New York is hitting a record 90 degrees today and I am craving some naengmyun like no other.  The best mul naengmyun I’ve ever had is at Pyongyang Myeon-ok [평양면옥] in Kangnam-gu, Seoul, which offers up a limited but delicious menu of Pyongyang/North Korean-style specialties. Mul naengmyun in general seems to be meh in NYC, so I tend to get bibim naengmyun, its broth-less, spicy counterpart, instead. This one was from last summer, at Woo Lae Oak, also in Kangnam-gu—which, unlike its trendy, fusion-esque counterpart in NYC (and I hear there’s one in LA too), is a straight-up regular Korean restaurant establishment with some great bulgogi and naengmyun. Completely unfounded rumor: From what my dad tells me, there’s a rumor that each Woo Lae Oak location and décor is supposed to match each wife that the owner has been married to…  Does that mean the one reppin’ NYC is a young hot thang? Woo Lae Oak983-13 Daechi-dong, Kangnam-guSeoul, South Korea 135 281

Apr 27 -

New York is hitting a record 90 degrees today and I am craving some naengmyun like no other.  The best mul naengmyun I’ve ever had is at Pyongyang Myeon-ok [평양면옥] in Kangnam-gu, Seoul, which offers up a limited but delicious menu of Pyongyang/North Korean-style specialties. Mul naengmyun in general seems to be meh in NYC, so I tend to get bibim naengmyun, its broth-less, spicy counterpart, instead.

This one was from last summer, at Woo Lae Oak, also in Kangnam-gu—which, unlike its trendy, fusion-esque counterpart in NYC (and I hear there’s one in LA too), is a straight-up regular Korean restaurant establishment with some great bulgogi and naengmyun.

Completely unfounded rumor: From what my dad tells me, there’s a rumor that each Woo Lae Oak location and décor is supposed to match each wife that the owner has been married to…  Does that mean the one reppin’ NYC is a young hot thang?

Woo Lae Oak
983-13 Daechi-dong, Kangnam-gu
Seoul, South Korea 135 281

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