Kalguksu was Trev's favorite noodle dish in Korea during his visit.
Basically, you can get this dish in any town/city in Korea. but each city has its own original recipe. The average price for this dish is CAD$5.00-8.00 depending on the ingrediendts. This is like Pho (vietnamese noodle soup) for Koreans, but the noodles are handmade in traditional restaurants.
He highly recommends "dan-gam-nong-won-Hal-Mae-Kalguksu" in Gyeongju.
단감농원 할매 손칼국수
054-745-4761 경북 경주시 배동 739-2
If you are planning to travel to Gyeongju, we highly recommend to visit this particular restaurant, but it may be hard to find without a GPS. This place is nearby "poseukjung" in Gyengju where you can discover Koreans' old drinking culture! During banquets in the last days of the Silla kingdom, the king's official and noble guests would sit along the watercourse, chatting and reciting poetry, engaged in drinking games.
Recommended restaurants for Kal-guk-su.
1. Myung-dong Gyo-ja (Myung-dong, Seoul)
Chicken broth + soft noodle
Established 1966, this is the restaurant my parents also used to go when they are dating in Myung-dong downtown. Their Kimchi is super Garlicy, you won't want to kiss to your gf or bf for a while after.
Hwa-young recommends the guk-su and dumpling!
http://www.mdkj.co.kr/en/
(Website is in English! Surpirse!!!!)
2. Get-ma-eul-mil-baht-jip (In-sa-dong, Seoul)
Seafood broth+soft noodle
Paht-Kal-guk-su (Redbean noodle).
This is not her favorite, but her mom loves this noodle.
It is in the red-bean soup!
4. Veteran Kal-guk-su (Her favorite!!!!!) ( Hanok village, Jeon-Ju)
This small snack place is a hidden jem in Jeon-ju. We will explain Jeon-Ju later for details
For now, http://tour-eng.jeonju.go.kr/index.sko
You can visit above website for JeonJu!
Actually, there are tons and tons of Kal-Guk-su restaurants in Seoul. You can find at least one on any distrcit in Seoul! (or any other cities)
Homemade Kal-guk-su
Make a batter and use knife to cut it! That's why this noodle is called Kal-guk-su.
Kal: Knife in Korean.
We made chicken broth Kal-guk-su, all are homemade, and it took...almost 2 hours for us.
It was delicious, but we decided not to do it again!
Try it in Korea for less than CAD$10 !
Of course, with beer! Soju may be better for this noodle dish though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalguksu
More information about Visiting Korea: http://english.visitkorea.or.kr
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