There’s a new Korean noodle shop in town: Seoul Noodle Shop! This noodle speciality store in Tanjong Pagar is their second outlet after a successful pop-up at Market Blue.
They serve a menu of freshly made noodles in various Korean-style broths, bringing a taste of Korea here!
Stylish Wooden Interior
The restaurant is simple but bright, creating a welcoming atmosphere. It has an all-wood seating area with counter seating where you can watch the chefs prepare your noodles in front of you.
Seoul Noodle Shop Menu
The menu offers 12 noodle dishes featuring the fresh-cut noodles, ranging from Half Chicken Noodles ($18.50) to Bone Broth Noodles ($18.50) and even Bibim Naengmyeon ($16.50).
Every order of noodles comes with kimchi, pickled radish and a small bowl of deonjjang bab – rice with soybean paste stew. Definitely enough to fill you up!
They also offer gukbap, like the Daegu Yukgaejang Gukbap ($18.50), and sides like LA Galbi ($59.90) and Kimchi Pancake ($16.50).
There’s a Makgeolli Ade ($18.90) made with Chilsung Cider and a Yuja ade if you’re looking for drinks!
Pork Bone Spicy Noodle
The star item is the Pork Bone Spicy Noodle ($20.50), served with two giant pork back bones! It came in a bright red broth and plenty of green onions.
The bones were meaty and off-the-bone tender, making it a hearty bowl. The soup had a deep beefy, savoury flavour and was not as spicy as it looked.
We think it could be a bit spicier and more concentrated but the flavour was enough to complement the chewy noodles.
Busan Shrimp Noodles
The Busan Shrimp Noodles ($20.50) came garnished with big prawns and fishballs.
It was reminiscent of our local prawn noodles and tasted like a well-executed bowl. Chef Lee Won Il shared that they source their ingredients locally so it would explain the familiar taste!
The broth was packed with prawniness and umami, plus the fragrant finish of crispy shallot. It was good but would not be our go-to order here.
Perilla Noodles
We liked the Perilla Noodles ($16.50)! The broth – or rather, gravy – was thick and full of perilla flavour, coating each strand of their bouncy noodles.
If you like perilla, you’d like this. We recommend eating it with kimchi to cut through the richness.
Spicy Chicken Cheese Dakgalbi
The Spicy Chicken Cheese Dakgalbi ($38.50) was topped with cheese and torched tableside, making for an appetizing start.
The meat was tender, coated in a balanced sweet and spicy sauce but otherwise, it didn’t stand out to us. We liked the complement of the cheese though!
Kimchi Mandu
Unfortunately, the Kimchi Mandu ($5.80/3 pcs) was a miss for us. It was generously filled and had a chewy skin, but fell flat flavour-wise. We feel it might do better with heavier seasoning on the filling!
Kalguksu in Singapore
Seoul Noodle Shop provides a taste very close to what we find in Korea and the noodle dishes are the highlight here! Their portions are generous and make for a hearty lunch. They are also slated to open a third outlet in Suntec City sometime this year!
Check out more Korean eats in Singapore or restaurants in Tanjong Pagar.
Seoul Noodle Shop
99 Tanjong Pagar Road
Open daily, 11am-3pm, 5pm-10.30pm
Nearest MRT: Tanjong Pagar
*This article is based on a media-tasting event, but all opinions expressed about the food are entirely our own.
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