Cold Korean-style Noodles

Preparation info
  • Serves

    2–4

    as an accompaniment
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Ken Hom Travels with a Hot Wok

By Ken Hom

Published 1997

  • About

While I was working at the Hotel Shilla Parkview in Seoul, Korea, I was delighted when the kitchen staff put together this delicious cold noodle dish. Upon asking them for the recipe, I discovered that it included a special type of noodle, called somyun, made from a mixture of rice flour and wheat flour. When cooked, the noodles acquire a pleasing, textured character. This refreshing noodle dish makes an ideal summer lunch treat, or it could be served with any barbecue dish. If you cook the