Very unique Korean Cold Noodle soup

Korea has very unique cold noodle named which literally means cold noodle. (냉면)

No other country has cold noodle soup like Korean. The most similiar style is Japanese Soba, but the only similiarity is that the noodle is served in cold. Soba noodle is served with cold dipping sauce, but Korean Naengmyun is served in cold broth.

Korean cold noodle is made from buckwheat. Usually the noodle is very thin and chewy. Sounds wierd? But that is true. As thin as your hair, but as strong as a fishing thread. Soup is usually very cold and refreshingly sour. Sometimes there is some hot chilli paste.

However, if you find very traditional style Korean cold noodle, the taste will be a little bit different as above. Noodle will not be strong, and the soup will not be sour. You can smell the flavour of buckwheat, and enjoy the calm taste without any strong flavor.

You can eat this noodle almost every place in Korea, but one of the vest place is in Seoul, Euljiro 4Ga. 02-2265-0151.

The price will be 8000 KRW ~ 10,000 KRW for one noodle soup.

You can order special which is not in the menu by adding 3,000 KRW and will enjoy 100% buckwheat noodle

Actually Korea has two different kind of cold noodle. The majority is