Noodles in South Korea - 217 Restaurant Picks

Before any noodles, a small bowl of barley rice arrives with radish salad, bean sprouts and red sauce to mix into a min…

Noodles made from Korean wheat and egg, called nanmyeon, share the bowl with a blend of beef and Gueom chicken broths a…

Several plump oysters go into each bowl of oyster kalguksu, and their briny flavor spreads through the whole broth. The…

Clams purged so thoroughly that no sand turns up give the broth of the baek-hap kalguksu its clean depth, and the noodl…

The broth for dongchimi makguksu is radish water kimchi made from Jeju winter radish aged in four stages. Noodles are p…

In the tongmuneo haemul kalguksu, a whole, uncut octopus sits on top of the pot with abalone and clams. The seafood is…

Buckwheat noodles made in-house come topped with charcoal-grilled pork belly at this shop on the 1100 road. Memil gogi-…

Only two dishes are on the menu at this roadside spot in Sagye, on the way to the Marado ferry pier: abalone kalguksu a…

On Hwahap-ro 125beon-gil in Ulsan's Dal-dong, this small menu centers on milmyeon, chewy wheat noodles of the Busan sty…

Perilla-oil bibim tantanmen skips the broth: the noodles are tossed in perilla oil and tantan sauce, and breaking the e…

A mother cooks and her daughter runs the floor. The makguksu broth comes separately in a full bowl, and the nutty buckw…

The handmade tonkatsu at this roadside place in Sangchang-ri, Andeok-myeon, is a thick cut fried crisp outside and tend…

Bomal, small Jeju sea snails, give the broth a nutty, concentrated taste, while the kalguksu noodles are kneaded with h…

Brisket, shank and fatty upjinsal share the bowl of Uyukmyeon Jin, each with its own balance of lean and fat. The beef…

Three dipping sauces sit beside the nakji haemul pajeon: sashimi soy, dark soy, and chojang (vinegared chili paste). Th…

Wide hand-cut noodles in a rich beef-bone broth make up the basic sagol kalguksu, and a plate of handmade dumplings ord…

Pour cold dongchimi over the buckwheat noodles and the fresh tang of radish spreads through them; mix in the chili sauc…

Cold buckwheat noodles and warm potato dumplings in perilla seed broth share one menu. The warm side has two bowls: deu…

Order the anchovy noodle soup, built on a deep anchovy broth, or the spicy cold bibim guksu (noodles tossed in chili sa…

The gimbap here is never sold on its own. It can only be added to a noodle order, and once the ingredients run out, tha…

With Duson Kalguksu as its only dish, the shop opens for just two hours a day. Each bowl comes with boiled pork bossam,…

About eight seats line this noodle bar on an alley between Konkuk University and Children's Grand Park stations, so mos…

One kind of thin wheat noodle makes both dishes here: janchi guksu in broth, and bibim guksu tossed in a seasoned sauce…

Jeju-style pork noodles and gukbap are served here in Mullae-dong, on a side street off Seonyu-ro. Besides Mullae gogi…