Ham Hung

Thanks to an in-house extruder dating back to 1985, the traditionally North Korean naengmyeon at Ham Hung is some of the freshest you’ll find in Koreatown. Here, you can order it dressed in red chili paste, the style of its namesake city (the second largest in North Korea) or a mellow Pyongyang-style beef broth. The noodles, which are made almost entirely of potato and sweet potato starch, are thin, chewy and light, and the rest of the menu includes other affordable homestyle dishes like seafood green onion pancakes and gamja tang, a pork neck broth soup that’s perfect in the wintertime.