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McDonald’s Korea runs a campaign called “Taste of Korea” (한국의 맛) — limited menu items built around ingredients from a specific Korean region. This is the fourth entry, and it came
Mom’s Touch is a Korean fried chicken burger chain — bigger than McDonald’s in Korea by store count, and better at chicken than any of the international chains here.
Kimchi-flavoured chips for ₩1,700 (about $1.20) at CU. The kind of thing you photograph and send to friends back home.
Tteokgalbi (떡갈비) is one of those Korean dishes that’s expensive in restaurants and cheap in the freezer aisle. This is the freezer version.
There is an actual slice of lemon inside this can. Not juice — a physical slice, floating in it.
These had a moment in Korea — Costco shelves clearing, social posts, the usual cycle. Truffle and jamón, in a cracker, at snack prices.
Busan’s pork soup from a frozen pouch. The label shows why it tastes thin — bone content is 1.27% — and why one cheap beef-bone stick repairs it. For residents, not visitors.
Three beef burgers, three price tiers, one receipt each. The middle one uses the same patty as the expensive one and costs ₩2,100 less. Here is what each step up actually buys you.
A limited-run Korean silk-lantern keyring bundled with a burger meal. The keyring is good. One of the two burger options is not — and the discount is not where you think it is.
Almost every English guide says foreigners can’t use Korean delivery apps. As of 2026 that’s wrong — Baemin added English in February, dropped the Korean phone requirement, and started taking overseas cards in June. Here’s what works now, and how to get food to a hotel room.