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| - This is my go to place in the winter when i want something warm, filling, delicious and cheap. This no frills, mom and pop run place specializes in tofu stew (as if you couldn't tell by the name. For those uninitiated in this meal, it's not as granola/vegetarian as you might think, or at all really, I've turned many doubters into lovers of this. It's a stew/soup that consists of a spicy broth and silken tofu, mixed with the fillings listed below) - i know, i know, doesn't sound appetizing but JUST TRY IT!
The menu is a short list of about 6 types of tofu stew (kimchi, dumpling, seafood, vegggie ( to name some), and 3 other dishes (inc bi bim bap and a bulgogi soup) which you can order with varying degrees of spiciness (if you get it without spice - be prepared for bland-city). It comes with an egg (just crack it in) and purple rice which they scoop into a bowl for you, the rest gets hot water poured into it to make a kind of soupy rice. Yes, it's bland, if you didn't grow up eating it, you probably won't like it.
They only give you a few side dishes but they are fresh and tasty (bean sprouts, soy beans in a sweet sauce, pickled radish and kimchi).
Just a warning that there are often line ups around dinner hour but it tends to move pretty fast, this is not a place that you linger after your meal to chat and if you do, the line up of people giving you cut eye might just hurry you up!
Service can be forgetful when its busy too, asking for a tea refill might take a few times but for under $10 you can stuff yourself full - who wouldn't love this place!
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