Myung Dong Noodle House

Inside this clean, spacious dining room, the kitchen prepares its dough using purified water and natural ingredients. The flagship kalguksu offers a lighter profile than its overseas counterparts, skewing less greasy than versions typically found in Korea. You can round out the meal with hot, filling mandoo dumplings or chewy cold noodles topped with crispy tempura. For home cooking, the restaurant packages its fresh, uncooked noodles to go. Meals like the seafood soondubu can be adjusted to a mild spice level and come accompanied by tender marinated grilled pork, though some note the pricing runs slightly high.