Sinsa udon restaurant for a cold day: chewy hot kake udon at Tebo

I had errands in Sinsa and Apgujeong, and then the weather suddenly turned freezing, and I was craving hot udon sooo badly, so I went to Tebo. I'd walked past it before and noticed the sign and the staff cooking passionately inside. The people eating there looked like they were enjoying it, so I'd wanted to come at least once... and with the weather getting colder, it felt like the perfect time. The noodles were chewier than I imagined, and even the toppings were perfect. I'll write it all up in detail and honestly.

How to get to Tebo and opening hours

Tebo is about a 7-minute walk from Sinsa Station Exit 8. If you're driving, the address is 13-3 Apgujeong-ro 4-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (1st floor). It's open from 11:30 am to 8:00 pm, with a break from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. If you get confused finding the place, just call the restaurant and they'll kindly explain the way, haha.

Tebo's atmosphere: is it good for a date?

The atmosphere at Tebo is really good, great for couples or friends. It's cozy, and at night the lighting feels soft, so it looks like a nice place to visit on a date.

Solo dining seats at Tebo

Tebo is also set up well for eating alone. When I visited, quite a few office workers had come by themselves, and they were having beer and katsu, haha.

When you sit down, they give you a menu and water. There's space under the seat to store your bags, and you order by QR code.

Tebo menu and prices

On the way in you can see the machine that makes the noodles on the spot. Tebo is said to be a traditional Japanese Sanuki udon specialist that makes both its noodles and its broth in-house.

The menu has pork cutlets (donkatsu) and kamabata udon, which is butter-mixed udon. I didn't order the katsu, but the next table was eating it with beer, and next time I want to come back for beer and katsu, too..haha.

For udon, there's hot kake udon, bukkake udon in a cold broth,

zaru udon that you dip in a sauce, and cold kake udon. There were also set udon meals, thin-noodle udon for hangovers, and mala udon. The menu was really varied.

We ordered the hot kake udon (₩10,000) and, from the butter-mixed udon, the kamabata udon (₩16,000) with parmesan cheese, mentaiko (spicy pollock roe), gourmet butter, pepper and fried bacon!

Are Tebo's kake udon noodles really chewy?

Tebo's basic kake udon had really chewy, clean-tasting noodles. The kake udon came out first, with the noodles neatly and prettily arranged. They looked super chewy, and when I picked them up with the broth, wow... they were truly chewy and mild, and delicious.

Can you see how springy they are..? Even though the broth was hot, the noodles never swelled up or got soggy all the way to the end.

Tebo's kamabata udon: how big is the fried bacon?

The kamabata udon at Tebo came topped with a really, really big piece of fried bacon!

Honestly I was shocked: is this bacon or pork belly? haha. There was a generous heap of mentaiko, and a ton of scallions too.

It was loaded with butter and parmesan cheese as well.

There was cream and egg yolk underneath, so I mixed it all up quickly, hahaha.

Can you see how plump and bouncy the noodles are..sigh.. The mentaiko in the sauce made the seasoning just right. Being butter-mixed, it could have been a little heavy, but the mentaiko cut through the richness, so I could keep slurping it up to the very end, haha.

I tried to take a bite of the bacon.. but it was so big it wouldn't tear off, hahaha, and it went flying. In the end I cut it with scissors and ate it alongside the udon, haha.

Is the 1,000 won cherry tomato tempura worth it?

The side menu at Tebo had cherry tomato tempura for ₩1,000, and I wondered what it was... so I ordered it. Personally I liked it, haha. (I'm someone who likes pineapple pizza, so I like roasted or fried cherry tomatoes, hahaha.)

Why Tebo works for a Sinsa-dong date or office lunch

If you're on a date in Sinsa or Apgujeong, especially with a partner in the cold winter, I strongly recommend Tebo, a traditional Japanese Sanuki udon specialist. The atmosphere was great, and perhaps because the noodles are made in-house, they were so chewy that I could really feel the difference from the udon at ordinary udon shops. Sinsa is full of offices, and the food comes out sooo fast, so I recommend it for a weekday lunch too, haha.

They say if you join the review event, you get a mini tempura set, a drink or a mini udon, so I hope you take part and enjoy an even tastier meal, haha!!