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[Freakstar]

For those of you who aren't sick of Korean food yet and love noodles, if you haven't tried it, you need to check out the "kal gooksu" ("knife noodles) at Myeondong Gyoja. The place was jam packed with a long wait at lunch time - it's been around forever. For 5,500 won, just order what everyone else in the restaurant is slurping down at the table next to you - a HUGE steaming bowl of hand-made noodles in a very tasty broth! Trust, it's delicious. I saw two Korean grandmas finish all their noodles and order another serving of noodles! My only complaint is that their kimchee is a bit bitter for my tastes but supposedly its kimchee is famous too...

How to Get There: Location One: From Exit 8 of Myeongdong Station (Subway Line No. 4), proceed between La Bellavita (coffee shop) and Crown Bakery about 150 meters (you'll pass two intersections). Location Two: From Location One, walk straight further about 90 meters. It is across from Missha (cosmetics shop).

Another place I'd highly recommend is a little hole in the wall joint in Hongdae called Yogi. Their specialty is their deep-fried flat mandu with no meat, sprinkled with green onions and chili pepper and served with dipping sauce (Daegu style). I also tried their cold spicy bibim gooksu. Both are the bomb. Forget the exact location, but here's a pic of the place:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/falkflicks/1092332665/

Hongdae also has the best dukbokki according to my Korean friends. You can't miss it - it's the busiest duk bokki stand in Hongdae and they call it "mayak duk bokki" which literally translates into "drug duk bokki" - yeah, it's that good. And it tastes even better at two in the morning with a nice beer buzz.

Enjoy.

[sojourner1]

There is this Chinese style of noodles with black bean beef broth sauce that has all of a sudden become real popular here. It's very tasty.

You also get a side dish of fried pieces of bread things in a sweet and sour type of sauce with onions, zuccini, and something else like potato. It's much like the sweet and sour in America, but without chicken and pineapple. I did recognize Chinese style in Korea as being Chinese before being told it was Chinese. Different, but recognizable. There must be more noodle slurpin business in Chinese cuisine than in Korean rice, gimchee, and thin fishy soups. Of course Korea makes up by whooping up great pizzas and BBQ grill meats, but without the sauce Americans associate BBQ with.

[Freakstar]

[wo buxihuan hanguoren]

There is a Chinese reastaurant in MyeongDong that is the real deal, but 8000 won for xiao long bao? Hello, welcome to Korea, where even decent dumplings will cost you and arm and a, a, a reg!

[Vancouver]

명동교자 is good stuff. I wanna go back T.T