The three best-known Korean convenience store combos are the Mark set (cup tteokbokki + cup spaghetti + sausage + cheese, about ₩7,800 plus cheese), Buldak + triangle kimbap + string cheese (about ₩4,800) and the banana milk latte (banana milk + coffee + a cup of ice, about ₩4,000) — at CU’s listed prices on 2026-10-13. Pick items from the shelf below and mix: if your basket makes a combo with a published source, you get the steps and the Korean names to show the clerk. Every mix also gets a flavor meter, a spice level and a cup you can save as a card — that part is our playful guess from what each item is, not a taste test.
Key facts — As of 2026-10-13 · CU product catalogue and Korean news reports
- CU’s online catalogue lists the 240 mL Binggrae Banana Flavored Milk at ₩1,800, a Buldak big cup at ₩1,800 and a tuna-mayo triangle kimbap at ₩1,200 (checked 2026-10-13).
- The Mark set (마크정식) — cup tteokbokki, cup spaghetti, sausage and cheese — was created by a fan and named after Mark of GOT7 (Korea Herald, 2018).
- CU’s transactions paid with foreign payment methods rose 101.2% in 2025 (Korea JoongAng Daily, 2026-05-13).
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Famous combos and how to make them
Only combos with a published source are here, with the steps and times that source gives. Store names change — the item names are what CU lists today, and the notes say where the original used something slightly different.
Mark set 마크정식
Sweet-spicy rice cakes and tomato spaghetti in one cup, with sausage and melted cheese on top. Named after Mark of GOT7 — a fan made it and named it after him.
| You need | Korean (show the clerk) | CU price |
|---|---|---|
| 🍢 Cup rice-cake tteokbokki (Giant) the 2016 original was “CU Giant Tteokbokki” |
떡볶이 컵 | ₩3,000 |
| 🍝 Cup spaghetti (Ottogi) the 2016 original used Ottogi “Kokkokkok” spaghetti |
스파게티 컵 | ₩2,200 |
| 🌭 Uiseong garlic hot bar sausage (Lotte, 70 g) the 2016 original used Uiseong garlic frank |
의성마늘 핫바 | ₩2,600 |
| 🧀 Shredded pizza cheese | 피자 치즈 | not on CU’s list |
About ₩7,800 plus 1 item without a listed price at CU’s listed prices.
- Cook the cup tteokbokki — the Korea Herald says use a little less water than the pack says and microwave 3 minutes — and cook the cup spaghetti.
- Microwave the sausage and slice it.
- Mix the tteokbokki and spaghetti in one cup, put the sausage on top and add the cheese.
- Microwave again for 15–30 seconds, until the cheese melts.
Source: Korea Herald — Top 3 food combinations in Korea’s convenience stores (2018-09-14) · Sat Economy — 마크정식·불닭게티 (2016-11-03) · Korea JoongAng Daily — Korea’s hottest dining spot, the convenience store (2022-07-16)
Buldak + triangle kimbap + string cheese 불닭볶음면 + 삼각김밥 + 스트링치즈
The rice and cheese tone down Buldak’s heat (Korea Herald). Went viral on Korean social media in the mid-2010s.
| You need | Korean (show the clerk) | CU price |
|---|---|---|
| 🔥 Buldak spicy chicken noodles, big cup (Samyang, 105 g) | 불닭볶음면 큰컵 | ₩1,800 |
| 🍙 Tuna-mayo triangle kimbap | 참치마요 삼각김밥 | ₩1,200 |
| 🧀 String cheese (Dongwon Denmark) | 스트링치즈 | ₩1,800 |
About ₩4,800 at CU’s listed prices.
- Cook the Buldak noodles and cut them into small pieces.
- Add a triangle kimbap (mayo-tuna is the usual choice) and string cheese.
- Microwave 15–30 seconds, until the cheese melts, then mix.
Source: Korea Herald — Top 3 food combinations in Korea’s convenience stores (2018-09-14) · Sat Economy — 마크정식·불닭게티 (2016-11-03)
Buldak + sliced cheese + hot bar 불닭볶음면 + 슬라이스치즈 + 핫바
The version foreign visitors film and livestream at the counter, per Korea JoongAng Daily. A 2026 favourite of foreign visitors.
| You need | Korean (show the clerk) | CU price |
|---|---|---|
| 🔥 Buldak spicy chicken noodles, big cup (Samyang, 105 g) | 불닭볶음면 큰컵 | ₩1,800 |
| 🧀 Sliced cheese | 슬라이스 치즈 | not on CU’s list |
| 🌭 Uiseong garlic hot bar sausage (Lotte, 70 g) the 2016 original used Uiseong garlic frank |
의성마늘 핫바 | ₩2,600 |
About ₩4,400 plus 1 item without a listed price at CU’s listed prices.
