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Budae jjigae, the sausage-and-ham stew born in postwar Korea, keeps finding new formats, and the latest is a convenience store lunch box. CU has just added Budae Bokkeum Jeongsik to its Pbick single-dish line, which carries on from the chain’s earlier one-item trays. As Pbick gets tidied up, more of these single-dish boxes keep appearing. … Read more
Bibimbap is about as fundamental as Korean food gets, which makes it a useful test of any convenience store’s kitchen. CU’s newest lunch box is the Pbick Bulgogi Bibimbap. With the Pbick line’s overall renewal now largely finished, the new two-tier double meal set arrived first and older items are gradually being refreshed behind it. … Read more
Delivery apps in Korea have started commissioning menu items straight from famous chefs, and Coupang Eats runs one of the biggest of those programs. Today’s release is the No Brand Burger Musoepal Whole Shrimp Katsuo Burger, part of the August 2026 Eats Chef Collection collaboration. It was developed with chef Park Ju-seong, known as Musoepal … Read more
McDonald’s Korea runs a “Taste of Korea” line that builds burgers around regional ingredients, and its most talked-about entry is back. Today’s pick is the August 2026 relaunch of the Jinju Chili Cream Cheese Chicken Burger and Beef Burger. The Chungju waxy corn cheese croquette burger that launched in July ran into complaints, a strategic … Read more
Extreme-heat challenge food has become its own genre in Korean convenience stores, and Seven-Eleven keeps raising the bar. Today’s pick is the Michin Mandu Fried Rice, an unusual concept built with Michin Mandu, or “crazy dumpling,” from the Cheongju restaurant Ibi Jeulgeoun Geu Mandu. Ever since the Dijinda Donkatsu, Seven-Eleven seems to be investing heavily … Read more