Korea’s ‘Black Day’ noodle dish and its Chinese roots

On Tuesday, Japan will celebrate White Day, when men give gifts to the women who gave them chocolate on Valentine’s Day, a month earlier. South Koreans celebrate these days, too, but have added a tradition of their own – Black Day. On April 14, single Koreans – dressed in black – get together to “wallow in their grief” over bowls of jajangmyeon (black bean sauce noodles), which has its roots in China. Black Day isn’t the only day on which people eat...