Harm Heung Cold Noodle

Paper in the windows, looks closed for now.

This review is based on the naeng-​myun only. My mom loves naeng-​myun so I posted a question on my Facebook page to find out what restaurant serves the best naeng-​myun. The top choices were this restaurant, Bang Ga Nae, Abaee, and Doh Reh Myun Ok.
This restaurant a few different versions of the cold buckwheat noodle soup. I came w/​my parents for lunch. I got the «Mul Neng Myun» which is what I’d call the basic version ($ 6.99 for lunch) — I added more vinegar and mustard to make it more interesting. I tried my mom and dad’s, and mine was boring in comparison.
Mom ordered the «Yul Moo Neng Myun» which has pickled green radish — the green radish made all the difference ($ 8.99 for lunch). Mom LOVED her naeng-​myun. I’d definitely skip the plain «Mul Neng Myun» and next time get this one instead.
Dad ordered the «Bi Bim Neng Myun» which is the spicy version ($ 7.99 for lunch). I loved the flavors. Actually I’d probably order this next time.
Noodles are available during dinner too except the prices are about $ 2 more. Oh — the banchan selection was disappointing … just 3 choices.

How long as this place been around? Apparently a while (eight years). I’ve only recently started exploring Nukoa Plaza on Steve Reynolds Blvd, so everything here seems «new» to me. This is the same two-​story Korean shopping center that houses Dan Moo Ji, a White Windmill, and a Kko Kko Chicken and Pizza. I read Addy’s review as well as Kit’s (
) and after looking at the pictures of all the cool Korean movie memorabilia inside, I knew I had to go. We gathered up a small group and went before a night of karaōke.
The inside of Harm Heung is decidedly cool and unique. It’s loft-​like with its high ceilings and finished concrete flooring and walls. The tables are small, circular, and wooden. The best part though, as previously mentioned, are all the old Korean movie posters, autographed photos, studio stills, advertisements, and other memorabilia. There was an old pack of cigarettes glued to the wall next to us. Even the menu cover was littered with a barrage of movie posters. All of this was very fun to look at, especially since I am a cinephile.
The menu spells the name of this restaurant as «Ham Heng.» I don’t know Korean, so I don’t know which spelling is correct. The standard menu was difficult for us to read because everything was in Korean (e.g. even the Romanized text was still phonetically Korean — there were no English descriptions or translations for each of the menu items). So there we sat, a group of six Asians, none of us Korean, looking dumbfounded at the menu. Our server picked up on this and handed us a simplified English menu. Most of the items on this menu ranged in price from $ 10 – 20 and featured a variety of (surprise) cold noodle dishes, stews, Korean BBQ, pancakes, and fried chicken.
The one item we knew we wanted to order was the blood sausage. Too bad for us though because the restaurant was out of it for the night (Saturday). Oh well. We ended up ordering Korean pork belly (BBQ at our table), the seafood pancake, beef stew, and egg custard. I’m using my simplified English names for each of these dishes.
The banchan (Korean side dishes) at Harm Heung is above average. It included typical items such as kimchi, jellies, seaweed, picked bean sprouts, and small dried fish. The seaweed was a big hit amongst our group of six. It was served on ice. The seafood pancake was huge. Probably the biggest Korean pancake I’ve encountered in Atlanta. Because of the size, it was also a little bit soggy. It was still good though and tasted great with the accompanied dipping sauce.
The Korean pork belly was cooked at our table by our server. It was cooked on a portable griddle, similar to the ones used at other Korean restaurants like Iron Age and Dong Neh Bang Neh, where the griddle is inclined one way so the fat drops to a disposable container. Our server also positioned the onions towards the bottom of the griddle so it would collect and cook with some of the fat. Yum! The pork belly turned out to be pretty good and I recommend it.
The beef stew and egg custard were just alright for me. The beef stew was brought out in a large pot with a burning flame underneath. There was not enough room at our already crowded tables for this dish, so it was set on the table next to us. There was a lot of meat and potatoes in this stew. The meat was served bone-​in, so we had to navigate through the bones to eat all of the meat. The egg custard was served piping hot.
Service was very good. We ran low on water many times and their definition of refilling waters is filling up the glass halfway sometimes. Weird. Along with all the neat decorations to look at on the walls, they also have a TV playing K-​pop music videos. Perfect for those who enjoy watching cute Korean girls.
If you can’t read Korean, it’s useful to know that Harm Heung is located on the ground level of Nukoa Plaza and it’s very close to the road (Steve Reynolds). It’s left of White Windmill. Once you see the retro movie décor, you know you’re there. Do not confuse this place with Dan Moo Ji, which is bright and colorful!

