# Saturday wait #35 during buckwheat flower festival: Bongpyeong Memil - By Sion Park (https://superchart.com/en/@gangwon-window-lunch/) - Written Sep 7, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Pyeongchang, Gangwon - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@gangwon-window-lunch/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@gangwon-window-lunch/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/index.md) ## In short Bongpyeong Memil Migayeon is a buckwheat noodle restaurant in Bongpyeong, Pyeongchang, Gangwon, that makes its 100% buckwheat noodles in-house. Visiting on a Saturday at noon during the buckwheat flower festival, the writer took waiting number 35 and got seated in about 15 minutes, then tried the plain memil makguksu (buckwheat cold noodles), hanwoo yukhoe bibim makguksu (raw beef tartare mixed noodles), buckwheat pancakes, and an extra serving of noodles. It's a great fit for anyone who wants to taste buckwheat itself rather than a heavily seasoned bowl. ## Good to know - **Address**: 108 Gipung-ro, Bongpyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea - **Location**: 8-minute drive from the Bongpyeong Hyoseok Culture Festival (buckwheat flower festival) grounds - **Hours**: Daily 10:00–17:00 - **Closed**: Every Wednesday - **Parking**: Free at the restaurant's own lot - **Pets**: Not allowed - **Ordering**: Table kiosk, order and pay at once - **Extra noodle serving (gopbaegi)**: ₩5,000 - **Seating**: Large dining room, has a room (shared, not private per party), baby chairs available *as written by the visitor on Sep 7, 2026* ![A bowl of Bongpyeong Memil Migayeon's 100% buckwheat makguksu](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-01-1i7f1-900.webp) ## Bongpyeong Memil Migayeon basics - Address: 108 Gipung-ro, Bongpyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea (8-minute drive from the Bongpyeong Hyoseok buckwheat flower festival grounds) - Hours: daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed every Wednesday - Parking: free at Bongpyeong Memil Migayeon's own lot - Pets not allowed ![Exterior of the Bongpyeong Memil Migayeon restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-02-s73vu-900.webp) Bongpyeong in Pyeongchang, Gangwon is in the middle of its buckwheat flower festival right now! We stopped by Bongpyeong on our way to see the buckwheat fields and continue on to Gangneung. ## 1. The wait Our timing was a bit awkward — we wanted to eat lunch, take a quick look at the festival grounds, and then head to Gangneung, so I looked up good buckwheat restaurants near the festival site. Bongpyeong has a ton of buckwheat restaurants, but the one that caught my eye was Bongpyeong Migayeon. ![Sign at Migayeon noting its 100% in-house buckwheat noodle making](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-03-1x8iz-900.webp) It's a place that makes 100% buckwheat noodles in-house, run by Korean food master Oh Suk-hee. I'd heard chef Edward Lee had visited, so my expectations for the taste were pretty high. ![Entrance of Bongpyeong Memil Migayeon on a Saturday afternoon](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-04-1qq8b-900.webp) Everyone seemed to have the same idea as us — when we arrived at noon on a Saturday and looked around the restaurant, the wait was already fairly long. ![Line of people waiting outside the restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-05-uk2w7-900.webp) ![Waitlist registration screen and waiting area](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-06-gttfl-900.webp) ### Have one person register for the wait before you finish parking While my husband parked, I got out first and put our name in — we were number 35, with 11 parties ahead of us. The estimated wait time in the KakaoTalk message was about 30 minutes, but since makguksu (cold buckwheat noodles) turns over tables quickly, I asked the owner and she said around 10 people get seated every 15 minutes or so. And amazingly, it really did take about 15 minutes. Partly because of the buckwheat flower festival, there were a lot of family groups, so each party had a lot of people. The restaurant is fairly large and does have a room, but it's not for one party's exclusive use — groups are split up and seated. Still, the spacing between seats was fine, and baby chairs were on hand, so it looked like a good spot for families. If you're visiting on a day when the Bongpyeong five-day market is running, or on a weekend or holiday, it's worth planning for a wait. ## 2. 100% buckwheat makguksu You order and pay at the same time using the kiosk on the table. We debated ordering yukhoe (raw beef tartare) as a side or a buckwheat dish, and ended up ordering memil-jeon (buckwheat pancake) and memil-jeonbyeong (buckwheat rice roll pancake), plus the plain 100% buckwheat makguksu and the yukhoe bibim makguksu topped with raw beef. ![Table setting with makguksu and yukhoe bibim makguksu](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-07-1dlh3-900.webp) The plain Bongpyeong buckwheat makguksu is 100% buckwheat noodles in a soy sauce and perilla oil base. Being 100% buckwheat, the texture was noticeably different from typical makguksu noodles. ![100% buckwheat makguksu in a soy sauce and perilla oil base](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-08-du7us-900.webp) Rather than a chewy, long-bite noodle, it was more of a soft noodle that snaps easily. Being 100% buckwheat, I trusted the quality, but I was worried about buckwheat's characteristic bitterness — contrary to my worry, it wasn't bitter at all, just clean and delicious. That said, the plain makguksu wasn't strongly seasoned, so it was quite mild. ![Chopsticks lifting buckwheat noodles](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-09-1npr5-900.webp) ### If it's too mild, add half a spoon of kelp vinegar It's exactly the kind of flavor older generations love — if you like the mild, clean taste of pyeongyang naengmyeon (cold noodles), this will suit you