Cycle 16 – Item 262

24 (Wed) September 2025

Post 5,740

Pyeongyang Naengmyeon

3.0

at Hyangdongga

-Hannam, Yongsan, Seoul, Republic of Korea-

solo

Hyangdongga is a Korean restaurant.  Specializes in Pyeongyang-style naengmyeon.  Original location in Nonhyeon, now with a second branch in Hannam.

On my way back to the office from a meeting at YISS, I was about to make a left turn at the intersection when I saw the sign for “Pyeongyang Naengmyeon” so instead pulled what may have been an illegal u-turn into the restaurant’s valet parking station.

Applying the rating rubric used in my Seoul-Searching project (see SSPYSP):

TOPPINGS: Sliced beef shank + pickled radish + white cabbage kimchi.  Kinda boring.

BROTH: A hint of sweetness, soy sauce.  Little beef flavor.

NOODLES: Firm, a bit too dense.  Decent buckwheat flavor, but somewhat bland.

Something about it feels a bit short, like maybe the absence of egg, but generally a respectable MNM.  Perhaps not worth going out of my way, but if it’s on the way, sure why not.  When we move back to Oksu, hopefully in the spring of 2026, this will be really close to home, perhaps the nearest destination for MNM.

(See RESTAURANTS IN KOREA)

(See GLOBAL FOOD GLOSSARY)

(See HANSIK)

(See MNM)