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| - Buk Chang Dong Soon Tofu, which actually happens to be near here, used to be my favourite place for tofu soup until I came to try Tofu Village. Buck Chang is way more popular, but I personally prefer the menu selection at Tofu Village.
In terms of the tofu soup itself, I do actually think the Buk Chang is slightly better, but my problem with tofu soup is that it usually isn't enough to fill me up if I'm actually hungry. You can try to fill yourself up with an extra bowl of rice, but that's really just unnecessary carbs you're ingesting for the sake of feeling full. Tofu Village provides a good amount of food with their combinations - you can choose a combination of tofu with bibimbap, bulgoki (Korean beef), or galbi (Korean ribs, the one I recommend). Their combinations cost about $15, which is quite cheap considering you're actually getting two entrees. Of course you can always order items separately if you don't have as big of an appetite.
They provide you with a good selection of side dishes along with your meal, like at most decent Korean restaurants. The service is quick and friendly, and it is conveniently located right next to the PAT Korean supermarket, which offers free parking (and fish-shaped cakes). I think you're supposed to buy something for the free parking, but I usually grab stuff from the supermarket anyway so it's not a problem for me.
They don't have a big selection of the type of tofu soup you can get, but I usually find that all the different types of tofu soup taste the same anyway with just minor differences in the ingredients. Sometimes they do run out of the rice served in stone pots if you come later at night, but I honestly can't tell the difference between that rice and a bowl of white rice. I eat the rice with my soup anyway so it just ends up tasting like the soup base either way.
Just don't forget to crack your egg right as they serve you the tofu soup!
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