Food Detective / South Korea / Jjajangmyeon

Jjajangmyeon (black bean noodles) · 짜장면

짜장면 · Jjajangmyeon

Wheat noodles under a thick, savoury black soybean sauce with pork and onion — Korean-Chinese comfort food.

Kind
Noodles
Cooking
Stir-fried, Boiled
Taste
Sweet, Salty, Filling meal, Easy to eat alone · Not spicy
Served · texture
Hot · Thick, glossy sauce over chewy noodles

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients, including hidden ones

Main ingredient
Wheat, Tofu & soy
Usually included
Pork, Vegetables
  • The black sauce is fermented soybean paste (chunjang).

Basis: General recipe. Shops differ and unlisted ingredients can be present; this is not an allergy guarantee.

CHAINS

Which chain, which menu item

Prices in local currency (KRW).

No chain with a confirmed menu item yet. Find restaurants on Google Maps ↗

“Signature” is used only when the brand itself says so. No sales ranking is invented, and no dish is judged tastier than another.

PRICE GUIDE

General price guide · One bowl

Budget
—
Typical
₩7,808 · Official · Seoul · Seoul average for “자장면”, Korea Consumer Agency price survey, September 2026. · source
Premium
—

Separate from chain menu prices. Premium reflects setting and service, not a rip-off.

ORDERING

Phrases to show when ordering

새우는 빼 주세요
Please leave out shrimp (saeu-neun ppae-juseyo)
해산물은 빼 주세요
Please leave out seafood (haesanmul-eun ppae-juseyo)
멸치 육수나 액젓이 들어가나요?
Is there anchovy broth or fish sauce in it? (myeolchi yuksu-na aekjeot-i deureoganayo?)
돼지고기는 못 먹어요
I can’t eat pork (dwaeji-gogi-neun mot meogeoyo)
소고기는 못 먹어요
I can’t eat beef (so-gogi-neun mot meogeoyo)
계란은 빼 주세요
Please leave out egg (gyeran-eun ppae-juseyo)
견과류 알레르기가 있어요
I’m allergic to nuts (gyeongwaryu allereugi-ga isseoyo)
안 맵게 해 주세요
Not spicy, please (an maepge hae-juseyo)
알레르기가 있어요
I have an allergy (allereugi-ga isseoyo) — then say the ingredient

A request, not a guarantee the ingredient can be removed.

Recipe sources: Wikipedia — Jjajangmyeon (2026-10-18). Photos are Google results AMS does not vouch for; check opening status on Google Maps.