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| - Cafe Bene is a Korean style dessert cafe located at Yonge and Finch. It is a chain from Seoul, that specializes in drinks, however the location in Canada seems to be more dessert focused.
I have an issue with this place. They have a giant sandwich board under neath the counter advertising their "bingsu" aka Korean shaved ice as being from "Sulbing" (The King of Bingsu in Korea). This got me excited as I have not had Sulbing since I lived in Seoul in 2014. I asked the girl working whether or not in fact they server the real Sulbing however she did not understand my question. She said, yes, we serve Bingsu, and its good. Her answer seemed suspect, so I had a feeling it was not the real deal (Rae Sremmurd voice).
She led us down a narrow hallway to our table which was odd. There was a bright light fixture hanging from the ceiling in the middle of the table. The light was so bright that it was blinding. We tried moving our table but it was bolted to the ground so we just moved to a different one.
The mango bingsu was good. Not the real deal from Korea, but decent for Toronto standards. The shaved ice is made from milk, snow and sugar. The mango topping is a mix from artificial mango marinated in a syrup, with real mangos that were not very ripe. I am forgiving because its January and only someone crazy likes me eats bingsu in January.
Well, ok, our Winter thus far has been quite soft, so maybe I'm not that crazy.
3/5
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