Emart24 Daebakgak Cup Ramen Duo Review [Korean Food]

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Emart24, one of Korea’s major convenience store chains, has a new pair of cup ramen made with Daebakgak, a Chinese restaurant in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province. Meet the Daebakgak Gochu Jjajang Ramen and Bulmat Jjamppong Ramen. Emart24 has been pushing chef collaborations hard lately, so this restaurant tie-up is its first in a while. The jjajang … Read more

Emart24 Ttangs Budae Jjigae Cup Ramyun [Korean Food]

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Emart24 has been steadily building out a partnership with a takeout budae jjigae specialist, and the newest result landed on August 21: Ttangs Budae Jjigae Ramyun. I reviewed the first two items from that collaboration, a budae bokkeum meal tray and a budae bokkeum pasta, not long ago. This third release swaps the tray for … Read more

Ottogi Chamkkae Ran Bokki Stir-Fried Noodles [Korean Food]

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Ottogi is the Korean noodle maker that keeps experimenting with its own classics, and Chamkkae Ramyun — the sesame ramyun line — is where most of that tinkering happens. The newest spin-off is Chamkkae Ran Bokki, released under the Kok Kok Kok cup range. The pitch is “spicy sesame ramyun with a nutty egg sauce.” … Read more

Seven-Eleven Takamatsu Udon Cup Noodle Review [Korean Food]

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Hello! Today’s new cup noodle from Seven-Eleven is the Jeong Ho-young Takamatsu Udon, a collaboration between chef Jeong Ho-young, Ottogi, and Jin Air. It aims to recreate the chewy noodles of Takamatsu’s Sanuki udon, one of Japan’s three great udon styles, in cup-noodle form, paired with a clear, delicate broth built on bonito flakes and … Read more

Ottogi Jjajang Cheese Noodles Review [Korean Food]

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Hello! The new Ottogi cup noodle I want to introduce today is a new member of the Kok-kok-kok stir-fried noodle lineup, the Ottogi Kok-kok-kok Jjajang Cheese Noodles. It looks like a menu launched by cleverly combining the existing Kok-kok-kok series noodles, jjajang-bokki and cheese-bokki! Some people may find the jjajang-cheese cup noodle combo a bit … Read more