Try Bistro Box meal delivery in Korea if you are tired of cooking. Perfect for meat lovers who want to spend less time in the kitchen.
About this Review
This review of Bisto Box meal delivery will be like the ones I did for FUEL Weekly (perfect for KETO and calorie-conscious) and NOSH (Awesome for Vegans across Korea). I’ll tell you right now, I’m fond of all three choices. I couldn’t pick a favorite meal delivery option if you paid me. NOSH has some meals that I crave like their Peanut Stew.About Bistro Box
Bistro Box is a meal prep/ delivery service located in Seoul, South Korea that ships prepared meals, snacks, smoothies, and desserts across the country. They describe themselves as “delicious prepared meals delivered directly to your door” crafted by an in-house nutritionist.
Bistro Box and Nosh Organizational Relationship
The same management runs both Bistro Box and Nosh. However, each Bistro Box and Nosh products come out of separate kitchens in order to handle the vegan meals separately from the meat meals.
Bistro offers variety
Bistro Box doesn’t just offer pre-made breakfast, lunch, and dinner delivery in Korea. They also offer desserts, breakfasts, smoothies, energy bars, and snacks. This can be a huge help for folks who might have lunch and dinner handled, but need more healthy snacks and desserts to balance their diets. Each week Bistro Box posts a new PDF menu for you to order from to meals change over time.
Bistro Box focuses on sustainability.
Every Thursday regular customers are encouraged to return their reusable food containers to Bistro Box to be used for future meals. This makes them an excellent meal delivery choice for those committed to reducing daily waste and who also need help eating healthy.
Bistro Box provides nutritional data
Bistro Box updates its weekly menus along with the nutrition information. This information will make it easy to create your full menu plan each week and ensure you meet your nutritional goals. You can get this information via their FB page, website, and weekly newsletter.
What I Learned Eating Bistro Box
When the Bistro Box PR samples arrived I was more prepared than when the Nosh PR samples arrived. I knew that my life was about to get easier. They also arrived at the perfect time when the impact of the political conflict had displaced family members leaving us all in shock. Bistro Box helped fill in the gaps while I had a stress-induced zombie brain. I desperately needed help with daily living tasks.
Honestly, I did not need vegan food at that point in time either. I needed lasagna, meatballs, pasta, burritos, and comfort foods. As mentioned in my Nosh post, I’m not vegan and I added additional meat protein to my Nosh meals. With Bistro Box I don’t need to make modifications to my diet. The heartier meals with Bistro Box met my needs much better than Nosh.
After another week of having my food prepped for me, I realized (again) that (if you have the financial resources) ordering meals should a standard practice. It makes dealing with the stress of living through life’s struggles more manageable. It’s one less thing you have to emotionally manage in the day.
About the photos for this blog, I had to write Bistro Box and ask them for photos. I only managed to take one photo of my food due to * emotional damage *. Thankfully Bistro Box kindly forgave me and sent some plated photos. Keep in mind that nothing looks as pretty once it’s frozen and shipped. However, it still tastes quite nice.
Bistro Box Provides an Option for Meatlovers
Bistro Box provides a menu filled with meat-filled comfort foods. Many other wonderful and needed meal delivery businesses focused on special diets like vegan, keto, or only gluten-free. However, it’s nice for English-speaking international residents in South Korea to have an option that’s just homemade food.
Bistro Box Offers Substantial Meal Portions
Similar to Nosh’s vegan meals, Bistro Box portions felt large to me. I’m used to smaller portions so it Bistro Box meals push me a little past full. I think, for most people, it will be just the right about.
What I Will Order Again with Bistro Box
I think about the lasagna and peanut stew often. Also, any of the meals include a bed of mashed potatoes. I lean toward the carb-rich meals and meals with lots of spicy or rich sauces. I’m a huge lover of flavor so I stay away from anything that seems on the mellow side.
Who Will Love Bistro Box?
Let’s take a quick look at who I think will find Bistro Box an answer to their problems.
Gluten-Free Meat Lovers
Since Bistro Box management understands the importance of specialty diets they do provide gluten-free options. The mark each menu item to clarify gluten-free status.
People Quarantining
Like all educators these days, our house needs to navigate COVID-19 quarantine situations. Having frozen meals that we can microwave in our rooms changed our lives. Absolutely have prepped meals in your freezer for just such an occasion. Having these meals means no cooking needed, no delivery needed, and less trash in your room. A true lifesaver.
Educators
Non-vegan educators who don’t eat in the school cafeteria will love Bistro Box. You can take a break from doing your own meal prep every once in a while. We do this when our lives get a bit out of control with evening and weekend commitments.
Anyone Living Alone Who Hates Cooking and Eating Out
Not everyone wants to cook but that doesn’t mean they want to go out or order out. Bistro Box means you can eat homemade food at home without cooking. Go ahead and just make this your life plan. You don’t have to punish yourself when there are easy solutions like Bistro Box.
Bistro Box Offers Pricing Packages
Bistro Box offers discounts up to 20% for ordering multiple meals. This can make ordering food for the week a little more affordable. With a 20% discount on ordering 12 meals at a time your weekly work lunch cost with Bistro Box would be about 182,400 KRW a month. That’s about 7,600 KRW per meal. It’s not cheap but not that expensive either. Worth it to avoid all the prep, shopping, and emotional labor.
Give Bistro Box a Try
If you want to order from Bistro Box, check their website www.bistroboxkorea.com. If you have had trouble getting your diet headed in a better direction, I encourage you to try Bistro Box for a week of dinners and see how you feel. Take baby steps. Maybe order pre-workout snacks. Use Bistro Box as a tool to explore taking care of yourself in new and healthy ways. You deserve help living your best healthy life.
Lanae Rivers-Woods moved to Korea in 2011 where she lives in the countryside with her family, friends, and puppies. She holds a BSSW (Bachelor’s of Science in Social Work), a MAIT (Master’s of Arts in International Teaching), and registered by the Pyeongtaek Korean Times with the Korean government as a Cultural Expert.
Ms. Rivers-Woods used her 15 years experience as a social architect, UX/UI designer, and technology consultant to found South of Seoul in 2015. South of Seoul is a volunteer organization that leverages technological tools to mitigate cultural dissonance in multi-cultural communities.
Through South of Seoul, Ms. Rivers-Woods works with independent volunteers, non-profit organizations, businesses, local & federal government, universities, and US military organizations to develop solutions to support English speaking international residents in rural South Korea.
Additionally, Ms. Rivers-Woods founded the South of Seoul smart phone app available for Google Play and iPhone. The app provides information a resources for those living and traveling in South Korea.
When she isn’t in South of Seoul development meetings or working her day job, Ms. Rivers-Woods loves to be outside at skate parks, the beach, or playing in the mountains.
