Emart24 Honey Combo Tteokbokki & Tuna Mayo [Korean Food]

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Hello! Today’s new lunchbox is the Legendary Honey Combo Tteokbokki & Tuna Mayo, a tie-in between Emart24 and a hit Korean army-cook drama (a webtoon-based series). Quite a mouthful of a name, right? As the show took off, each convenience-store chain rolled out its own collab item. The lineup here doesn’t seem to have much to do with the drama itself, but it looks like they simply piled in every tasty side they could think of. So let’s dive right into what it is.

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📋 At a Glance

Product: Emart24 Legendary Honey Combo Tteokbokki & Tuna Mayo
Brand / Store: Emart24 (tie-in with the webtoon army-cook drama, developed with CJ CheilJedang across four convenience chains)
Price: 5,500 won
Weight: 458g
Calories: 944 kcal (sodium 108% of the daily value)
Main components: Persimmon-syrup tteokbokki, tuna-mayo rice, meatballs, pan-fried patties, yuzu pickled radish, gimmari, fried dumplings
Verdict: ★4.0 — Mildly sweet-spicy tteokbokki plus savory tuna mayo make a filling, great-value collab lunchbox

The Honey Combo Tteokbokki & Tuna Mayo Lunchbox

Once the army-cook drama became a hit, I figured all sorts of collab items would follow before long. Convenience stores got there first, and GS25, CU and Emart24 all ran it at the same time. The full name here is a bit long — the “Legendary Honey Combo Tteokbokki & Tuna Mayo made by the army cook.” The official English label reads Soft Persimmon Tteokbokki & Tuna mayo, so it seems a persimmon-based ingredient went into the tteokbokki. The price is 5,500 won.

Legendary honey combo tteokbokki tuna mayo

The total weight is 458g, with 944 kcal and sodium at 108% of the daily value. That sodium is higher than you’d expect for a typical convenience-store lunchbox. With both tteokbokki and tuna mayo in the box, it was probably hard to keep the sodium down. Checking the ingredients, there’s ripe-persimmon syrup, which seems to go into the tteokbokki sauce. One note: you’re meant to remove the yuzu pickled radish first, then microwave with the lid closed.

What’s Inside the Honey Combo Tteokbokki & Tuna Mayo

Let’s take a quick look at the composition. There are two mains — the tteokbokki and the tuna mayo — plus three simple sides. In a way, it’s like a small set-meal lunchbox with roughly two main dishes.

Convenience store industry simultaneous launch

There’s quite a lot of tteokbokki. As noted earlier, the sauce appears to contain ripe-persimmon syrup. It’s mostly rice cakes and fish cake, with a little green onion sprinkled on top. On the side there are a few fried dumplings and gimmari (seaweed rolls). The rice cakes are still a bit firm, but they should become perfectly edible once heated.

The Tuna Mayo and the Rest of the Sides

The other main is the tuna mayo. It’s rice mixed with seasoned laver, topped generously with tuna mayo. The tuna is a fairly soft, spread-like type, so the texture should be pretty good. It reminds me of the tuna mayo you’d order alongside chicken feet or braised pig’s trotters. The sauce is laid on generously so it’s easy to scoop with a spoon.

Legendary honey combo lunchbox recommendation

The remaining sides are yuzu pickled radish strips, meatballs and pan-fried patties. The two patty-type bites are nice to grab one at a time when the tuna mayo gets a little monotonous, and the pickled radish works whenever you feel like a palate reset. Overall there’s a decent amount of food, so it fills you up more than you’d think.

Lunchbox format differentiated composition

Taste Test: How the Honey Combo Tteokbokki Holds Up

Now let’s taste it right away. For reference, I microwaved mine for about a minute and a half at 1000W. That’s nowhere near enough to soften the rice cakes — you really need a total cook time of just over two minutes for them to turn out well, so keep that in mind when you heat it up.

First off, the tteokbokki itself is pretty enjoyable. It isn’t harsh or overly spicy — just a moderate heat with a touch of sweetness. The ripe-persimmon syrup is supposedly in there, though I didn’t pick up any special aroma or flavor from it. Even on its own, it was a genuinely tasty sauce by convenience-store-lunchbox standards. And there’s a surprisingly generous amount of it.

How the Tuna Mayo and Sides Taste

Next I tried the tuna mayo. It wasn’t quite enough to shape into rice balls, so I just scooped a big spoonful and took a bite. The basic execution here is high, too. It has more savory depth than the tuna mayo in a convenience-store triangle kimbap, and there’s plenty of it, so it’s satisfying to eat. That said, it’s a little awkward with chopsticks alone, so I wish the store had thrown in a spoon. Eaten together with the spicy tteokbokki, it strikes a surprisingly nice balance.

The rest of the sides make a solid combo, too. The pan-fried patty and meatball pairing is practically a proven staple of convenience-store lunchboxes, so if it’s there, you eat it right away. They’re great to reach for whenever the tuna mayo feels like it’s missing something. And the tteokbokki sauce is good enough that it pairs really nicely with the gimmari and dumplings.

Final Verdict

Personally, I think it’s a collab lunchbox that fills you up at a good price. The tteokbokki isn’t too spicy — a moderate heat with some sweetness — and its sauce was well made for a convenience-store box, while the tuna mayo had good savory depth that balanced nicely with the spicy rice cakes. I’d recommend it to anyone who likes both tteokbokki and tuna mayo, or who’s after a hearty single meal. And if you’re in Korea, it’s an easy, fun way to taste a dish straight out of a hit K-drama.

For more on the army-cook drama tie-in convenience meals that Emart24 and other chains developed with CJ CheilJedang, see this (Korean source) Financial News report.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How much is the Emart24 Honey Combo Tteokbokki & Tuna Mayo?

It’s 5,500 won. At 458g and 944 kcal, with two mains — tteokbokki and a tuna-mayo rice bowl — plus several sides, it makes a genuinely filling single meal.

Q. Is this tied to a Korean TV show?

Yes. It’s a collaboration with a webtoon-based army-cook drama, developed with CJ CheilJedang and launched across GS25, CU and Emart24 at once. The tteokbokki riffs on the show’s viral “persimmon tteokbokki.”

Q. What does it taste like?

The tteokbokki is mildly sweet and spicy rather than harsh, with a sauce that’s surprisingly good for a convenience-store lunchbox. The tuna mayo is more savory than the usual triangle-kimbap filling, and it balances the spicy rice cakes well.

Q. Any tips for eating it?

Bring a spoon — the tuna-mayo rice is awkward with chopsticks alone. Microwave it a little over two minutes so the rice cakes soften, and remember to take out the yuzu pickled radish before heating.

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