Seoul Noodle Shop in Singapore

I never would have known from the very utilitarian name, but this is a small local chain of kalguksu shops from a pair of Korean celebrity chefs that started down in the basement of Tanglin Mall. The only reason I stepped in was because I just watched that episode of Culinary Class Wars where they had that head-to-head battle using perilla oil, and this deulkkae kalguksu was on the menu.

Now, this wasn't the makguksu that the dude was trying to mimic with ice cream, but I liked these chewy noodles with a broth so thick that it was more like a pasta sauce. It was less herbal than I was expecting and instead more gritty. I'd like to try some of their other stuff, including the naengmyeon and gukbap. The kimchi here was cool too in that it was kinda dry and laced with citrus, if I tasted it correctly.