This post was written in 2019. Shop details and prices may have changed since then.
Rich soup curry made with Hokkaido chicken
The contents looked exactly like the photo.. the meat falls apart, but that’s not a big deal..
Gyudon
This one was ordinary..
A high-end curry, but..
The usual problem with a retort pouch is that the contents fall apart.
The curry that gives you goosebumps
“I wanted to prove that a retort curry can go beyond the taste of a curry specialist,” it says.. and did it really? It really did. Because there is nothing in a keema curry that can fall apart.. genuinely smart thinking.
This one was much the same..
Sazae curry
The turban shell gives it a slight bitterness. There was not much sazae meat in it. It has character, but for the price, hmm..
Mapo tofu
I cooked it myself and it tasted pretty convincing. Looking it up, Korea has something similar.
Bolognese
Handy when you want to throw a pasta together quickly.
Ika curry
I assumed it would be a squid-ink curry, but the ginger was far too strong. The taste was nothing special either..
A man’s black curry..
For a Korean palate it was a little short on kick, though..
Having worked my way through a run of retort pouches, some of them are perfectly good as they are and some are not. Used well they let you put a tasty dish together with no effort, so I plan to keep trying them.