인사동칼국수
About
Insadong kalguksu counter — hand-cut noodle soup at 7,500 won, with a spicy version and a buckwheat bibim-myeon alongside.
Insadong Kalguksu opens at seven in the morning — an hour that tells you who it's really for. Before the gallery streets fill with visitors, this counter is serving hand-cut noodle soup at 7,500 won to the neighborhood's early risers, and the price is as old-fashioned as the hour. The board keeps it to essentials: the standard kalguksu, an eolkeun (spicy-red) version for those who need heat with their broth, and a buckwheat bibim-myeon at 9,500 for the cold-and-spicy camp. Hand-cut noodles at breakfast is one of downtown Seoul's quieter pleasures — the soup does what porridge does elsewhere, but with chew. If you're staying near Insadong, this is the local's morning: a hot bowl before the crowds, out before the shutters of the craft shops even rise.
Menu
- Spicy Kalguksu₩7,500
- 메밀비빔면₩9,500
- Kalguksu₩7,500
- Sundubu Jjigae₩7,500
- 된장찌게₩7,500
- Tteokguk₩7,500
- 검은콩냉콩국수₩10,500
Details
Opening hours
- Sunday
- —
- Monday
- 07:00–19:00
- Tuesday
- 07:00–19:00
- Wednesday
- 07:00–19:00
- Thursday
- 07:00–19:00
- Friday
- 07:00–19:00
- Saturday
- 10:00–15:00