Gogi-guksu

Gogi-guksu (고기국수; lit. "meat noodles") is one of the traditional foods of the Jeju Province (Jeju-do), South Korea.[1] It is a soup prepared with pork and noodles, and served with garnishes. It is similar to Vietnamese Pho.

Gogi-guksu
TypeGuksu
Place of originKorea
Region or stateJeju island
Korean name
Hangul
고기국수
Revised Romanizationgogi-guksu
McCune–Reischauerkogi-kuksu
IPA[ko.ɡi.ɡuk̚.s͈u]

Because of poor soil conditions in Jeju Province, people in Jeju mainly live on wheat and barley, so a culture of noodles developed. In addition, Jeju-do has a tradition of people giving gifts of pork during happy occasions. Gogi-guksu is the result of these two cultural ideas in jeju-do.

Gogi-guksu is only sold in Jeju-do. Therefore, Gogi-guksu is kind of Janchi-guksu in Jeju, traditional food.

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