Kuksu Explained

Kuksu
Country:	Korea and the former Soviet Union
Type:	Korean cuisine
Main Ingredient:	Korean noodles

Kuksu (; ; ko|국수|label=[[Koryo-mar]]) or kuksi (; ; Korean: 국씨 pronounced as /ko/) is a noodle dish in Koryo-saram cuisine: cuisine of the ethnic Koreans of the mainland former Soviet Union. It is served cold and often spicy with beef.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The dish is a popular menu item at Cafe Lily, an Uzbek-Korean restaurant, located in Brooklyn, New York City.^[1] The Moscow Times describes the kuksu served at Koryo-saram in Moscow's K-town as "[having] quite the kick".^[4]

Variations

• Acorn noodle soup
• Gogi-guksu

See also

• Koryo-saram cuisine
• Korean noodles

Notes and References

1. Web site: At Cafe Lily, the Korean-Uzbek Menu Evokes a Past Exodus. Mishan, Ligaya. The New York Times. 16 February 2017. 2 January 2019.
2. Web site: Lost and Found in Uzbekistan: The Korean Story, Part 1. Kim . Victoria. The Diplomat. 2016-06-08. 2 January 2019.
3. Web site: Watch: A Korean-Uzbek Restaurant Offers the Best of Two Worlds. Kang, Matthew. Eater. 2017-09-19. 2 January 2019.
4. Web site: Moscow Restaurants: Koryo-saram at K-Town. themoscowtimes.com. 2016-10-24. 2 January 2019.