On the fifth day during my stay in Seoul, as bizzare as it might sound, my friends and I intended to try out Woo Lae Oak, where it was famous for its Jeon Tong Pyong Yang Naeng Myeon (傳統平壤式冷麵).

I must say, the location of the restaurant was the most difficult-to-locate place we've ever been. I already forgotten where exactly the restaurant was. We were lucky to be guided by a passer-by, who was immensely helpful to have shown us the way, in which we walked several twisted alleys before we finally reached the restaurant. If we didn't bump into that guy, I wouldn't think we could make it.
Upon our arrival, the restaurant looked very posh to us. Posh in the sense that it would be somewhere more suitable for businessmen to sit down for an expensive business meal, rather than a dinning place for us four students who were looking for some exotic, authentic food.
No big deal, we were just here to try out a bowl of Jeon Tong Pyong Yang Naeng Myeon (傳統平壤式冷麵) anyway.

Perhaps we did not look local, and much younger than anyone there, the waitresses did not pay much attention to us. We needed to serve ourselves with tea and kimchi, definitely not something I would expect from a business place like this.

When the Jeon Tong Pyong Yang Naeng Myeon (傳統平壤式冷麵) was served, the appearance topped the list. Very nicely presented. I wondered if the North Koreans, living in Pyong Yang, ate similar kind of cold noodles as us?
Soon, I had no doubt with my question. As much as the noodles were deliciously cooked, there was this extremly plain flavour along with the noodles. The ingredients were disappointing too, with only several cucumbers and cabbages alongside the noodles. If I did not have finished my bowl of noodles quickly, and stepped out of the restaurant still seeing a few South Korean mainstream cosmetic shops, I really would have thought myself being in North Korea instead.

Apart from the Pyong Yang's styled cold noodles, Woo Lae Oak served Korean styled BBQ beef too. With that being said, I had no intention to step in the restaurant anymore in the near future, given its extremly poor location and the once-is-enough kind of food.