CU PBICK Jeyuk & Ganjang Bulbaek Review [Korean Food]

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Today’s new lunchbox from CU is the PBICK Jeyuk & Ganjang Bulbaek Double Set. As CU’s PBICK lunchbox lineup has settled into something of a steady rhythm, menus that feel like renewals of existing ones keep rolling out. Honestly, this one felt a bit removed from the “double sets” CU used to release. So let’s take a look at what it’s like.

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📋 At a Glance

Product: PBICK Jeyuk & Ganjang Bulbaek Double Set (PBICK The Kitchen)
Store: CU
Price: 5,700 won (approx. $4.15 USD)
Weight: 363g
Calories: 683 kcal (sodium 68% of daily value)
Main components: Spicy pork bulgogi and soy bulgogi (both domestic pork hind leg), stir-fried kimchi, rolled omelet, seasoned spinach
Verdict: ★3.5 — Spicy jeyuk pairs great with rice for an easygoing double set, though the meat is thin and the sides are light.

Jeyuk & Ganjang Bulbaek Double Set: Price and Highlights

This is unrelated to the double-set lineup CU used to release; here, “double set” is a sub-series within the PBICK lineup. Maybe because it’s jeyuk and soy pork, I found myself thinking, “Wait, wasn’t there a similar menu before?” — but looking closely, there wasn’t an exactly overlapping one. Of course, given how side-dish setups go, similar menus are everywhere, not just at CU. The price for this one is 5,700 won.

Symbolic photo of the PBICK The Kitchen renewal

The total volume is 363g at 683 kcal, with sodium at 68% of the daily value. The volume and calories sit just slightly above average, and the sodium is quite reasonable, so it works fine as a single meal. These days we’ve moved past the era when 5,000 won was the sweet spot — now you have to reach the mid-to-late 5,000s before anyone calls it good value. For reference, both the spicy pork bulgogi and the soy bulgogi use pork hind leg, and all of it is domestic.

What’s in the Double Set

Let’s take a quick look at the makeup. Unlike the older, celebrity-chef-style double set, this PBICK double set avoids a complicated layout and focuses as much as possible on two main dishes. Put positively, it gives you a slightly more generous helping of the mains; seen another way, the weight of the remaining sides has dropped sharply.

Anticipation for the jeyuk ganjang bulbaek lunchbox

The Two Mains: Spicy Pork and Soy Bulgogi

First is one of the mains, the spicy pork bulgogi. It’s a menu whose bright-red gochujang sauce really stands out. Like the other PBICK jeyuk items released before, it uses pork hind leg, but instead of thick cuts it appears to use thinly sliced bulgogi-cut meat. Even so, it’s not quite sliced paper-thin.

Next is the second main, the soy bulgogi. Its cut is almost identical to the spicy pork, so you can gauge the actual thickness from this. Unlike the spicy pork, its sauce isn’t very runny. It’s the kind with little liquid, so it probably won’t be salty.

Lighter Side Dishes

The remaining sides are three: stir-fried kimchi, one rolled omelet, and seasoned spinach. Compared to CU’s other lineups, which used to throw in stir-fried fish cake or sausage, it’s quite restrained, right? Given the nature of this PBICK lineup, it feels like they eased off the sides even a bit more and poured everything into the mains.

As a result, the key to this menu’s flavor ultimately comes down to these two bulgogi dishes, and opinions may split sharply on them. It does look like they lightened the sides while nudging up the amount of meat. The meat is also a touch thinner than expected, which is a slight concern.

Jeyuk & Ganjang Bulbaek Double Set: The Taste

Now let’s dig right in. Cooked in the microwave, the meat loosened up a bit and took on a quietly appetizing look. Let me start with the gochujang spicy pork. First off, a single piece isn’t as big as you’d expect, right?

The Actual Taste of the Two Pork Dishes

The spicy pork itself had seasoning that was spicy yet savory, so the quality was quite decent. The chew of the meat is a little underwhelming, but it was truly a great match with rice. It wasn’t as spicy as I’d expected, so there was no real burden. There’s almost no vegetable mixed into the meat, which might divide opinion, but not padding out the portion was, for me personally, a plus. Haha.

Next is the soy bulgogi. I thought it was made in a slightly flame-grilled style, but I didn’t really taste any char. If anything, since it has so little sauce, oil came out of the meat after microwaving, so it wasn’t dry exactly — but it did feel a touch parched. This type is definitely one that will divide opinion.

The remaining sides are, overall, a quality good for light eating without dividing opinion much. Since convenience-store lunchboxes lately trend toward cutting sides like these, if you go in thinking of it as a light multi-side box, they work nicely as a bite or two to cleanse the palate.

I did think the rice was a bit much for this menu, but since the spicy pork and soy bulgogi are slightly salty, it didn’t actually feel like that much as I ate. At a glance the meat might look sparse, but the rice quietly kept disappearing and I filled up fast. Haha.

Final Verdict

Overall it was quite an easygoing lunchbox. The rice portion is a bit large, so the meat looked somewhat lacking by comparison, but since it’s a spicy pork and soy bulgogi combo that makes rice go down smoothly, there was no real trouble eating it. As a pairing of the two most iconic convenience-store lunchbox dishes, if you’re after a simple single meal, it’s a menu you could pick without a second thought. For readers abroad, it’s a no-fuss, filling one-box lunch you can grab at any CU in Korea.

For more on CU’s PBICK The Kitchen lineup and the renewal behind it, you can read the (Korean source) Electronic Times (ET News) report.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How much is CU’s PBICK Jeyuk & Ganjang Bulbaek double set?

It’s 5,700 won. It comes to 363g at 683 kcal, with sodium at 68% of the daily value — a reasonable level for a single meal.

Q. What’s in the jeyuk and ganjang bulbaek double set?

The two mains are spicy pork bulgogi (jeyuk) and soy bulgogi, both made with domestic pork hind leg. The sides are a light trio of stir-fried kimchi, a rolled omelet, and seasoned spinach.

Q. How does the double set taste?

The spicy jeyuk has a nice savory kick and pairs beautifully with rice. The soy bulgogi runs a bit dry with little sauce, which may divide opinion, and the meat is on the thin side.

Q. Is the jeyuk and ganjang bulbaek double set worth it?

Yes, it’s a solid pick for a simple meal. Just factor in the light sides and thin meat, and you get a 5,700-won box where the rice disappears fast.

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