The Budaejeongol 부대전골 at Nolboo 놀부

In trying times, people will find ways to make do with what they have. If you look at new Chinese immigrants that came to Taiwan after the Cultural Revolution, they formed military villages can came up with blended cuisine, as seen at Liang’s Kitchen. Hawaiian cuisine is the same way with influence of spam, hamburger patty, and chili from the naval base. And just after the Korean War, the establishment of the US base, army rations were abundant and helped shape some Korean dishes. And that’s where we get Budaejeongol at Nolboo.

Budaejeongol 부대전골 is popular dish with vegetables, tofu, instant noodles or macaroni, rice cake, sausage, and ham, all mixed in a water in a large commune shallow bowl. You can see influence with macaroni, sausage, and ham. You can add different spices to suit your taste – from curry, spicy, or regular. The rice cake dissolves somewhat to soak up the spices as well as thicken the water to form a gravy.

When we had our Budaejeongol, we had it super spicy. The meats and vegetables all soaked up the spicy gravy mixture. My mouth was on fire. But it was actually very good. I found myself liking this dish, because the sausage and ham reminded me of American foods. But I realize that you can’t really have this without the spiciness or else it would be too salty.

Nolboo is a chain of Korean restaurants with 6 different distinct chains under the Nolboo umbrella. The Nolboo restaurants, named after a hero in a Korean folk tale, is bright and emulates typical Asian fast food cuisine. Though, not quite like McDonalds, but more like cleaned up version of a Johnny Rockets.

What to Order: Budaejeongol 부대전골
What not to Order:

Rating
2 Pigs
Price Range 1 $/¥/NT

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Nolboo Budai
Yongsan iPark Mall 아이파크몰
(02)2012-0400
nolboo.co.kr

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