Seoulites Ride the Subway to the Han River for a $3 Bowl of Ramyeon: Convenience-Store Noodles at Sunset

A sunset picnic on the Nodeul Island lawn (June 2024)

Han River ramyeon is the same packet noodles you’d cook at home. Yet Seoul people take the subway to a riverside convenience store to eat it. You drop the noodles into a foil bowl, press a button on a machine,…