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Korean convenience store chain CU has been pushing its lunchbox game hard, and the latest pickup is the Bap-banchan-ban Hamburg Steak from the Pbick The Kitchen lineup. The name translates roughly to “half-rice, half-side-dish,” and the concept fits the lineup’s identity perfectly: nail at least one part of the meal properly. The headline here is … Read more
Hello! Today’s new CU lunch box is the very first item in CU’s Pbick The Kitchen series — the Bap-ban-chanchan-ban Donkatsu (half rice, half side dish pork cutlet). CU launched its private brand lineup Pbick in mid-2025, and has since expanded it into the dosirak (lunch box) category with an aggressive wave of new releases … Read more
Hello. Today’s new Emart24 lunchbox menu is the Kats Immersion Lunchbox from the Yukha-wonchik lineup, which is packed with meat. It is a multi-dish lunchbox released with the concept of enjoying several kinds of katsu in one meal.
From my perspective as someone who eats convenience store lunchboxes often, it has been nice to see the overall quality improve lately. This one also delivered a solid level of quality, so it felt filling and satisfying. The value for money was decent as well. Now, let’s take a closer look at what’s inside.
Hello. Today’s new Seven-Eleven lunch box is a Chinese-style rice bowl called Kim Joo Kitchen Chef’s Chinese-Style Spicy Pork Rice Bowl. It is said to recreate a signature dish from “Chef Kim Joo Kitchen,” who worked at Palseon for over 23 years, in a convenience-store lunch box format. I was curious how they would capture that signature wok-kissed smokiness and the spicy, thick-cut pork, so I bought one right away. The taste was fairly decent and easy to enjoy. Now, let’s take a closer look at what this menu is like.
Hello. Today’s new lunchbox menu from Emart24 is the Sichuan-Style Dakgalbi Lunchbox, a collaboration with Chef Park Eun-young. It is not a direct collaboration with the “Black-and-White Chef,” but Emart24 is clearly serious about rolling out chef-driven menus. Moreover, it seems they are now trying to fill even their core lunchbox lineup with chef collaborations, not just one-off “signature” items. Today’s pick is the most basic set-meal option among Chef Park Eun-young’s collaboration menus. Still, the mildly spicy sauce had a pretty distinctive character. So, let’s take a closer look at what this menu is all about.