Naengmyeon or raengmyŏn is a noodle dish of North Korean origin which consists of long and thin handmade noodles made from the flour and starch of various ingredients, including buckwheat, potatoes, sweet potatoes, arrowroot starch, and kudzu . Buckwheat predominates . Other varieties of naengmyeon are made from ingredients such as seaweed and green tea.
In modern times, the mul naengmyeon (물 냉면) variant is commonly associated with and popularly consumed during the summer, however, it was historically a dish enjoyed during winter.