Noodles
Noodles are a favourite dish of the Korean nation.
Ryongbiochonga, an old book of Koryo, reads that the Koryo people entertained their guests with noodles.
Noodles were served as an everyday food, and, as its elongated strip meant a long life, it was prepared as a special food for wedding and birthday tables and on the 15th day of the lunar January, wishing longevity and happiness.
They are divided into buckwheat noodles, starch noodles, corn noodles and wheat noodles according to materials, and into cold noodles, warm noodles, cold noodles in tray, noodle hash, chopped noodles and cold noodles with marinated fish filet according to how they are prepared.
Pyongyang cold noodles and Hamhung potato starch noodles are representative of buckwheat and starch noodles respectively.
Ryongbiochonga, an old book of Koryo, reads that the Koryo people entertained their guests with noodles.
Noodles were served as an everyday food, and, as its elongated strip meant a long life, it was prepared as a special food for wedding and birthday tables and on the 15th day of the lunar January, wishing longevity and happiness.
They are divided into buckwheat noodles, starch noodles, corn noodles and wheat noodles according to materials, and into cold noodles, warm noodles, cold noodles in tray, noodle hash, chopped noodles and cold noodles with marinated fish filet according to how they are prepared.
Pyongyang cold noodles and Hamhung potato starch noodles are representative of buckwheat and starch noodles respectively.
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Noodles made of corn flour and elm powder are served with whole radish kimchi, meat garnishes and spicy sauce. Elm powder noodles are one of popular noodles in Phyongan Province. It is also called Kanggye noodles, as it is a special food in Kanggye and Manpho areas.
Elm powder is made of the elm roots, which are pared, dried and ground.