CU PBICK Budae Bokkeum & Jjimdak Review [Korean Food]

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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

GS25 July Boknal Stamina Lunch Box Review [Korean Food]

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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

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 … Read more

Seven-Eleven Ganjang Jjimdak Dosirak [Korean Food]

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Hello! Today’s new lunchbox from Seven-Eleven is the Geureolssahan Ganjang Jjimdak Dosirak (“respectable soy-braised chicken lunchbox”), a collaboration with the hit webtoon-based drama about a legendary army mess cook. As the show has grown popular lately, CU, Emart24, GS25, and now Seven-Eleven have all rolled out versions at once. This menu, too, is said to … Read more