Cycle 16 – Item 213

Post 5,692

6 (Wed) August 2025

Pyeongyang Naengmyeon

3.0

at Bong Piyang

(Lotte Department Store)

-Jamsil, Songpa, Seoul, Republic of Korea-

solo

In my on-going exploration of eateries in Lotte Department Store, I was most gratified to find a branch of Bong Piyang.

Bong Piyang will boasts the honor of winning the top spot in GMTD’s epic mul naengmyeon challenge: Seoul Searching for Pyeongyang-Style Perfection (see SSPYSP) (even if Jinmi Pyeongyang Naengmyeon, not yet in existence at the time, has since usurped the throne).

This is the 4th Bong Piyang location to be featured on GMTD.

• Bangi (4.179 The Piyang MNM) (12.091 Pyeongyang Naeng Myeon) (13.001 Mul Naeng Myeon)
• Cheongdam (4.195 Hanwoo Jeontong Bulgogi) (5.004 Sitting Business, Eating Coach) (7.158 Mul Naeng Myeon)
• Daechi (7.158 Mul Naeng Myeon)

Unlike the full service restaurants, the menu does not offer their signature table-top grilled meats (e.g., dweji galbi), only items prepared in the kitchen and served ready to eat.  Which is totally understandable – like how would they manage the live coals?

The food was good.  Perhaps a tad shy of the other locations, though perhaps I was biased by the food court nature of the set-up.

So far, that makes 4 solid establishments where I’d be happy to eat any day of the week.

• • Ding Dim 1968 (16.168 King Hargow + Wantangmyeon) (16.197 King Hargow + Wantangmyeon)
  • Eulmildae (16.167 Mul Naeng Myeon)
  • Vatos Urban Tacos (16.211 Baja Fish Tacos)

(See RESTAURANTS IN KOREA)

(See GLOBAL FOOD GLOSSARY)

(See HANSIK)

(See MNM)

(See BOOZE)