In a Korean meal are you supposed to cut up noodles with the scissors provided on the table?!


Question: You're probably asking this question in regard to a dish that consisted of clear and slightly stretchy noodles. Most likely you had bibin naengmyun (it's red), though it would be strange because this is a summer dish.

At a restaurant, the server may provide a pair of scissors for you to cut the noodles if you prefer. Most people cut the noodles once or twice at the most. It's just for practicality--so you can avoid slurping and you can avoid getting sauce over yourself and everyone around you. This is a fairly modern/recent change in eating habits--at restaurants, you'll probably note that really old people do not like having their noodles cut.

Most other noodle dishes will not come with a kitchen implement as such because they're too short.


Answers: You're probably asking this question in regard to a dish that consisted of clear and slightly stretchy noodles. Most likely you had bibin naengmyun (it's red), though it would be strange because this is a summer dish.

At a restaurant, the server may provide a pair of scissors for you to cut the noodles if you prefer. Most people cut the noodles once or twice at the most. It's just for practicality--so you can avoid slurping and you can avoid getting sauce over yourself and everyone around you. This is a fairly modern/recent change in eating habits--at restaurants, you'll probably note that really old people do not like having their noodles cut.

Most other noodle dishes will not come with a kitchen implement as such because they're too short.

yes, if needed

yes, just cut thru the whole bowl of noodles just a couple times. slurping is acceptable too.





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