Restaurant: Jang Goon Gop Chang
Cuisine: Korean
Location: North York
Address: 6028 Yonge St
Price Range: $15~
1: Poor 2: OK 3: Good 4: Very Good 5: Excellent
Food: 4
Service: 3
Ambiance: 3
Overall: 3.5
Extra information:
* Specialize in Korean BBQ (intestine)
* Open for lunch and dinner
* Lunch special from 11:30 to 3:00
* Serves alcohol
Jang Goon Gop Chang opened couple months ago near Yonge and Steeles and I've been meaning to check it out for awhile. I finally made it over last month for dinner with a friend to find the restaurant pretty empty. The restaurant itself has around 7 tables so once it gets busy, you will have to wait quiet a bit. Good thing we went a little early because as soon as we sat down, groups of people started to pour in and the restaurant was full in no time.
Jang Goon specializes in Korean BBQ, but hold up... it's a special kind of Korean BBQ- not the short ribs or BulGoGi you are thinking of.. they specialize in intestine BBQ! Those of you who are not familar, GopChang means intestine in Korean and believe me or not, it is so tasty when bbq'd!
Jang Goon mainly sells GopChang (Cow's small intestine) and MakChang (Cow's abdomen) which are minimum 2 order per table.
My friend and I decided to order GopChang since that's what they specialize in.
GopChang is $15 per order and served with chives and bean sprouts on top.
It arrives pre-cooked on a grill but I like to give it a little more heat so that it becomes crunchy on the outside.
You can dip it into different types of sauce they give you or eat it with chives that are served on the side.
After you are done with GopChang, you can order some rice so that they cook it for you on the same grill.
We ordered 1 rice which is $2.50 and they add some seaweed, spicy sauce and sesame oil to make the fried rice for you.
Summary: Overall I enjoyed my meal at Jang Goon, the restaurant is clean and it's always nice to go to a restaurant where they specialize in specific dish versus where they have 2000 X things on the menu.
My another go-to spot for intestine used to be Piggy's but I was told they don't serve it anymore. If you haven't tried intestine bbq and would like to, give Jang Goon a try! (if you are brave enough that is)