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| - Red Bean Waffle House is a humble Korean snack shop known for their fun fish shaped waffle cakes (aka. Bungeoppang), filled with red bean paste (6 for $5) or even Nutella (4 for $5). It is run by the same folks behind the amazing Korean food cart by the Shoppers Drug Mart at Yonge and Finch (the only successful and remaining active food cart from the failed and forgotten 'Toronto a la Cart' street food program). They don't hide that fact at all, with pictures of that cart posted above your head as you wait for your goodies while a Jays game blares from the TV.
The Kims do serve some of their food cart yummies like squid balls here as well. But what is attracting people to the fringes of North Koreatown (to the point you're technically in the 905), are the ice cream stuffed in those fish shaped waffles. For $5, the variety of flavours to choose from is small (vanilla, mango, green tea, black sesame, chocolate), but well presented: the fish literally screams ice cream! The crispy fried waffles certainly makes for a better cone than your average traditional ice cream cone. Concept is fun enough just to try!
It is located in a nondescript plaza in 100 Steeles West, right across from the Centrepoint Mall's Canadian Tire, literally the first traffic lights west of Yonge Street. The parking lot is laid out in a stupidly frustrating way. Luckily for TTC riders the 60 bus stops right at this intersection. The shop itself has only a table, and nobody owning the commercial strip has won an award for not providing benches on the property.
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