February 2026 - KOREAN FOOD REVIEW & RECIPE

[Korean Food] Root Vegetable Edition – Cheongnyeon Pizza

February 24, 2026 by PAKOC

Today’s new menu from Cheongnyeon Pizza is the “Famine-Relief Crops Edition.” It’s a new item with a pretty unusual name. As the name suggests, it’s a pizza topped entirely with ingredients that come to mind when you think of staple survival crops—sweet potato, potato, corn, and more. The topping combination is distinctive, and the portion is generous, making it suitable for a meal and also a decent option for a home party. It’s reasonably priced, with little in the way of spicy or overly intense flavors, so it’s great for the whole family. Let’s take a closer look at what it’s like.

[Korean Food] Red Horse Kielbasa Set Meal (CU)

February 24, 2026 by PAKOC

Hello. Today’s new CU lunchbox item is the 2026 New Year release, the Red Horse Kielbasa Set Meal. To celebrate the Year of the Red Horse, CU has launched a variety of carrot-themed items such as triangle kimbap, kimbap rolls, and sandwiches. Among them, this product is a horse-themed release featuring a kielbasa sausage shaped to resemble a horse’s hoof. The lineup itself is simple, but the value for money is surprisingly solid. Let’s take a closer look at what it includes.

[Korean Food] Papa Johns Gold Cheddar Pepper Pizza

February 15, 2026 by PAKOC

Hello, this is Paco. Today’s new Papa Johns menu item I’m introducing is the Gold Cheddar Pepper. As their first release of 2026, they’ve launched a pretty heavy, indulgent option. Unlike the existing Six Cheese, this one is topped generously with American cheddar cheese and finished with spicy red peppers to boost the overall flavor. It’s also especially exciting because it’s a tomato-sauce-based pizza, which has been hard to come by for a while. They’re running a promotion from January through March as well, so I went ahead and ordered it right away. Now, let’s take a closer look at what it’s like.

[Korean Food] King Dumpling Tteokguk, Assorted Jeon & Japchae GS25

February 15, 2026 by PAKOC

Hello. Today I’m introducing GS25’s new Lunar New Year items: Royal Dumpling Rice Cake Soup for Seollal, and two varieties—Assorted Jeon & Japchae. For the 2026 Seollal holiday, GS25 was the first among convenience store chains to roll out the widest range of offerings. GS25 has long released holiday lunch boxes, assorted jeon, and occasionally tteok-mandu-guk as well, so the lineup is generally quite solid. This time, you can also pre-order through the GS25 convenience store app, so you can place an order and eat it as needed. I pre-ordered this time and tried it right away. Shall we take a look at what these items are?

[Korean Food] Lunch Box of the Month: February Lunar New Year Special GS25

February 14, 2026 by PAKOC

Hello. Today I’m introducing GS25’s new lunchbox menu: the “Lunchbox of the Month” February Lunar New Year Special. Starting in 2026, they launched the Lunchbox of the Month series, and in January they released the Value-for-Money Edition. As I suspected, for February they’ve put out a light holiday-themed lunchbox. This one seems to have made a few small changes to the nine-compartment lunchbox set that GS25 has traditionally released for each holiday. The overall lineup was pretty solid. Let’s take a look at what’s inside.