The best way to beat heat is..to eat the summer food! In South Korea, it's quite common to eat cold noodles in summer. Here's the best options for ya!
The way in which tasty cuisine attracts us is remarkable. If a local dish is placed in the limelight, it gives that region instant stardom. Mouthwatering dishes attract numerous people from far and wide. So, how about visiting these popular cold noodle restaurants in Gyeonggi Province to beat the heat?  |
| Paldang Chogyeguksu has two types of flavours: plain and spicy ⓒGyeonggi Province |
Paldang Chogyeguksu (Chilled Chicken Soup with Noodles) in Hanam City
Chogyeguksu, inspired by Pyeongan Province’s famous chogyetang (chilled chicken soup), is a dish served with noodles that many consider to be stamina-enhancing health food. “Chogye” is a Pyeongan Province dialect that implies vinegar and mustard with chicken. Hanam’s first restaurant to present chogyeguksu originally started as a kalguksu (noodle soup) restaurant. However, sales were slower than expected, compelling the owner to develop a new menu item: chogyeguksu. Hanam has beautiful bike paths, and since chogyeguksu is a favorite dish of many cyclists, the new menu became an instant hit. |
| Paldang Chogyeguksu restaurant in Hanam ⓒGyeonggi Province |
Okcheon Naengmyeon (Cold Noodles) in Yangpyeong-gun
The restaurant owner used to live in Hwanghae Province, but was displaced after the outbreak of the Korean War, bringing her to Yangpyeong County of Gyeonggi Province in 1952. After settling in Yangpyeong, it took a little over ten years for her to open up a naengmyeon restaurant in 1963. Initially established as a means to earn income until returning back home, the restaurant’s naengmyeon eventually became Okcheon-ri’s signature dish.Yangpyeong’s Okcheon naengmyeon is a Hwanghae Province-style cold noodle dish with thick and chewy noodles that offer a refreshing taste. The noodles are made from a blend of completely peeled buckwheat and sweet potato starch, making them chewy yet soft and hearty. They are naturally well seasoned without extra spices, so there is no need to add mustard or vinegar for flavor.
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After a bowl of tasty and hearty Okcheon naengmyeon, we recommend that you visit the nearby Semiwon Garden. It features sixty different types of waterlilies as well as aquatic plants all year round. The beautiful atmosphere brings out the clean beauty of the Hangang River, a major artery of Korea.
Manghyang Bibimguksu (Spicy Noodles) in Yeoncheon-gun
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This restaurant magically invokes the power if its signature dish. Manghyang means “homesickness,” signifying how the noodles chase away homesickness with a taste of home. Thick, chewy noodles and the sour-yet-sweet-and-spicy sauce are super refreshing. This dish has less broth than a noodle soup dish, but more than a typical spicy noodle dish. You might be familiar with Manghang spicy noodles since the dish appeared in the movie Steel Rain. Actor Kwak Do-won told actor Jung Woo-sung that it was his favorite noodle restaurant during his military service while heartily devouring a bowl of spicy noodles.
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