Noodle Star K (58 Tanjong Pagar Road, tel : +65 6224 6061) opened more than a couple of years back. They're under Super Star K which does K bbq. This one as the name goes is obviously a shop focused on noodles.
Banchan's fixed. Kimchi, takuan and bean sprouts. What sets them apart is the cup of light beef broth that's part of the side dishes. Everyone gets one of those and they're refillable. It's not bad drinking. Like I mentioned, it's light and there's also a savoury beefiness to it.
I read they're known for their naengmyeon. The mul (potato flour) ones and the chik (arrowroot flour). The difference is texture and nutritional composition and both noodle types are pretty much tasteless on their own. But they soak up the broth pretty well. Each type of naengmyeon also has the regular and the spicy bowl.
This was the regular chik naengmyeon. I like it. Noodles were soft and a bit chewy. The broth is made with beef stock and pear juice I believe, so it's savoury and fruity. Because it's chilled, it's also refreshing. Gets even more lively with a few squirts of vinegar and mustard.
That's their deulkkae kalguksu. We've just had one recently from
Myung Ga II nearby. Flavour's similar but I like the one from Myung Ga II better because of the texture from the broth and I believe that one's also nuttier.
The white ones are the gogi mandu (pork) and the red ones are kimchi mandu. Think the latter also has meat in it. There's a lot more chilli flavour to the kimchi stuffings than what I detect in regular kimchi. I like the gogi better. These dumplings were piping hot, had thin smooth (albeit crumpled looking) skin and were pretty tender.
That's a bindaetteok - mung bean pancake. It's not bad. Texture's potato-y and the taste reminded me a little of those mung bean fritters at goreng pisang shops. These were lightly salted.
