平安南道
Pyongyang served as the provincial capital of South Pyongan Province until 1946, and Pyongyang cuisine shares the general culinary tradition of the Pyongan province. The most famous local food is "Pyongyang raengmyŏn", or also called "mul raengmyŏn" or just simply "raengmyŏn". "Raengmyŏn" literally means "cold noodles", while the affix "mul" refers to water because the dish is served in a cold broth. "Raengmyŏn" consists of thin and chewy buckwheat noodles in a cold meat-broth with "dongchimi" (watery kimchi) and topped with a slice of sweet Korean pear.