five sides in total! Naturally, it consists of the main tteokgalbi and ugeoji haejang-guk, plus three side dishes. Since it’s a lunchbox that includes a soup, a plastic spork comes as standard!
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Copyright PAKOC https://pakoc.netIn the ugeoji haejang-guk you can see frozen young napa cabbage and shiitake mushroom bits, and the broth is a gelatin-set type, so you don’t have to pour in hot water separately. Of course, adding a little after cooking to adjust the seasoning is fine! The amount itself isn’t much, but it should be enough for a light few spoonfuls.
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Copyright PAKOC https://pakoc.netThe tteokgalbi is, naturally(?), said to be made by mixing pork, beef, and so on — not uniformly foreign meat, but a reasonable mix of domestic and foreign. For the sauce, it’s said to use the teriyaki sauce we commonly picture with “frozen tteokgalbi”! The taste is probably just the one you’d expect.
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Copyright PAKOC https://pakoc.netThe remaining side dishes are three: jeyuk-bokkeum, stir-fried kimchi, and stir-fried zucchini! The jeyuk-bokkeum is said to use domestic pork across the board. I’ve often seen jeyuk-bokkeum as a main, but having it as a side in a five-side lunchbox like this is a somewhat unfamiliar composition! The remaining stir-fried kimchi and stir-fried zucchini can be enjoyed as suitable accompaniments.
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Copyright PAKOC https://pakoc.netThe Taste of the Tteokgalbi Haejang-guk Meal
So let’s taste this menu right away. The ugeoji haejang-guk in this menu is a gelatin-set type, so if you simply run it in the microwave, it melts down like this.
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Copyright PAKOC https://pakoc.netThe ugeoji haejang-guk is a little saltier than expected — salty enough that, since you can treat it as one of the side dishes, you’ll think it’s best eaten together with rice. At first, taste it lightly, and adding a bit of hot water is one way to go, right? The flavor itself is a bit richer than instant haejang-guk, though it’s not really something to compare with real haejang-guk, haha! For a convenience store lunchbox, consider it good enough to pair with rice.
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Copyright PAKOC https://pakoc.netThe Flavor of the Tteokgalbi and Side Dishes
Next is the tteokgalbi! Since it’s tteokgalbi made by mixing beef and pork with a common teriyaki sauce, the taste itself feels just like a bulgalbi burger patty. If real rice cake had gone in, there might have been a chewy note, but that point wasn’t particularly strong. That said, there was relatively little meaty off-smell or the dry texture typical of frozen products, so it was reasonably edible! Compared with menus where it’s served as a modest side, it was quite good!
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Copyright PAKOC https://pakoc.netThe jeyuk that came as a side with this menu was also surprisingly decent, and the side dishes like stir-fried kimchi and stir-fried zucchini were a pretty good combination to pair with the other items too. Overall, it was mostly sides with a somewhat strong salty taste! But then again, come to think of it, there’s hardly a convenience store lunchbox that isn’t like that, haha!
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Copyright PAKOC https://pakoc.netVerdict — A Uniquely Combined Bansang Lunchbox
You might think it’s a totally predictable combination of a lunchbox, but each item was surprisingly fine to eat on its own, and the tteokgalbi was quite respectable too! Compared with the other soup/stew lunchboxes released so far, the choice of ugeoji haejang-guk was quietly unique as well! Personally, it was worth recommending!
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Copyright PAKOC https://pakoc.netIt was quietly filling and quite satisfying as a single meal! Each side dish might feel predictable, but the tteokgalbi & ugeoji haejang-guk combo alone made it a pretty unique convenience store lunchbox. This kind of combo is surprisingly rare, isn’t it, haha! What do you think? If you’re looking for a hearty lunchbox meal, it was a menu worth recommending.
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Copyright PAKOC https://pakoc.netYou can find more about the Seven-Eleven chef Jeong Ho-young collaboration lineup this menu belongs to in the Etoday press release (Korean source).
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How much does the Jeong Ho-young Tteokgalbi Haejang-guk Meal cost?
The price is 5,900 won. With 402g of total contents and 730kcal, it’s fairly good value for a five-side bansang lunchbox that includes tteokgalbi, ugeoji haejang-guk, and three side dishes. You can buy it even cheaper by using partner-payment discounts such as NH card or Naver Pay.
Q. How is the Tteokgalbi Haejang-guk Meal put together?
The mains are Namdo-style tteokgalbi with teriyaki sauce (a beef-pork mix) and ugeoji haejang-guk, which is gelatin-set and reheated in the microwave. It’s a five-side composition adding domestic-pork jeyuk-bokkeum, stir-fried kimchi, and stir-fried zucchini as sides. Since it has soup, a plastic spork is included.
Q. How does the Tteokgalbi Haejang-guk Meal taste?
The tteokgalbi has a sweet-savory bulgalbi-patty taste from the teriyaki sauce, with little off-smell or dryness, so it’s respectable. The ugeoji haejang-guk is slightly salty, good to pair with rice, and richer than instant versions. The sides are strongly seasoned overall, but the tteokgalbi haejang-guk meal combo itself is unique, so it’s worth recommending as a hearty meal.
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