Chicken kalguksu at Jinju Jip
As I’ve mentioned before, if you’re on a bike you can follow the Han River pretty far out. On this day I went to Jinju Jip and did something I never would have imagined.. Ordering the chicken kalgu…
As I’ve mentioned before, if you’re on a bike you can follow the Han River pretty far out. On this day I went to Jinju Jip and did something I never would have imagined.. Ordering the chicken kalgu…
I don’t remember why I wanted to go to Saembat Makguksu, but I guess I ended up there while making the rounds of makguksu places. There’s also a huge new Lotte Mart nearby, so it makes for a nice l…
I heard that the person who used to run Piyangok in Cheongdam-dong had opened a makguksu specialist near Gangnam Station, so I went to check it out. This is the place.. It’s near Exit 6 of Gangnam Stati…
After working through naengmyeon, mandu and gukbap, I decided to move on to makguksu. I still drop by bakeries now and then, though… Namgyeong Makguksu in Sincheon Turns out it’s a well-known spot…
Since I’m on my noodle pilgrimage.. I went to a new-generation naengmyeon place in Yeonnam-dong. Bulgogi bibim-myeon.. Hmm.. before I even get to the taste, the bulgogi was way too sweet.. Kimchi Wasab…
I saw on Instagram that there’s a naengmyeon place in Idae famous for its Hamhung-style cold noodles, so I went to check it out. Instagram really is the best these days. Naengmyeon It’s as good as…
I’m not that big a fan of kalguksu, but I heard Veteran Kalguksu serves kongguksu, so I went. You have to get your kongguksu in during the hot summer. The table Nothing special. Kongguksu Thick. It has…
A new naengmyeon place called Seogwan Myeonok has opened in Gyodae. Part of me thinks there are too many naengmyeon places by now, but they are all still packed. If the fried chicken joints in every neighborho…
It was a hot summer, so while I was at it I did a tour of naengmyeon places around Seoul. Bongmilga was one of them, since I’d heard its mandu were good. Mandu Oh… big ones, packed full of filling…
This is the place I stopped at right after coming down from Gyeyangsan. Gyeyangsan Chik-naengmyeon It seems to be popular with hikers. Naengmyeon It’s a pretty standard naengmyeon, sweet, spicy and che…
Gogiri Makguksu used to be called Gogiri Jangwon Makguksu, but they changed the name. I kept hearing how good it was, so I finally went. The place They hand out numbered tickets. Never thought I’d see a…
So far I’ve only ever dug into Pyongyang naengmyeon, so I’m just getting started on Hamhung naengmyeon. And if you’re going to start on Hamhung naengmyeon, the obvious move is the most famous…