Seoul food tour 1. MyeongDong GyoJa (명동교자) menu, price, location

If you're in Seoul and you either love or really want to try noodles then this place is a must, it's right in Tourist country in Myeongdong so I'm guessing that's where the name came from, apparently there are 3 but I've only ever been to the one in front of the catholic church next to hotel skypark central myeongdong.

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But because of how good the food is, the place is always packed although I have been lucky to have never waited, the first time I went there were several groups and only space for 2 so I just walked right in and the last time I went, the line started as soon as I took a seat so I guess I'm just lucky considering this is a Michelin restaurant that as far as I know takes no reservations.

 
Okay so now let's talk about the food
 
1. The first time I was there I ordered kalgugsu(칼국수) which are basically knife cut noodles served in a broth along with other ingredients left to the discretion of the chef but MyeongDong GyoJa’s noodles are served in a broth with ground meat, dumplings and some vegetables, I don’t know the broth they use but whatever it is, the whole thing just works as these noodles are definitely in my top 5 of my all time favourites in the noodle category especially considering they only cost 10000 krw.

 
2. Along with the Kalgugsu I also ordered a serving of dumplings, I typically do not favour boiled or steamed dumplings over fried ones but the steamed dumplings here are to die for and they definitely make me reconsider giving steamed dumplings a chance, I mean these are so good and there are enough for 3 people in 1 serving for only 11000 krw and you can take-away whatever you don’t finish so no wastage.

 
3. And the last time I was there I had no option but to order the kalgugsu one more time, I had to make sure my memories weren’t wrong considering the first time I was there I was very hungry so I didn’t want that to be clouding my judgement and its safe to say it was as good as I remembered but this time I ordered the bibimgugsu(비빔국수) with the kalgugsu and these are basically cold spicy noodles which are meant for summer but I wasn’t letting that stop me even though it was winter and they were fantastic, definitely a bit spicy but not any less good and these also cost 10000 krw.

 
And the next time I go plan on trying the Konggugsu(콩국수) considering I haven’t tried them before and I will have completed the full menu because the menu only has 4 items.