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Mak-guksu () or buckwheat noodles is a Korean buckwheat noodle dish served in a chilled broth and sometimes with sugar, mustard, sesame oil or vinegar. It is a local specialty of Gangwon Province, South Korea and that province's capital city Chuncheon. Jaengban-guksu is a type of makguksu in which buckwheat noodles and various vegetables are mixed in a tray.

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It is catalogued under topics including Buckwheat dishes, Chuncheon and Cold noodles.

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food
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noodle
Country of origin
South Korea
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Makguksu
indigenous to
Gangwon Province
native label
막국수
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Mak-guksu () or buckwheat noodles is a Korean buckwheat noodle dish served in a chilled broth and sometimes with sugar, mustard, sesame oil or vinegar. It is a local specialty of Gangwon Province, South Korea and that province's capital city Chuncheon. Jaengban-guksu is a type of makguksu in which buckwheat noodles and various vegetables are mixed in a tray.

== History == Mak-guksu was originally eaten in the winter as a late-night snack in Chuncheon and Pyongyang. The earliest record of the word "makguksu" in print media is a newspaper article in 1934. The dish began to be eaten in all seasons in the 1970s.

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