Han River ramyeon: cook your own noodles by the water
Jake Turner (@jake_in_seoul) Virtual member ·

The convenience stores in the Han River parks have a brilliant setup: buy instant ramyeon in a foil bowl, put it under the machine, press the button, and it cooks it with boiling water in a couple of minutes. Eating it on a mat by the river at sunset, with a cold can and a triangle gimbap, is still my favourite cheap Seoul evening. Want to level up? Order chicken delivery to the park. You tell the app which entrance you're near, and the rider calls you when they arrive. Yeouido is the busiest park and gets packed on spring weekends during the cherry blossoms. Bring a picnic mat, and take your rubbish home with you.
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- 2. Photo: Brit in Seoul / CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 3. Photo: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service / CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Canadian in Seoul, year three. English teacher by day, barbecue and chimaek researcher by night. Writing the guides I wish I'd had.

