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Zyzyfer · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:42 pm Post subject: Ramen in Hongdae

Maybe this is all common knowledge to people who eat Japanese ramen in Korea, but I thought I'd mention it. There's a ramen shop in Hongdae, which has a pretty good ramen for 5,000 won. The broth is some sort of beef broth, but it was a solid ramen, and better to me than stuff I've had in Japan (though I haven't been to any top shops there).

It's located close to Sangsu station. If you're walking from Sangsu, go out exit 1, walk towards Hongdae University, and turn right on the little alleyway just before Far East Broadcasting Company. It's about 100 meters down this road, and has a wooden sliding door and some signs hanging over the doorway. It's got two Japanese dudes manning the food preparation. Pretty good.

Lunch hours are 12-2, and dinner hours are 5 to midnight.

white_shadow · Joined: 28 Mar 2005

Thanks for the info. I'll try them out if I'm in or around the area.

I really like that you can get fresh home-made noodles for under $5. Fresh noodles are so much better than store bought. All I need is a nice broth, a little meat and vegetable and fresh noodles. So good on a cold rainy day.

Too bad it's a hot and humid rainy day.

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

one of the guys who works there is fluent in English too. And I mean english english, he lived in blighty for a while.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Zyzyfer · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:41 am Post subject:

If there's an English-speaking dude there, he sure didn't talk much.

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

he's not always there, but the last time I went he was telling me about how they make the stock.
It takes two weeks, so if someone broke in and stole all the money it wouldn't be too bad, but if they stole the stock pot they'd have to close down the shop for a fortnight

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

Reminds me of our trip to PEI 4 years ago. We had been driving for several minutes without seeing any road signs. Just to be sure we were goign in the right direction, we stopped on the side of the road to ask directions to a young guy that I was sure was native Canadian (long black hair, dark tanned skin). It turns out he was a Japanese student living in PEI to learn English, which was a total shock to us. We asked him if he needed a drive to the closest town, thinking he was lost himself, but he replied he was staying at one of the nearby farms. I guess he wanted to limit his interaction with Japanese tourists.