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| - HOLYYYYYYYY KOREAN BBQ this place is absolutely amazing. It's honestly a hidden gem! It's located in a tiny plaza with a Little Caeser's that a lot of people casually drive by but YOU HAVE TO COME HERE!!! You don't have to drive all the way to Finch station or Korea town, nor do you have to deal with stupid one-way roads and annoying parking procedures.
First off, I need to mention that the owner here is AMAZING. The servers (although they look really tired), genuinely want to provide you with the a good experience. They definitely are passionate about creating memories for their customers by serving good food. We never had to remind them to refill our tea, and they always asked whether we wanted more side dishes!!! YES!!!
Second off, the enviornment was REALLY good too. Like most people in the review mentioned, the place is really decently priced, so a lot of the utensils are just very ordinary. There's no consistent theme (cafeteria vibes tho) since it's NOT trying to be upscale. I think of the place as almost a korean home.
As for the food, here's the dealio: DO DO DO get the table cooking combo. It comes with A GAZILLION generously portioned side dishes.
Side note on side dishes:
- Lotus root - sweet and good but a bit too oily
- seaweed salad - delicious, kelp is the hard to chew type
- fishcake - can't go wrong
- kimchi - good
- radish - good!!!!! my sister kept refilling this one. She says its done better than buk chang dong soon tofu
- bean sprouts - standard
- japchae - this one i'm not a fan, way too oily ... not enough seasoning
- there were others i forgot about
SO BACK TO TABLE COOKING, it also comes with a FREE SOUP. You can choose kimchi stew, seafood soft tofu soup, or pork bone soup! Soft tofu soup is defs the most popular and best bang for your buck. It tastes REALLY good. Flavours definitely come through. Only complaint is that the soup wasn't bubbling when it was served (aka it was only lukewarm, which I think defeats the purpose of stone bowl).
Finally as for the BBQ, i LOVED the bulgogi. Definitely get the bulgogi. It comes with onions, garlic, oil, chili paste, and onions to cook with. They also give you lettuce leaves to wrap the meat with. The bulgogi is really tender and flavourful. The steak slices on the other hand, were a miss. I would honestly order two servings of the bulgogi (you need to order two servings to qualify for table top cooking deal) because it was really THAT good.
Honestly!!! You need to try this place - I love it THAT much. I'm so excited to try the other dishes this place has to offer.PROTIP: come around 5-6PM. After 6PM, the place gets SUPER crowded.
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