Naengmyeon

A gourmet's mouth will water just reading this list of ingredients: buckwheat and starch noodles in a cold beef broth with pickled radish, hard-boiled egg bits, and Korean pear, all seasoned with mustard and vinegar.

This is naengmyeon, a cold noodle soup that is popular in Korea throughout the summer. The dinner was customarily served with radish kimchi, which was collected from kimchi pots buried in the yard and left to mature. Buckwheat noodles originated in North Korea, which was the principal producer of the grain, but the dish spread throughout the country during the Korean War and is now consumed all year.

Naengmyeon, or just cold noodles, is a Korean dish. The dish that defines Korean cuisine. When visiting North Korea, diners must taste it. When serving this dish, adjust the amount of vinegar, soy sauce, and mustard to your particular preference. Many gourmets consider North Korea's cold noodles to be the most tasty and appealing in the world.