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| - Koryo is a new Korean restaurant at Yonge and Sheppard. It occupies the space where yogurtys and freshii used to be.
The restaurant has a nice aesthetic with plenty of dark brown earth tones and ample use of wood and leather. Overall, a comfortable place to sit and have dinner with friends and family. The service staff were also very attentive and friendly which added to making the dinner experience a positive one.
We had the Samgyetang which, I believe, is a specialty dish of this restaurant. It is a whole chicken stuffed with rice, dates, chestnuts, herbs, and ginseng. I believe there are supposed to be some health benefits to some of these items - especially the ginseng. It comes in a soup that is literally boiling when it comes to your table. Also, you might find the soup somewhat bland, but we were told that no salt or pepper is added to the soup and that we could add it ourselves as there was salt and pepper available at the table. I felt this was a nice touch as it allows you to season the soup to your liking. Overall, the soup was quite good and definitely filling (it was a whole chicken after all). The chicken was tender and while it came in a soup, the meat was a little "dry" which is pretty typical of boiled chicken.
We also had the Seol Long Tang which is a beef soup. I enjoyed this dish. There was plenty of beef and some tendon which was good. Once again, the soup initially came out bland, but this was easily fixed by adding a pinch of salt and some pepper to my taste. The soup broth had good texture to it and was just shy of having the sticky lip-smacking quality you might find in some ramen broths for example. Once again, another good dish.
We also wanted to try the fried chicken, but unfortunately, they had none available. Therefore, we got the seafood and chive pancake. It was thicker than I was expecting and the pancake was somewhat chewy and doughy (is that a real word?), but the flavour was good.
In the end, I enjoyed my dinner and would like to return so I can try some of the other menu items (there is a fairly extensive menu). Prices are reasonable for what you get as the food is good, the restaurant is comfortable, and the service is friendly.
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