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| - When I'm in the Mississauga area and have a craving for jjajangmyun, this place is a must. If I'm not in the area but craving a mean jjajangmyun, I'll sometimes make the trek out anyway.
I've had other dishes at this location (madooguk, bibinnaengmyun) but my all-time faves here are the Family Jjajangmyun ($14.99) and the steamed traditional mandoo (dumplings; $5.99 for seven pieces that are each about the size of a small child's fist), which is what we ordered. The difference between the Family noodles and the solo-serving is that it's a jumbo platter (serves up to four people if you share a couple of/few other items) and contains bamboo shoots, shrimp, and squid, while the other one contains the standard bits of meat, potatoes, etc. Their traditional mandoo has changed over the years in that it's got kimchi in it, which it didn't way back when. I don't know how the Yonge Street location does things these days as I'd only been once when they first opened and theirs didn't have kimchi in them at the time either. It's not a bad thing since I eat my steamed mandoo with kimchi anyway, they're just not exactly "traditional". The only banchans we got were three different kinds of kimchi: napa, radish (ggakdugi), and another radish one in strips, not spicy--more sweet than anything. Maybe they ran out of other banchan or maybe because we were having jjajangmyun as you don't usually get a wide range of side dishes when you order jjajangmyun.
In the past, I have also had their mandoo-guk and that was also pretty good. One time I ordered their bibinnaengmyun and it was served swimming in red pepper paste! I sat there staring at it, incredulous that the waitress actually brought it to my table for me to eat! I called her back and asked how am I supposed to eat it as it was inedible. I don't know if she thought I wasn't Korean and I might not know the difference but it wasn't OK! She didn't even offer me a new one! I was starving and couldn't wait around for a new one at that point so I asked her to bring me some broth to dilute the red peppery-ness and just ate it, FUMING. The other thing about this place is that some of their wait staff can be totally clueless, but it's not always the case.
I've brought a few people here including my mom who complains about all restaurants (she didn't mind it, which translates into "not bad"), and quite a few friends, Korean and non, and everyone's liked it so far. It would seem the specialties here are the jjajangmyun and mandoo and they do both pretty well. Last night I could smell samgyupsal being cooked at someone's table and it made my nostrils flutter with longing and my mouth water--I'll have to try that next time as we were a bit rushed last night.
There is quite a mixed crowd most of the time, so don't be shy, especially if you're wanting some good jjajangmyun!
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