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  • I love variety and selection in a restaurant's menu, so coming to BCDST put me in a bit of a pickle. Like any good Korean restaurant, there's variety galore when you factor in the fact that you get banchan (side dishes) with everything you order, but their list of mains are all of 9, count 'em, 9 choices, and of those 9, 5 are variations on one item (the Soon Tofu soup) - Bibimbap, Bulgogi Soup, and Broiled Beef rounding out the rest. Kind of makes you (or at least me) feeling food-cornered - I mean, what's one to do if the 3-4 things on offer don't tickle your fancy? I realized how irrational that was, of course, considering diners pretty much come here expressly for their one signature dish. And I'm glad to report that that one dish was worth the (admittedly easy) trek up to Koreatown. The soup was incredible, perfectly seasoned (I got a medium heat level), and filled with all sorts of deliciousness (I had the one with dumplings and beef). The silky quality of the uncurdled tofu, the rolling boil of the soup as it comes to your table, the stoneware to keep everything hot enough to last the whole meal, it's an example of why food traditions are worth saving and sharing. The service was also refined to an art, with the very friendly waitstaff bringing everything promptly, reacting to any and every request quickly and efficiently. They even scoop your rice out into a bowl for you and fill the stone bowl it was cooked in with water (something you're expected to do in other places). The banchan were simple, but classic and more-than-competently prepared: kimchi, pickled radish, nato, and beansprouts. Any criticisms are minor - 1) it would have been nice to get something to put your cracked eggshell into once you were done (though I understand the challenge of adding yet another dish to the already-crowded table), and 2) the beef in the soup was not particularly tender, but after having had Soon Tofu soup in multiple restaurants, I'm coming to the realization that this is likely due to the cut of beef rather than the preparation. I'm just going to switch to veggie or seafood next time. And, as others have stated ad nauseum, the price for everything is incredible. With tax and tip, my feast came to $11. TIP: Walk four doors eastward to PAT Mart for all your Korean grocery needs.
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