3▶ source videoMyeongdong Gyoja 명동교자
A Myeongdong kalguksu institution built around one dish: a hand-cut noodle soup topped with meat, served alongside mandu and a notably garlic-forward kimchi.
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22▶ source videoWoo Lae Oak 우래옥
A long-running Pyeongyang-style naengmyeon house in Jung-gu known for its mild, buckwheat-forward cold noodles alongside bulgogi and other grilled beef.
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23▶ source videoGwanghwamun Gukbap 광화문국밥
A pork gukbap specialist near Gwanghwamun known for a clean, low-gaminess broth and for being among the early adopters of thinly sliced suyuk as a side alongside its pig blood sausage.
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27▶ source videoGubok Mandu 구복만두
A tiny, dumplings-only spot near Sukdae Ipgu Station that hand-pleats every order — traditional pan-fried mandu, shrimp mandu, and xiaolongbao, all in the ₩7,500–8,500 range.
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31▶ source videoSeoryeong 서령
Seoryeong is a Namdaemun pyeongyang naengmyeon specialist that also serves suyuk (boiled pork) and sinseollo (royal hot pot).
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39▶ source videoMyeon Seoul 면서울
A noodle restaurant off Apgujeong Rodeo from Kim Do-yun, a chef with a Michelin star elsewhere, applying that background to a short list of Korean noodle dishes in the ₩13,000-16,000 range.
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43▶ source videoOkdongsik 옥동식
A single-dish pork gomtang specialist built around one clean, milky pork-bone broth, served in regular and large portions alongside kimchi mandu.
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69▶ source videoDamtaek 담택
Damtaek serves a chicken-based clear shio ramen — plus a yuzu variant — out of a small Seogyo-dong storefront, and has since earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand listing.
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89▶ source videoJinmi Pyeongyang Naengmyeon 진미평양냉면
A Nonhyeon-dong Pyeongyang-style naengmyeon restaurant operating under the same trade name since 1991, serving cold buckwheat noodles alongside eobokjaengban (mixed boiled beef platter), mandu, jeyuk, and pyeonyuk.
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110▶ source videoPildong Myeonok 필동면옥
A long-running Pyongyang-style naengmyeon institution near Chungmuro, unchanged in format since it opened in the early 1990s: cold buckwheat noodles, a steamed dumpling platter, and sliced boiled pork (jeyuk) as the core order.
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198▶ source videoImun Seolnongtang 이문설농탕
A seolleongtang institution just off Jongak Station, billed in its feature video as over a century old and among Korea's oldest continuously operating restaurants.
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