- Cook the Buldak cup.
- Top it with sliced cheese and a hot bar sausage from the warmer.
- Microwave until the cheese melts — the article gives no time.
Source: Korea JoongAng Daily — Foreigner treat tweaks fuel retail spending surge (2026-05-13)
Banana milk latte (“Ttungbaratte”) 뚱바라떼
Banana milk makes the coffee sweet and creamy; foreigners call it the “Korean Frappuccino”. Spread through videos of visitors making it at the Incheon Airport convenience store right after landing; Hailey Bieber posted about it in 2026.
| You need | Korean (show the clerk) | CU price |
|---|---|---|
| 🍌 Banana Flavored Milk (Binggrae, 240 mL) | 바나나맛우유 | ₩1,800 |
| ☕ Cantata Hazelnut coffee (Lotte, 230 mL) | 칸타타 헤이즐넛 | ₩1,400 |
| 🧊 Cup of ice (180 g) | 컵얼음 | ₩800 |
About ₩4,000 at CU’s listed prices.
- Buy a cup of ice, a pouch or carton of coffee and a Banana Flavored Milk.
- Pour the coffee and the banana milk into the ice cup and stir.
- No source gives a ratio — start half and half and adjust.
Source: Korea JoongAng Daily — Foreigner treat tweaks fuel retail spending surge (2026-05-13) · Herald Business — banana milk latte (2025-12-09) · Asia Business Daily — K-banana milk (2026-06-26)
“Korea’s mojito”: Sol-ui-nun + Bongbong 솔의눈 + 봉봉
The pine drink and the Bongbong soda shaken together — foreign visitors gave it the name. Named by foreign visitors (2026).
| You need | Korean (show the clerk) | CU price |
|---|---|---|
| 🌲 Sol-ui-nun pine drink (Lotte, can) | 솔의눈 | ₩1,400 |
| 🥤 Bongbong orange soda (Haitai) CU’s list has only the apple-cider-vinegar Bongbong (₩2,500) |
봉봉 | not on CU’s list |
About ₩1,400 plus 1 item without a listed price at CU’s listed prices.
- Mix the pine drink and the Bongbong orange soda together (“shaken”, per Korea JoongAng Daily).
Source: Korea JoongAng Daily — Foreigner treat tweaks fuel retail spending surge (2026-05-13)
Chocolate milk sundae 초코우유 + 빵빠레
A two-item sundae. A 2026 favourite of foreign visitors.
| You need | Korean (show the clerk) | CU price |
|---|---|---|
| 🍫 Chocolate milk (Seoul Milk, 200 mL) | 초코우유 | ₩1,300 |
| 🍦 Fanfare vanilla ice-cream cone (Lotte) | 빵빠레 | ₩2,500 |
About ₩3,800 at CU’s listed prices.
- Pour chocolate milk over a Fanfare ice-cream cone.
Source: Korea JoongAng Daily — Foreigner treat tweaks fuel retail spending surge (2026-05-13)
Frozen banana milk “ice cream” 얼린 바나나우유
Needs a freezer, so it is a hotel or home trick, not an in-store one. A 2026 trend in Korea.
| You need | Korean (show the clerk) | CU price |
|---|---|---|
| 🍌 Banana Flavored Milk (Binggrae, 240 mL) | 바나나맛우유 | ₩1,800 |
About ₩1,800 at CU’s listed prices.
- Pour the milk into a freezer-safe container with spare room.
- Freeze it solid (no time given).
- Leave it 5–10 minutes at room temperature, or thaw slowly in the fridge.
- Scrape it with a spoon or fork. For a creamier result, take it out half-frozen, stir and freeze again.
Banzz set 밴쯔정식
Pizza, chicken and tteokbokki in one — a big shared meal. From the YouTube mukbang creator Banzz.
| You need | Korean (show the clerk) | CU price |
|---|---|---|
| 🍕 Cheese pizza from the hot case | 치즈피자 | ₩7,200 |
| 🍢 Cup rice-cake tteokbokki (Giant) the 2016 original was “CU Giant Tteokbokki” |
떡볶이 컵 | ₩3,000 |
| 🍗 Smoked chicken leg (Hanyang, 180 g) | 훈제 닭다리 | ₩4,700 |
| 🧀 String cheese (Dongwon Denmark) | 스트링치즈 | ₩1,800 |
About ₩16,700 at CU’s listed prices.
- Microwave the pizza and the smoked chicken 2 minutes each and the tteokbokki 3 minutes.
- Put the chicken and tteokbokki on the pizza and cover with string cheese.
- Microwave again until the cheese melts. Add ketchup if you like.
