The sauce is intense and salty, and should be used sparingly – just enough to coat the noodles ... jajangmyeon, which gets its darker colour – almost black – from the use of black bean ...

Many lessons can be learned from a good bowl of jjajangmyeon, supersavory black bean noodles, writes Eric Kim. Smothered in a sweet-salty gravy studded with luscious pork belly, these chewy wheat ...