15.082 Yuni Jjajang Myeon (+ “Jjambbong”)

Cycle 15 – Item 82

27 (Mon) March 2024

Yuni Jjajang Myeon (+ “Jjambbong”)

3.0

from Shanghai

at home

-Changgok, Sujeong, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea-

solo

As explained a couple days ago, the Holy Trinity of Korean-Chinese cuisine can be accomplished by “getting (i) a bowl of jjajang myeon and (ii) a plate of fried rice, which usually comes with a side of jjambbong soup; the noodles from the jjajang myeon, if it isn’t premixed with the jjajang sauce, as it is some cases, can be dipped into the soup to make (iii) an improvised jjambbong (see 15.080 Jjambbong + Bokkeumbap (+ “Jjajang Myeon”)) – the fried rice from Shanghai is served with jjambbong soup, and the yuni jjajang myeon is served with sauce separately.

In a sense, this works better at home than ordering jjambbong outright, which is typically dispatched with the noodles already in the broth and thus turns mushy in transit.

Of course, such an improvised jjambbong nowhere near as good as an actual jjambbong served hot out of the kitchen at the restaurant, but it provides a distant taste.

(See also GLOBAL FOOD GLOSSARY)

(See also RESTAURANTS IN KOREA)

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