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| - I loved having jjimdak during my time in Korea so I was ecstatic when I heard about Ssangkye; its currently the only place in Toronto that specializes in this dish. On their menu are three main options, jjimdak w/: black sauce (soy sauce based), red sauce (gochu-jang based), or white cheese (either black/red sauce topped w/ cheese). The sizes come in small/medium/large, and the chicken can be boned/boneless. My friend and I shared a small boneless white cheese red jjimdak w/ a side of white rice.
The jjimdak came in a pan of braised chicken, glass noodles, dumplings, rice cakes, cheese stuffed rice cakes, potatoes, and onions, all covered in gochu-jang sauce and topped w/ cheese; the resulting savory-ness matched perfectly w/ the rice and was very tasty. The pieces of chicken were also tender and given in generous amounts. I particularly liked how the glass noodles soaked up the sauce, and the implosion of cheese w/ some of the rice cakes. Overall, a solid 4 star dish. And my friend & I were stuffed despite not having lunch & breakfast.
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