perfectly, but if you prefer heavily seasoned makguksu, you might find it a bit bland. The staff explained that adding about half a spoon of the kelp vinegar on the table makes it taste even better in that case. Adding the kelp vinegar surprisingly brings out a bit more umami. ![Makguksu broth with a light layer of ice slush](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-10-g41l8-900.webp) The accompanying broth had a light layer of ice slush floating in it, so it was refreshingly cold, and lightly seasoned. You can dip the noodles into it like soba, or pour a little over the noodles depending on your taste. ## 3. Yukhoe bibim makguksu Since we couldn't order yukhoe as a side, we ordered the bibim makguksu (mixed noodles) topped with yukhoe instead, out of curiosity. ![Yukhoe bibim makguksu topped with Pyeongchang hanwoo yukhoe](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-11-purcm-900.webp) It came topped with hanwoo yukhoe (raw Korean beef) made with Pyeongchang hanwoo, and eating it together with the buckwheat noodles added a nice chewy texture from the beef. ![Mixed yukhoe bibim makguksu](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-12-rcv8b-900.webp) The seasoning for the mixed noodles wasn't too intense either, with just the right amount of umami — personally, this suited my taste far better than the plain makguksu. ![Buckwheat noodles and yukhoe wrapped in kimchi](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-13-icvuj-900.webp) Wrapping the noodles and beef together in kimchi was delicious, and it also paired well with the memil-jeon and memil-jeonbyeong we ordered alongside. ![A bite-sized portion of yukhoe bibim makguksu](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-14-sge5p-900.webp) ![Table with buckwheat noodles and side dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-15-1iuxb-900.webp) ## 4. Extra noodle serving (gopbaegi) for ₩5,000 We were hungry, so we splurged and ordered the extra-large serving — at Bongpyeong Memil Migayeon, gopbaegi means an extra serving of noodles, priced at ₩5,000. ![Extra buckwheat noodle serving for ₩5,000](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-16-w87px-900.webp) I thought it was pricey for an extra serving, but once we spread the noodles out, it was almost a full portion's worth. And of course, being 100% buckwheat noodles, that justifies the price. ![Extra noodle serving spread out to show its size](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-17-1x9dk-900.webp) They don't give you extra sauce separately, so we dipped half of it in the broth like soba and mixed the other half into the bibim makguksu. ![Dipping the extra noodles into the broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-18-1s4w6-900.webp) ### Recommended eating order Personally, if you're ordering the bibim makguksu together with the plain one, I'd recommend eating the plain makguksu first. Tasting the mild flavor first lets you fully appreciate the buckwheat itself before moving on to the seasoned dish — each tasted better that way. ![Table with both the plain and mixed makguksu together](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-19-fpwm2-900.webp) ## 5. Memil-jeon and memil-jeonbyeong Since buckwheat is basically in season in Bongpyeong right now, given the buckwheat flower festival, and we wanted to eat as many buckwheat dishes as possible, we ordered memil-jeon (buckwheat pancake) and memil-jeonbyeong (buckwheat rice roll pancake) as sides. ![Thin memil-jeon and memil-jeonbyeong side dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-20-1y7br-900.webp) Honestly, I'm not usually a fan of jeon (pan-fried pancakes), but Migayeon's memil-jeon is pan-fried extremely thin, so it was much tastier than I expected. You get two thin pancakes. ![Two thin buckwheat pancakes served](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-21-1kyng-900.webp) Rather than a thick, greasy pancake, it was thin and clean-tasting, so it was easy to eat without feeling heavy, and buckwheat's characteristic nutty flavor came through subtly. Wrapping it with the pickled hot pepper like a jeonbyeong was also great! The memil-jeonbyeong also came with two pieces, filled with seasoned radish, and the batter was a bit thicker than the memil-jeon, so it had a fluffier texture. A different charm from the thin, clean memil-jeon. ![Cross-section of memil-jeonbyeong filled with seasoned radish and glass noodles](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-22-ff0i1-900.webp) Where the memil-jeonbyeong I had in Yeongwol had a filling like kimchi mandu, Migayeon's version in Pyeongchang uses seasoned radish and glass noodles, and overall the seasoning across the dishes isn't heavy — it's on the clean side. It felt like a healthy meal, and satisfying. Best of all, eating 100% buckwheat digested really well. ![A spread of buckwheat makguksu and memil-jeon](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-23-1i790-900.webp) ## Who is this for Overall, Migayeon is a place I'd recommend to anyone who wants to properly taste buckwheat itself rather than a heavily seasoned makguksu. Since the noodles are 100% buckwheat and made fresh daily, if you've come all the way to Bongpyeong in Pyeongchang to enjoy buckwheat, it's close to the Bongpyeong buckwheat flower festival grounds, so I'd recommend adding it to the same trip! ![Signature photo of Bongpyeong Memil Migayeon's buckwheat dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait-24-4f1kr-m-1200.webp) ## Where it is - Bongpyeong Memil Migayeon (봉평메밀미가연) - 108 Gipung-ro, Bongpyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea - 강원특별자치도 평창군 봉평면 기풍로 108 - 37.6120487, 128.3782875 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%B4%89%ED%8F%89%EB%A9%94%EB%B0%80%EB%AF%B8%EA%B0%80%EC%97%B0/@37.6120487,128.3782875,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@gangwon-window-lunch/bongpyeong-memil-migayeon-festival-saturday-wait/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt