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.