A group of 6 of us came here on a Sunday evening for a Korean infusion. The place is total eye candy. I really enjoy the observing various cinematic posters collected by the owner over the years. According to his sis in law, our server, he was an actor in the old country back in the day. He’s also a collector of things days yonder so a lot of the décor is from his collection. I also like the light fixtures and the tables here; it adds to the overall modern and industrial appeal of the place.
I like how each table has its own set of silverware in a wooden box. It just seemed more efficient. What I don’t like is the Asian style tiny ass square napkins. I needed like a gazillion of those to wipe my mouth clean.
Ok, on to more important things: food. Well, I recommend coming w a small group of people so you can sample more things, since a lot of the dishes can be shared. We ordered pork belly, beef rib soup, egg custard porridge thingy, seafood egg pancake. We tried to order the blood sausages, but they weren’t available that evening. We did not get cold noodles, although I definitely want to come back and try them.
I like the ban chan here A. LOT. It has the goodies I like, including the white jelly thingy, mini salted fishies, and squishy — chewy seaweed w cucumbers. The rest were good too, but these are my favorites and I was ecstatic to have all 3 at dindin.
Pork belly is like Iron Age. It’s cooked on a skillet that’s angled to drain all the fat. The server cooks it for you. She also cooked onion and kim chi on it for us. The soup was good. It was not spicy to me. It had beef and potatoes; manly soup I say. The seafood pancake is good and held its crispiness. The egg custard/​porridge thingy was interesting, but lacked flavor to me.
Aside from the pork belly, these foods were novel to me. I’m glad I got a chance to try them. I don’t think I appreciated the egg porridge dish too much, but that’s a personal discrimination.
The bill came to 94, not including tip, for 6 ppl. I was pretty satiated, but not full. It’s definitely not a cheap place, but I don’t know of any cheap Korean eateries.
I am a fan of this place because the service is good. At times, they were slow to our needs, but they were friendly. Character counts! Also, I enjoyed the ambiance of the restaurant. It was an overall great dining experience.

Best Korean Barbecue in Atlanta —. I have been to other Korean Barbecue restaurants at a much higher price point that can’t match this one on quality and quantity of the food.
The place has a very authentic feel — servers speak very little English, but they are trying hard to make it a good experience for the customers.

pretty good place.
personally i love korean cold noodle so much
and i belive this place is the best cold noodle place
and its cheap!

Harm your «hung» with a Cold Noodle.
Have eaten here several times already. I try different things every time I’m there with the wifey, and it always comes back to eating the Cold Noodle. This alone is 5 stars. Price is great; noodles are great; ambiance is «old school» great.
But…tried other dishes…(4 others)…not worth mentioning.
Will go back every lunch I crave the buckwheat cold noodles. Best place to go in the area. Find your favorite restaurants for the other dishes.

I was looking for «Harm Heung Cold Noodle» but didn’t find it… FORTUNATELY I did see a place with symbols and «cold noodle» written next to it — I quickly assumed this was the place and BINGO! It was.
I wouldn’t say this place is «cheap eats» because my mum and I totaled $ 30 between the two of us for LUNCH. I’m hoping that there’s a lunch special on the weekdays because on Sundays I’ll probably be on the lookout for a more budget friendly restaurant.
They bring out this teapot and I had THOUGHT it was tea but upon taking the first step, I quickly realized that it was this salty broth. Eh, not to bad. I’ll take another cup of that.
I ordered the spicy pork with veggies and was kinda disappointed that it was 50% fat and 50% meat (that’s kinda pushing it, I think it was more ⁷⁵⁄₂₅). I usually eat super healthy so I was kinda disappointed in my choice. The seasoning was yummy but I had a hard time stomaching all that fatty-​ness.
The soup was pretty good. I kinda dig tofu house soup much better but my mum told me she preferred harm heung’s soup (spicy galbi soup or something like that).
A good variety of side dishes but nothing too unique. Service was better than I’m used to — I’ll give them that. AND their «spicy» actually is spicy… I might come back for lunch on a weekday but will probably avoid weekends.

