CU Donkatsu & Jeyuk Double Set Review [Korean Food]

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Korean convenience stores keep raising the bar for lunch boxes, and today’s pick is CU’s new Pbick Donkatsu & Jeyuk Double Set. It belongs to the Double Set series, built around the idea of packing two main dishes into a single lunch box. CU rolled it out as a brand-new item during the sweeping relaunch of its Pbick line. Honestly, the lineup looked better than what you’d expect from a convenience store meal, so let’s dig right in.

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📋 At a Glance

Product: Pbick Donkatsu & Jeyuk Double Set
Store: CU (Pbick)
Price: 5,800 won
Calories: 846 kcal
Weight: 403 g
Main components: pork cutlet, spicy jeyuk stir-fry, fried kimchi, potato salad, cocktail sausages
Sodium: 71% of the daily recommended intake
Verdict: ★3.5 — nothing flashy, but a thick cutlet and a genuinely filling portion make it solid value.

Donkatsu & Jeyuk Double Set: Price and Highlights

There isn’t really a special gimmick here. As the name suggests, this Double Set lets you enjoy two dishes, a pork cutlet and a spicy jeyuk stir-fry, in one box. That said, every CU Double Set I’ve reviewed has felt more like a 1.5-to-1.8 portion than a true double, so I expected the same this time. The price is 5,800 won. One heads-up: you’re supposed to remove the lid before microwaving this one.

The total weight comes to 403 g with 846 kcal, and sodium sits at 71% of the daily recommended intake. It runs a touch pricier than the lunch boxes in the low-to-mid 5,000 won range, so naturally the calorie count is on the higher side too. Between that and the generous volume, it should work well for a hearty single meal. For the record, the pork in both the cutlet and the jeyuk is listed as domestic Korean pork.

What’s Inside the Box

Now let’s look at the layout. As mentioned, being a Double Set, it carries two mains, the pork cutlet and the jeyuk-bokkeum, plus three side dishes for a five-item box. That structure applies across the whole Double Set lineup.

The Two Mains: Cutlet and Jeyuk

First up is the pork cutlet, labeled as domestic Korean pork. Frankly, on the ingredient line “domestic” and “Korean-grown” read the same to me, so I don’t fuss over it. The meat looks like ground pork rather than a whole loin, but the patty itself is reasonably thick. Underneath sits a small bed of pasta that appears tossed in tomato sauce.

Next is the other main, a jeyuk-bokkeum made with domestic pork hind-leg. Any veggies you spot actually slid over from the sausage stir-fry on the left; the jeyuk itself has almost none. It seems the second meat dish in these Double Sets rarely uses vegetables, and when it does, maybe just a bit of onion.

Three Side Dishes

The remaining sides are stir-fried kimchi, a potato salad of mashed potato with corn and ham, and two cocktail sausages. Overall it’s a pretty safe, familiar spread. There’s a good amount of banchan, so you’re unlikely to run short on rice, and it should keep you nicely full.

Taste Test: How Does It Eat?

The variety of sides isn’t huge, but the heavy weighting toward cutlet and jeyuk fits CU Pbick’s slogan of enjoying a proper meal at a fair price. So let’s get to the tasting.

I went for main number one, the pork cutlet, first. Keep in mind the benchmark here is strictly a convenience store meal, and not the premium line made with a real whole loin. As long as it isn’t a Western-style diner cutlet, a thick ground-pork cutlet can still taste good. This one was similarly thick with a nice bite, and the fat marbled through it melted just enough to keep things moist.

Still, it helps to remember this is a ground-pork cutlet through and through. Oddly, the sauce is spread on the bottom with the pasta laid on top. The sauce doesn’t leave the cutlet soggy, but the pasta soaks up a chunk of it, so you basically have to eat the pasta and cutlet together, which felt a little off. I kind of wished the sauce had come on the side instead.

As noted in the layout, the jeyuk-bokkeum had no vegetables, just meat. The heat was only mildly spicy, and the sauce tasted like something I’ve had plenty of times, so it went down easily. The visible portion looks small, but with barely any veggies and a salty, savory kick, it’s actually pretty decent for a convenience store box.

The rest of the sides were exactly what they looked like. None of them are likely to divide opinion, so if you eat convenience store lunch boxes often, you’ll find this one easy and tasty to work through.

Final Verdict: An Easy, Filling Meal

By the time I was eating, the portion felt genuinely generous. The cutlet is just so hefty that it probably made the whole thing feel bigger than the other sides would suggest. Once I finished off the sauce-tossed pasta too, I filled up fast. The rice, by the way, was more than I expected.

The lineup is the sort of convenience store box we run into all the time, so it isn’t distinctive or full of personality. Yet that’s exactly why you can eat it with zero worry or fuss. Everything is familiar enough that you just tuck in without overthinking. It’s filling, the value holds up, and if you need a quick single meal you can grab it without any buyer’s remorse. If you’re traveling in Korea, it’s a low-risk way to sample a home-style Korean lunch box from any CU.

CU overhauled its lunch box range with the Pbick “The Kitchen” relaunch. For more on the Double Set series and the wider Pbick renewal, see this (Korean source) Etnews report on the CU Pbick relaunch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How much is the CU Donkatsu & Jeyuk Double Set?

It’s 5,800 won. That’s a bit above the low-5,000 won lunch boxes, but with a total of 403 g and 846 kcal, it’s priced to fill you up for a full meal.

Q. Is this basically two full portions in one box?

Not quite. Like most CU Double Sets, it reads closer to 1.5 to 1.8 portions than a true double. You get two mains, a thick pork cutlet and a jeyuk stir-fry, plus fried kimchi, potato salad, and two sausages over five items total.

Q. How does the Donkatsu & Jeyuk Double Set taste?

The cutlet is ground pork but thick, with rendered fat keeping it moist and satisfying. The jeyuk is only mildly spicy and pleasantly savory. Nothing here is groundbreaking, yet it’s familiar, hearty, and easy to enjoy for a convenience store meal.

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