Cold-faced Korean traditional food. North Korea has a long history of cold noodles. According to Japanese historical records, in the first half of the17th century, the Korean monk Tianzhen spread the method of making cold noodles to Japan. Korean people not only like to eat cold noodles in hot summer, but also like to sit on the kang and eat cold noodles even in cold winter. Especially from noon on the fourth day of the first lunar month every year, Koreans have the custom of eating cold noodles with their whole family. According to folklore, eating noodles on this day can lead to a long life, so cold noodles are also called longevity noodles. The main raw materials of cold noodles are buckwheat flour, wheat flour and starch, and can also be made of corn flour, sorghum flour, elm bark flour and potato starch. The method is to add starch and water to buckwheat noodles, mix them into noodles, cool them with cold water after cooking, and add sesame oil, pepper, kimchi, beef sauce and beef soup to make them cool and refreshing, and taste delicious.

However, North Koreans believe that it seems that with the fresh people, there will be cold noodles, just like the spicy cabbage that every family of fresh people must have. If fresh people eat noodles, they will definitely choose cold noodles. Whether it's hot summer or cold winter. It goes without saying that noodle soup can be mixed in winter and put outside, while a capable housewife will put cold noodles in a deep cellar in summer and let it cool to a certain temperature.

From the way of making, cold noodles are more like the derivative products of spicy cabbage, because the more primitive cold noodle soup is the soup of pickled cabbage, and at most, some soup left over from beef stew is put in. Its unique sour, spicy, fresh and fragrant is naturally fermented, and there is little artificial seasoning. Nowadays, the cold noodles on the market have been improved a lot on the basis of the original housewife. There are beef juice and spices like onion and garlic in the seasoning, which is more advanced.

Other flavors of various vegetable juices and fruit juices (such as pineapple juice) to enhance the taste of soup. Because the taste of cold noodles is very important depends on this bowl of soup, and the chef's skill is reflected in this bowl of soup.

When other people eat cold noodles, they are often unfamiliar with the color and taste of Korean cold noodles. In fact, its dark color is due to the addition of buckwheat noodles to flour, and the highest mixing ratio can reach 70%. The taste of gluten channel is caused by adding an appropriate proportion of edible alkali, and the eating method of cold noodles is also very helpful to the taste of noodles. As for the chef's following skills, it is also very important. Boil the water and boil it. Once it becomes soft, quickly remove the cold water.

The ingredients for eating cold noodles are sauce beef (beef tendon as the top), sliced with texture and dog meat, cucumber (shredded or sliced), spicy cabbage, and a fruit (apple, pear, pineapple or apple pear which is a Korean specialty). The ingredients must be fresh, and with the cold noodle soup with sweet and sour taste and temperature like cold drinks, it is needless to say that summer food is fresh and delicious and appetizing.

Yanji Restaurant: Popular Taste and Popular Price

Address: Xisi North Street 177

Price: big bowl of 6 yuan, small bowl of 4 yuan.

Eat cold noodles at Yanji restaurant at noon, and you will find quite a few customers coming here. The cold noodles here are freshly rolled and cooked, so there was a queue of nearly 20 people in front of the counter during the two times. For example, it took us nearly 10 minutes from invoicing to receiving noodles. There are 3-4 Liang of cold noodles in the big bowl here, with cucumber, pickled cabbage and a piece of beef as side dishes. If you need eggs, you have to pay 0.8 yuan extra. The selected noodles are made by mixing flour and starch, and the taste and characteristics are not very prominent.

On the feeling, the cold noodles in Yanji Cold Noodles Restaurant are relatively extensive, and the taste is a little old, which is slightly different for demanding diners. It is more appropriate for a passer-by who has a full stomach.

Sanqianli barbecue city: its own flavor

Address: Hepingmenwai Street

Price: 8 yuan/bowl

The Korean people all call North Korea a beautiful mountain and river with a distance of 3,000 miles. As the name implies, the barbecue city with a distance of 3,000 miles is also a restaurant with fresh ethnic characteristics. The waiters here are all dressed in national costumes, and the dishes are mainly barbecue, and the cold noodles are 8 yuan/bowl, which is about 3 Liang. The side dishes are beef, apples, sesame seeds and eggs, which are relatively complete, and the noodles are mainly rolled with white flour.

Made, the taste is more gluten. The noodle soup tastes sour, light and has its own taste.

Caozhijia Korean BBQ: Korean-style supporting eating method is exquisite.

Address: A 17, Nanlishi Road, Xicheng District

Although the "grass house" is called Korean barbecue, the cold noodles it provides are called "Pyongyang cold noodles". The cold noodles are served in a celadon bowl, with about three ounces. The ingredients are relatively complete and fine. The noodles are mixed with buckwheat and white flour. The noodle soup tastes light and the vegetable juice tastes strong. There is no spicy cabbage in the ingredients, but radish is replaced by two chicken balls, which is also different. When I came on stage, I was served with hot sauce and mustard, and the utensils were also Korean.

Stainless steel chopsticks and spoons are made more finely, but the price is relatively higher. However, the side dishes before meals and the ice cream after meals should be a small compensation for the eaters.

Lao Zhang barbecue: the price is great for the public.

Address: No.37 Wukesong Road, Wukongqiao, Haidian District

Lao Zhang's barbecue is a restaurant with roast beef as the main ingredient, and its dishes are mostly fresh. The cold noodles provided here are relatively low in price. There are about 2-3 noodles in a white porcelain bowl, and the ingredients are sauce beef, eggs, shredded cucumber, shredded spicy cabbage, a pear and a little white sesame.

The cold noodles are served at a lower temperature, and the noodles are thinner, but the noodles are authentic buckwheat noodles, with a sweet soup mouth and complete ingredients. Compared with the price in 5 yuan, it should be said that it is quite worthwhile.