Korean Recipes & Food Reviews : Discover Authentic Korean Cuisine with PAKOC
Today’s recipe is Cheese Budae Bokkeum, my best home attempt at the “budae stir-fry” that often shows up in Korean convenience-store lunch boxes, finished with melted cheddar on top. It takes the same ingredients you’d use for budae jjigae (Korean army base stew) and turns them into a stir-fry instead of a soup. When you’re … Read more
Korean fast-food chains keep finding new ways to pile on cheese, and Mom’s Touch is the latest to lean in. The chain rolled out the Hot Cheese Bomb Chicken in May 2026 as a variation on its popular Hot Cheese line. I order from Mom’s Touch fairly often and already loved the original Hot Cheese, … 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 recipe is Dakjang Tteokguk — a twist on the classic clear chicken broth rice cake soup (tteokguk), enriched with the distinctive umami depth of ganjang soy sauce. If you only know the milky gomtang-style tteokguk or the clean anchovy broth version, this is a great opportunity to discover another approach. The combination of ganjang’s … Read more
Burger King Korea’s latest addition to the Originals premium lineup: the Originals El Paso Chipotle. Released in late May 2026, it features a 150g beef patty — the hallmark of the Originals series — and draws its identity from the Tex-Mex cuisine of El Paso, Texas, with a jalapeño chipotle sauce that promises smoky, layered … Read more