KOREAN FOOD REVIEW & RECIPE - PAKOC
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Hands-on reviews of Korean convenience store meals from CU, GS25, 7-Eleven, and Emart24 — lunchboxes, kimbap, ready-to-eat dishes, cup noodles, and desserts. Honest verdicts on taste, price, calories, and which Korean CVS items are worth a try.
Today’s new lunchbox from Korean 7-Eleven is the Gochu Mayo & Boneless Chicken dosirak. As the chain refreshes its core lunchbox lineup, plenty of interesting new menus have popped up, and this one combines two distinct chicken flavors in a single tray. It steers clear of the typical sweet-yangnyeom-plus-fried pairing, which makes it feel surprisingly … Read more
Korean convenience stores have been pushing their lunchbox lineups to new heights lately, and GS25’s latest release is the Hyeja Hansang Chinese Edition lunchbox. It looks like the next step in GS25’s Chinese-style dosirak lineup, picking up where the earlier Hankki Manjok Jungsik Hansang left off. Sitting under the Hyeja umbrella, GS25’s series known for … Read more
Today’s Seven-Eleven dosirak is a collaboration with Chef Kim Hee-eun of the Korean Netflix cooking show Black and White Chef (Season 2) — a Korean fine dining chef who runs Soul restaurant, a Michelin 1-star for three consecutive years. The result: the Kim Hee-eun Sanchaedodeok Bibimbap (Mountain Herb Deodeok Bibimbap). At 5,200 won, it features … Read more
Today’s Emart24 dosirak review is a special collaboration with Chef Son Jongwon of Joseon Hotel & Resort: the Jeyuk Modum Ssambap Jeongsik (Spicy Pork & Assorted Ssam Rice Set). Korean convenience store dosirak usually tops spicy stir-fried pork with a single layer of boiled cabbage — but this one goes much further, with a proper … Read more
Today’s GS25 “Dosirak of the Month” review is the May Super Mario collaboration: the GS25 Super Mario Mushroom Cream Omurice & Tonkatsu. This is already the fifth installment in our monthly dosirak series! May in Korea usually means Family Month and Children’s Day, so a carnation-themed dosirak seemed like the obvious pick — but instead … Read more