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I haven't been here in almost a year, but my friends decided they wanted soon tofu this pass Saturday, so we headed to our favourite soon tofu place. Of course, it might not have been such a good idea to be getting steaming hot stone pot soup on one of the hottest week this summer. We arrived around 7:30pm and there was a short wait per usual, but we get a table relatively fast. The first thing I noticed was the increase in price since my last visit. All Soon Tofu choices were now $7.97, that's only a small increase in price so not too bad. Bibimbap, Bulgogi, and Broiled BBQ Beef were now $11.51, this is a pretty big increase because I remember those being in the $8-$9 range the last time I was here. I've been coming here for over 5 years now, and have seen the price slowly increase. The prices are still ok, but not as worth it as before, especially the $11.51 items. A can of pop has also increased in price to $1.50.
So the 4 of us all get the Dumpling Soon Tofu, Mild. The wait for our food was ok. 5 mins to get the standard 4 banchans and our drinks. Another 5-10 mins to get our Soon Tofu. In the mean time, I started to notice how hot it was in there. The AC was definitely on, but you could barely feel it, especially with several pots of hot stone bowls of soup and rice on each table. By the time the sun had set, it was cooler outside than it was inside! They really need to get better AC during the summer. I noticed a lot of people had bubble tea drinks they brought in from other places, so they seem to be ok with people bringing in outside drinks. Maybe I'll have to do that the next time too to help cool me down when we crave Soon Tofu in the summer.
The Soon Tofu is good as usual. I love that they give you purple rice. This is still one of the best places for good, cheap, and fast Soon Tofu. I use to get the other items as well, but now I think I'll stick to Soon Tofu when I'm here. Maybe I'll just stick to coming here when its cooler out as well. They have free parking in the back, but it can get very messy back there. You can enter from the back door. I'd rather park at Finch station during the weekend when its free, and just walk the 2 blocks down then deal with the messy parking back there.
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