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| - Guksu is a Korean noodle dish made with thin wheat noodles in a clear broth. Top it off with various toppings and you have a nice simple, tasty, and healthy meal.
We have been here a few times now and the food was consistent. The location is a small plaza on east side of Yonge right at Centre street. Their signage outside is a bit interesting as the word guksu is only written in Korean. I only found out the name of the place after I came inside the restaurant. In front it looks like there is no parking but there is ample parking in the rear of the building. You can also enter the restaurant from the back. The inside itself is clean and modern and nicely renovated. Note they seem to not have any heating in the men's room as it's colder than a meat locker!
Anyways, onto the food - we have ordered the Chicken Guksu, Gogi Guksu, bulgogi, and dumplings.
The Chicken Guksu is cooked to a different texture than your typical chicken breast. It is thinly sliced and just ever-so-slightly under-cooked, so the chicken is very soft. The broth is very light. It comes with thick noodles.
Gogi Guksu is pork noodles with a heartier broth. The noodles for this dish are thin and similar to a thick vermicelli. Of the two noodles (thick vs. thin), I prefer the thick as they are chewier, however you can't go wrong with either.
The dumplings were pretty standard korean dumplings, and good for kids (actually this place is totally good for kids as all kids seem to like noodles and dumplings!)
However, even though this is a noodle place, the star of the show is definitely the bulgogi. We got this as an add on but the portion size is large. The BBQ flavour shines through and for me this is one of the best tasting bulgogis in recent memory!
Will definitely be back again!
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