Harim Samgyetang Ramyeon Review: They Put Eight Times the Chicken In — And Left the Chicken Out
Where: 7-Eleven, Korea Price: ₩2,700 (about $2.00) Size: 107 g / 345 kcal Type: ⭐ Air-dried noodle, not fried
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Hansot Chipotle Hamburg Steak Bowl — ₩8,800 for a Full Hot Meal in Korea
₩8,800 (about $6.30) for rice, a thick hamburg steak, sausages, hash browns and vegetables in one bowl. From Hansot (한솥) — Korea’s biggest takeout lunch-box chain.
Harim Chicken King Ramyeon — The Only Korean Cup Noodle I’ve Found With No Pork
₩1,800 (about $1.30) at GS25. A chicken-broth cup noodle from Harim — Korea’s largest poultry company, making a ramyeon out of their own product.
Ube Crunch Ball — The Purple Isn’t Ube. It’s Two Dyes.
₩3,600 (about $2.70) at CU. Six chocolate-coated crunch balls, sold on the strength of one word: ube.
Seoul Milk Kaymak Mochi Ball Review — The Kaymak Is 7th on the List
A Korean convenience store selling kaymak — the Turkish clotted cream you’d normally eat with honey at an Istanbul breakfast table — for about 90 cents. That was too strange to wal
Ottogi WOW! Shrimp Jin Jjamppong Review — Is ₩1,535 Worth It?
Korean cup noodles are famous for one disappointment: the toppings are usually an afterthought. A few flakes of dried vegetable, maybe. This one is built to answer that.
Cherish Mangosteen Jelly Review — Nobody in Korea Can Tell If It’s Right
A mangosteen jelly at a Korean convenience store for ₩2,000 (about $1.45).
Yantai Gunang Peach Highball Review — It’s Baijiu in Disguise
A canned “peach highball” at a Korean discount store for ₩2,480 (about $1.80) — 500 ml, 5% ABV. That’s half the price of a convenience store highball for a bigger can.
Mom’s Touch Nashville Hot Chicken — Nashville, Filtered Through Korea
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McDonald’s Jinju Pepper Burger — Korea-Only, and Actually Spicy
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