Hongdukke Son Kalguksu — Restaurant in Seoul

Located right in the middle of Mangwon market, this popular restaurant is definitely the most bang for your buck. They specialize in 칼국수 which translates to knife cut noodles. You can see all the action right from the entrance where they cut the noodles by hand and prepare the food. My favorite items on the menu include the 들깨수제비 and 손짜장. The first is a variation of the regular noodles. Instead of being cut, the dough is torn by hand into small pieces almost like a gnocchi. Then a generous heaping of ground perilla seeds are scooped on top. Mix it together to create a earthy delicious soup. The other item is a their take on the classic Korean style Chinese dish 짜장면 or black bean noodles. They use the same noodles for this dish which you won’t find in a normal Chinese style Korean restaurant. Best part is the total bill for these two dishes comes out to...

Handcut/ pulled noodles and I can tell it’s very authentic(local) to Korea. Almost all of the people that lined up for the kalguksu are the locals. The noodles comes in two forms: hand cut and hand pulled sheet. I like both of them, you can feel the art of cooking techniques in those food. I really like the perilla seed noodle soup, I think the jajanmeon is a bit different than I imagined but either way they are really good meals for me. You’d have to wait in line to get in, but the turn over rate is...

Located within Mangwon market, this soup noodle shop was recommended by many travel videos for its unpretentious and hearty noodles.

After almost half an hour of queuing, we ordered two different bowls of noodles to try, one being hand pulled while another is cut by noodle mold.

Honestly it feels like our Malaysian plain pan mee soup without ingredients. It’s indeed a hearty meal but nothing really stand out in terms of texture or flavour. Satisfying for...