Source: Korea Herald — Top 3 food combinations in Korea’s convenience stores (2018-09-14)
Cheesy dumpling cream udon 만두 크림우동
Creamy, cheesy and filling. Listed among popular store recipes in 2022.
| You need | Korean (show the clerk) | CU price |
|---|---|---|
| 🥟 Chilled dumplings | 만두 | not on CU’s list |
| 🍲 Instant cream udon or carbonara cup | 크림우동 | not on CU’s list |
| 🧀 String cheese (Dongwon Denmark) | 스트링치즈 | ₩1,800 |
| 🧀 Sliced cheese | 슬라이스 치즈 | not on CU’s list |
About ₩1,800 plus 3 items without a listed price at CU’s listed prices.
- Microwave chilled dumplings and crush them.
- Cook an instant cream udon or carbonara cup.
- Top with the crushed dumplings, string cheese and cheddar.
Source: Korea JoongAng Daily — Korea’s hottest dining spot, the convenience store (2022-07-16)
Buldak-getti 불닭게티
Black-bean sauce softens the heat. A named mix in Korea since the mid-2010s.
| You need | Korean (show the clerk) | CU price |
|---|---|---|
| 🔥 Buldak spicy chicken noodles, big cup (Samyang, 105 g) | 불닭볶음면 큰컵 | ₩1,800 |
| 🍜 Chapagetti black-bean noodles, big cup (Nongshim) | 짜파게티 | ₩1,600 |
About ₩3,400 at CU’s listed prices.
- Buldak spicy noodles mixed with Chapagetti black-bean noodles — the source gives no steps or amounts.
Prices on the shelf
From CU’s online catalogue on 2026-10-13. These are CU’s listed prices only — GS25, 7-Eleven, emart24 and single stores can differ.
| Item | Korean | Name on CU’s list | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🍌 Banana Flavored Milk (Binggrae, 240 mL) | 바나나맛우유 | 빙그레)바나나우유240ml | ₩1,800 |
| 🍓 Strawberry milk (Binggrae, 240 mL) | 딸기맛우유 | 빙그레)딸기맛우유240ml | ₩1,800 |
| 🍈 Melona-flavour milk (Binggrae, 240 mL) | 메로나맛우유 | 빙그레)메로나맛우유240ml | ₩1,800 |
| 🍫 Chocolate milk (Seoul Milk, 200 mL) | 초코우유 | 서울)초코우유200ml | ₩1,300 |
| ☕ Cantata Hazelnut coffee (Lotte, 230 mL) | 칸타타 헤이즐넛 | 롯데)칸타타헤이즐넛230ml | ₩1,400 |
| ☕ Cantata black Americano (Lotte, 230 mL) | 칸타타 아메리카노 | 롯데)칸타타블랙아메리230 | ₩1,400 |
| 🧊 Cup of ice (180 g) | 컵얼음 | del)컵얼음180g | ₩800 |
| 🌲 Sol-ui-nun pine drink (Lotte, can) | 솔의눈 | 롯데)솔의눈캔240ml | ₩1,400 |
| 🥤 Milkis (Lotte, 250 mL can) | 밀키스 | 롯데)밀키스캔250ml | ₩1,600 |
| 🔥 Buldak spicy chicken noodles, big cup (Samyang, 105 g) | 불닭볶음면 큰컵 | 삼양)불닭볶음면컵 | ₩1,800 |
| 🔥 Buldak, small cup (Samyang, 70 g) | 불닭볶음면 소컵 | 삼양)불닭볶음면소컵 | ₩1,300 |
| 🧀 Cheese Buldak cup (Samyang) | 치즈불닭볶음면 | 삼양)치즈불닭볶음면컵 | ₩1,800 |
| 🍜 Chapagetti black-bean noodles, big cup (Nongshim) | 짜파게티 | 농심)짜파게티큰사발컵 | ₩1,600 |
| 🍜 Neoguri spicy udon ramen, small cup (Nongshim) | 너구리 | 농심)너구리소컵 | ₩1,350 |
| 🌶️ Shin Ramyun, big cup (Nongshim) | 신라면 | 농심)신라면큰사발컵 | ₩1,600 |
| 🍝 Cup spaghetti (Ottogi) | 스파게티 컵 | 오뚜기)스파게티컵 | ₩2,200 |
| 🍢 Cup rice-cake tteokbokki (Giant) | 떡볶이 컵 | 자이언트)쌀떡볶이컵 | ₩3,000 |
| 🍙 Tuna-mayo triangle kimbap | 참치마요 삼각김밥 | 삼)참치마요삼각 | ₩1,200 |
| 🍙 Jeonju bibimbap triangle kimbap | 전주비빔 삼각김밥 | 삼)전주비빔고추장삼각 | ₩1,200 |
| 🌭 Uiseong garlic hot bar sausage (Lotte, 70 g) | 의성마늘 핫바 | 롯데)의성마늘핫바70g | ₩2,600 |
| 🌭 Maxbong cheese sausage (CJ, 50 g) | 맥스봉 치즈 | CJ)맥스봉치즈50g | ₩2,200 |
| 🧀 String cheese (Dongwon Denmark) | 스트링치즈 | 동원)덴마크스트링치즈 | ₩1,800 |
| 🍗 Smoked chicken leg (Hanyang, 180 g) | 훈제 닭다리 | 한양)훈제닭다리180g | ₩4,700 |
| 🍕 Cheese pizza from the hot case | 치즈피자 | 피자)치즈피자N | ₩7,200 |
| 🍦 Fanfare vanilla ice-cream cone (Lotte) | 빵빠레 | 롯데)빵빠레바닐라 | ₩2,500 |
Using a Korean convenience store
- Microwave and hot water: most stores have both, for cup noodles and ready meals (Korea JoongAng Daily, 2022).
