Naengmyeon

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Naengmyeon is a North Korean noodle dish of remarkable restraint—long, thin handmade strands that get their substance from buckwheat, potatoes, sweet potato, or arrowroot starch, each choice shifting the texture slightly darker or chewier. The noodles can also be threaded through with seaweed or green tea. Today's chilled mul naengmyeon version feels like a summer essential, though the dish originally warmed winter tables, a reminder that tradition often contradicts expectation.

What makes this version distinct

Naengmyeon (냉면, in South Korea) or raengmyŏn (랭면, in North Korea) is a noodle dish of North Korean origin which consists of long and thin handmade noodles made from the flour and starch of various ingredients, including most commonly buckwheat (메밀, memil) but also potatoes, sweet potatoes, arrowroot starch (darker color and chewier than buckwheat noodles), and kudzu (칡, chik). Other varieties of naengmyeon are made from ingredients such as seaweed and green tea. In modern times, the mul naengmyeon (물 냉면) variant is commonly associated with and popularly consumed during the summer; however, it was historically a dish enjoyed during winter.

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