Julia Gartland for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne.

Halved cherry tomatoes provide a strong flavor foundation for this cold noodle dish that’s at once savory like gazpacho and refreshingly satiating like naengmyeon, the chilled Korean noodle soup. Inspired, too, by oi naengguk, a hydrating cold cucumber soup, this dish leans into the wonders of ripe tomatoes and lets you taste them as they are: raw and juicy. Julienned cucumber would taste wonderful here, as would supple poached shrimp or halved hard-boiled eggs.

Sam Sifton, Shorty Tang, Ed Schoenfeld

About 45 minutes, plus time to cool

Florence Fabricant, Deuki Hong, Matt Rodbard

2 hours, plus overnight thawing and 2 hours’ resting

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