Can I get a shot of vegan Valium for all the cookies I was «judging» at Sean M’s?
I left on a hungry sugar induced voyage.
My trip=
Drove past Fox Brother’s (first craving), traveled over to Antico (girlfriends craving)— it was closed on Sunday– thought – hmmmm. what now– need the best «affordable» grub around – Flip for 2^nd try-​naaa – Varasano’s ?—
Why are all the red headed step children restos coming to mind – oh – could be the sugar coma – Shoya? – no, to f”‘n hungry to break out my normal $ 200 bills for all the s”t I need to eat now. Plus I’m leaving for Corea next week – need cash.
I ended up on Steve F”‘n Reynolds @ the best Corean Resto in– or near Atlanta. SOOO — I went from Little 5 to G-​Tech, Past Shoya, and ended up having a top 10 «grub out» at this «cold noodle» spot.
Now, the soju entered the body to cut the sugar from the best cookie party ever but– this was more my speed.
Korean Pancake was slap yo’ Momma good-​call me if yo find better-404−395−4%**9
Started with whole Korean Eel grilled over a kind of ancient charcoal with some sauce and s”t – Spent two hours snacking getting a buzz and wondering why it was so f”n delicious.
All u can swallow pork belly for $ 10-​makes Dorthy and Kansas look like an out dated classic. Honey Pig needs a new role model.
Spicy Tofu-​Miso soup – Hands down, by far, and away the best – So Kong Dong should take notes.
The Cold Noodles – hmm – good — than sticky – than good — still undecided. Abaee is still there.
Now what the f”‘k is this? a Corean Quiche slash soup thinger – solid but a little salty but good but surprising but why am I so confused (new technique check). Sugar and Soju has hit me now.
Best ambience and atmosphere for a Corean joint I have seen== I love the movie posters this owner has gathered from the ends of his personal life to the farthest reaches of the EBay spectrum, but can I please just cut the spout off the Soju – just kiddin’– I’m Drunk again – Imagine that. Burp– Shot– Burp Shot– 6 bottles gone– damn the girl on the poster is cute–
soju — my new moonshine.
F”ck So Konger, Honey Wig, Wam hell NON Stone Bool, Han ill Kwan a ma jig, Hae Won Yesterday, 69 Tofu, So Ho’rrible, Jang Su bull’shizzy, Chow Down Buffet, Mi Rak-​a-​cocka– ect, ect.
Only Corean food I «crave» now— Harm Heung Cold Noodle
PM me if you want to go eat – I will be here once a week till I die.
Oh – Fu”k you Kit for going while I’m in Corea.
4.7676 Stars
Chef Invisible– Out

Came out here a few months ago, and a never got around to review the place– now, this is not because it wasn’t a good place… it’s just sheer laziness on my part.
One of the immediate ‘quirks’ or unique things about this place is that instead of serving barley tea or something like that, they serve pork bone soup… and this is no ‘soapdishwaterleftoveringredients’ kind of soup– it was full of flavor, and though it wasn’t thick in consistency, it sure tasted as if it was like heavier, creamier soups. All kinds of awesome. My only complaint is that it was too salty… sort of like drinking my way to a heart attack. This pork bone soup itself merits a ‘4’ for this place.
We had plenty of banchan, and we ordered the fatty pork for our meat. The place got pretty busy right after we arrived, so our meat was overcooked by our waitress. Meat was just ok, perhaps due to that. I do think this place is definitely worth another try… just lay off on the salty soup… :)

Weekday special only, all-​you-​can-​eat cha dol bae gi for $ 9.99 per person. Cha dol bae gi are thin slices of fatty beef cooked on the grill… They keep bringing out the meat until you beg them to stop. Beg. Them. To. Stop.
Also, naengmyun (thin, buckwheat noodle) is $ 2.99 per person (week day special). The VIP I went with suggested ordering half mul-​naengmyun (soup) and half bibim naengmyun (mixed). Guess what. Suggestion was gooooooood.