Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Buk Chang Dong Soon Tofu.

tofu... One of my favourite Korean restaurants is Buk Chang Dong Soon Tofu, which serves homemade tofu stews and a few other common Korean dishes such as bugolgi and bimbimbap. They have less than 10 items on their menu, most of them being different types of the tofu stew. The different Tofu Stews (aka Soon Doo Boo) come in different flavours including Kimchi, Vegetable, Seafood and Soy Bean.
I went with a few other friends and among us, we tried the Kimchi, Vegetable, Seafood and Soy Bean Tofu Stew (each of them ~$7). Each one comes hot and bubbling in a mini pot with tons of soft homemade tofu in it. It is also served with hot pot cooked mixed purple grain/white rice and you can also ask them to adjust the level of spiciness of the stew. If you like spicy, the Kimchi one is a good choice, if not, the Soy Bean Tofu Stew is not spicy at all. Each soup also comes with a raw egg that you crack into the soup while it is still bubbling hot. These stews are especially good on a cold winter day, but they are equally tasty any time of the year.

As this is a Korean restaurant, they also serve side dishes/ appetizers (unlimited as usual). This time, they only had kimchi, sprouts and some kind of sweet beans (the selection varies from time to time, as I have had some kind of seaweed side dish as well).
The Buk Chang Dong Soon Tofu that we went to is located at Yonge and Finch in the Korean area of North York (5445 Yonge St.). If you are driving, you can try parking in the area behind the restaurant (although spaces are limited). They also have another location in the Korea Town on Bloor (691 Bloor St. W), which is frequented by many UofT students downtown.

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