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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 … Read more
Hello! Today’s new lunchbox from Seven-Eleven is a very no-frills, budget-friendly meal: the Uiseong Garlic Ham Dosirak. These days even a single-item menu easily runs into the high 4,000-won range. A multi-side lunchbox goes for the high 5,000s, and a full-course box comfortably clears 6,000 won. So it’s no surprise that plenty of new releases … Read more
Today’s new lunchbox from Seven-Eleven is a Chinese-cuisine special created with Chef Hu Deok-juk: the Hu Deok-juk Squid Bulgogi & Baek Jjamppong. Seven-Eleven’s collaborations with Chef Hu Deok-juk — a Michelin-starred Chinese chef — haven’t been one-offs; they’ve rolled out in surprising variety. Today’s is an unusual pairing of a soupy white jjamppong (baek jjamppong) … Read more
Today’s new lunchbox from CU is the PBICK Budae Bokkeum & Jjimdak Double Set. A number of convenience-store brands have released “budae bokkeum” (army-base stir-fry) over the years, and this one is just about the only one on sale right now. It launched as a new menu with a completely different makeup from CU’s earlier … Read more
In Korea, the peak of summer brings boknal, the midsummer dog days when people load up on stamina food to beat the heat. Today’s pick rides exactly that wave: GS25’s new July Boknal Lunch Box, the latest entry in its monthly lunch box series. With a muggy summer and a dragging rainy season wearing everyone … Read more