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| - A spontaneous Korean food craving lead me to find this place located near Kipling TTC station. The place is small, as other reviewers have mentioned, with around 8 tables.
I asked to sit toward the back of the restaurant as there were only larger tables near the front, and the owner, an older Korean lady (and the only person there I could see), waved her hand and stopped me from going back there. I ordered and asked for medium spice and this was dismissed - no response from the shopowner.
The side dishes came quickly - kimchi, cold tofu, bean sprouts, pickled radish. All were decent, but nothing noteworthy. Small portions about a tablespoon in size each. The fried fish was unique and quite tasty. I ordered the seafood soon tofu and it arrived shortly after. At this time, I requested additional side dishes of bean sprouts and kimchi. The owner looked at me and didn't acknowledge my request - I had a similar experience to other reviewers; I didn't know if she hadn't heard me or understood me, and she just walked away.
Quite some time passed before I received the rice to accompany my dish. At this time, I asked again for the side dishes, thinking she hadn't heard me. She just stared at me, looking annoyed. This time I got the message that she wasn't going to give me any, except that she hadn't said anything. I know she speaks English because she had taken my order in English earlier...
The food itself was mediocre. Not spicy at all and a bit bland. It did have 2 oysters in it, but otherwise it was on the poor side of soon tofu dishes I have tried all over Toronto (North York, Koreatown, Mississauga, etc.). Additionally, I've NEVER been to a Korean restaurant that wasn't happy to top up on side dishes- I have been to Korea and was told this is normal part of their culture. Wasn't impressed that not only did she not top them up, she also didn't explicitly tell me that and chose to ignore my request.
It came to $9 with tax. The combination of poor service and mediocre food would not bring me back here again.
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