Saturday, March 28, 2009

Oh Geul Boh Geul.

gam ja tang... I already posted about a Gam Ja Tang (Korean Pork Bone Soup) place downtown. This time we're gonna take a look at a North York Restaurant (in the North York Ktown!..Yonge/Finch area). This place is called Oh Geul Boh Geul, and it serves all types of Korean food (bbq pork belly, bim bim bap, bugolgi, etc.). I came here for the Gam Ja Tang, as I love this stuff. At this place, the first thing you notice is that they give you a huge variety of /korean appetizers. This included Kim Chi, Pickled Turnips, Spinach, Tofu, Sprouts, Seaweed, Pickled Cucumbers, a Potato Pancake and other stuff! (Sometimes they even have some cooked spicy fish as an appetizers). So, before you even start your meal, you have this table full of free, unlimited refill appetizers! 2 Words: Sick Deal. My friend and I each ordered a Gam Ja Tang, which is served with purple rice here (a little more grainy than white rice). This dish is pretty good and even if you can't eat spicy food, you should try it still. My friends say the Owl of Minerva location next door is better for the Gam Ja Tang specifically, but this place has some crazy appetizers. Like all korean places, they also give you a handy jug of water.
Quick Notes: Now onto the prices. The Gam Ja Tang is regular price ($5.95 + tax/tip). This is pretty cheap for the amount of food you get (includes all the free appetizers and rice). On that day we went though (Mar. 25 2009), we got the bill and it turns out they had a speical going on ... (drumroll)... $2.99/each! That's the cheapest I've ever heard of for Gam Ja Tang. I nominate this for "Deal of the Year." Our meal, 2 Gam Ja Tangs and all those appetizers, came out to be less than $8 (even after tax/tip!). I'm not sure how long this special is going on for, but even at regular price it is a good place for cheap eats. Oh Geul Boh Geul is located at 5320 Yonge Street, next to the Owl of Minerva. It is on the West Side of Yonge, in between Sheppard and Finch.

  • Parking: pretty busy area, but they have a parking lot in the back, shared with Owl, you can also park on Yonge or the side streets in the back after 9pm for free
  • Subway: Get off at North York Centre, walk north

6 comments:

  1. LOL "deal of the year"
    it's true! owl is better for pork bone soup!! but i guess this is a better "deal" haha

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  3. To Florence, owl don't serve no purple rice though. gotta like those purple rice

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  4. you can ask for brown rice at owl and it's really good! it has beans in it too!

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  5. you hit the jackpot finding this place. did you try oh geul bo geul right next door? it's got everything else korean, really good price, really good food. service is questionable though haha

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  6. AHAH im dying. "florence, owl dont serve purple rice".. that is funny

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