- Where to eat: small branches may have only a standing counter; bigger ones have tables inside or outside.
- 1+1 and 2+1: buy one get one, buy two get a third — deals change monthly, so read the shelf label.
- Paying: news reports say foreign cards and Alipay or WeChat Pay are widely used, and CU’s foreign-payment transactions roughly doubled in 2025 — but no source promises every card works in every store. Carry a backup.
- Opening hours: many stores are open 24 hours, but not all.
Korean to use at the counter
| Korean | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 전자레인지 어디 있어요? | Where is the microwave? |
| 뜨거운 물 어디 있어요? | Where is the hot water? |
| 여기서 먹어도 돼요? | Can I eat here? |
| 데워 주세요. | Please heat it up. |
| 봉투 주세요. | A bag, please. |
| 원 플러스 원이에요? | Is this 1+1? |
| 카드 돼요? | Can I pay by card? |
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How this page works
Combos and their steps come only from published sources we opened (Korea Herald, Korea JoongAng Daily and others, named under each combo) — we do not write steps for mixes no source describes. Prices are CU’s online catalogue on the date shown; other chains and single stores can differ. The flavor meter, spice level, brave meter and nicknames are computed from a simple tag for each item (sweet, spicy, savory, creamy, cool, roasty) — a playful guess, not a taste test. Combo photos are AI-generated illustrations. The shelf runs in your browser: nothing you pick is sent anywhere. The page is rebuilt twice a day (around 09:15 and 21:15 Korea time) and republished only when the numbers change.
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FAQ
What is the most famous Korean convenience store combo?
The Mark set (마크정식): cup tteokbokki, cup spaghetti, a sausage and cheese, microwaved together — named after GOT7’s Mark by a fan. About ₩7,800 plus cheese at CU’s listed prices.
How do you make the banana milk latte?
Buy a cup of ice, a coffee (Korea JoongAng Daily names a Cantata hazelnut pouch) and a Binggrae Banana Flavored Milk, pour the coffee and milk over the ice and stir. No source gives a ratio — half and half is a start.
How much is banana milk at a Korean convenience store?
CU lists the 240 mL Binggrae Banana Flavored Milk at ₩1,800 (checked 2026-10-13). Other chains and stores can differ.
How do you make Buldak with triangle kimbap?
Cook the Buldak noodles, cut them small, add a tuna-mayo triangle kimbap and string cheese, microwave 15–30 seconds until the cheese melts, then mix (Korea Herald).
Can I use the microwave and eat in a Korean convenience store?
Most stores have microwaves and a hot-water dispenser for cup noodles. Small branches may have only a standing counter; bigger ones have tables inside or outside.
What does 1+1 and 2+1 mean in Korean convenience stores?
Buy one, get one free (1+1) or buy two, get a third free (2+1). The deals change every month — check the label on the shelf.
Are Korean convenience stores open 24 hours?
Many are, but not all — opening hours depend on the store. No official figure gives the current share of 24-hour stores.
Sources (checked 2026-10-13): Korea Herald — Top 3 food combinations in Korea’s convenience stores (2018-09-14) · Sat Economy — 마크정식·불닭게티 (2016-11-03) · Korea JoongAng Daily — Korea’s hottest dining spot, the convenience store (2022-07-16) · Korea JoongAng Daily — Foreigner treat tweaks fuel retail spending surge (2026-05-13) · Herald Business — banana milk latte (2025-12-09) · Asia Business Daily — K-banana milk (2026-06-26) · Wikitree — frozen banana milk (2026-07-31) · CU product catalogue · CU 1+1 / 2+1 promotions · Binggrae — Banana Flavored Milk · Samyang — Buldak big cup. Rules and prices change — the official page wins if it differs. Page rebuilt 2026-11-02.
Last updated 2026-10-14. Editorial policy
