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| - This was the site of the UYE: A White Day Celebration with Karl R.[1]
The whole idea started when Karl spotted a place that serves makkoli in North York's Korea Town. Makkoli is a traditional Korean rice wine; slightly sweet, thick and milky off-white in color. Hungry farmers in Korea too exhausted to eat would knock back the stuff like spiked milkshakes after a long day tilling the fields.
Karl was really excited about sourcing bottled makkolli in Toronto because he believes that it'll be the next big trendy drink. Keep in mind that Karl also believes that he can court women with the animated space bunnies on his Gelaskin.[2] So either Karl is a genius, or he is wrong about everything. Only time will tell.
Anyway, Pojangmacha sells 1-L bottles of makkoli ($25) and our group zipped through it pretty quickly before moving onto teapots of flavored soju ($16) which were the hit of the night. Soju is a clear alcohol distilled from sweet potatoes and sold for $1 a bottle in convenience stores throughout The Land of the Morning Calm. It is to Koreans what Everclear is to frat boys. On its own, it has the harsh sting of cheap vodka with a lingering aftertaste of nail polish remover. But when you mix it with fizzy, fruity Kool-Aid-like flavors, you've got yourself one helluva an addictive tipple. Grape and strawberry soju were popular that night but, personally, I prefer yogurt soju because it's less sweet. (P.S. This is not yogurt as in Dannon yogurt; it's Japanese-style "yakult"[3].)
I'm not sure why this place is billed as a restaurant because it's really meant to be a bar with some shareable plates of food on offer so patrons don't pass out on the floor. The sweet-spicy chicken was the best of the bunch while the seafood-scallion pancake, chewy rice cakes in spicy sauce, and cheese omelet were just OK. The lady proprietor is very nice and made sure to give our group plenty of freebies like peanuts, mandarin orange segments, grilled rice cakes, and french fries.
Bottom line: Pojangmacha is a very Korean experience, and by "very Korean" I mean it's conducive to drinking a lot and eating spicy food while having fun with friends. Karl also organized a Korean-themed game with Korean snacks as prizes which made the night that much more fun so I guess sometimes his instincts are right on.
[1] http://www.yelp.ca/events/north-york-uye-a-white-day-celebration-with-karl-r
[2] http://www.yelp.ca/biz/gelaskins-toronto#hrid:oTMk0uxm4q3vDsO5EgNEQA
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakult
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