Jajangmyeon

Noodles with Sweet Bean Sauce.

Jajangmyeon is one Korean food that won’t leave you indifferent, both because of its distinctive black colour and its unique, sweet and savoury taste. Its main ingredients are noodles, chunjang (Korean black bean paste that gives the dish the dark colour) and diced pork (although the seafood varieties are also widely available). Since the chunjang paste is somewhat bitter, it is normally balanced by adding a little bit of sugar to the dish. You may have your jajangmyeon with toppings such as cucumber, bamboo sprouts or egg.