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 | 	- They say you will always remember your first time, it's awkward, you have no clue what you are doing, and it never quite lasts as long as you hope, but as soon as you finish you can't wait to do it again. I'm talking about my first time eating soon tofu of course.  As has been well documented my heart belongs to gamjatang (pork bone soup) but I recently cheated and I loved it! 
I came to Buk Chang Dong Soon Tofu on a Saturday night and the place was packed. Nonetheless my friend and I were seated promptly. The menu consists of a few varieties of soon tofu as well as a couple of other Korean dishes, all in all about 10 dishes on offer. I opted for the kimchi soon tofu with beef and pork, regular spicy. I was in heaven after one bite. The tofu in the soup was unbelievable, velvety texture and mild flavour soaked up the broth very well. The broth had a great spicy kick with some depth added by the veggies in it. There was not much meat in the soup but I really didn't care because the mound of tofu in it was so good. The soup was accompanied by purple rice served out of a sizzling stone pot, I love purple rice! I also had a bit of my friend's seafood soon tofu which was also delicious, served with shrimp (head on) and mussels (they were out of oysters on this night). The broth was so good; it basically tasted like the ocean. As soon as I finished my bowl I was immediately craving another one. 
We also got 4 banchans with our meals which were all pretty tasty. I especially liked the bean sprouts and pickled radish. I also tried a Hite (Korean beer) which was light and accompanied my spicy soup perfectly. I found the service to be spotty on this night and it was difficult to flag down a waiter at times. However our food was brought out pretty quickly. Everything on the menu is under $10 and the beer was $4 so this is definitely a great option for a really good, cheap meal. I will be back to try the extra spicy broth! 
Sorry gamjatang, you and I had a good thing for a while but my heart belongs to soon tofu now.
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