Ap Ku Jung.

ginseng chicken soup... Ap Ku Jung is a Korean restaurant in North York that serves a unique Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup meal that is delicious. I haven't seen this type of ginseng chicken soup in other Korean restaurants, so it definitely caught my eye when I was looking through the menu and I had to order it.

Like other Korean restaurants, they brought us the complimentary Banchan (korean side dishes/ appetizers) first. They had a decent selection of Banchan with the typical kimchi, sprouts and also pickled cucumbers, tofu and potato in sweet sauce.
For 2 people, we ordered the 2 person set of the "Ginseng Chicken + Noodle + Congee" meal ($22.99 + tax/tip). This is right on the front page of the menu and it also comes in 3 person sets ($34.99 + tax/tip) and 4 person sets ($45.98 + tax/tip). This meal turned out to be a pretty unique multiple course dinner that can be broken down step by step:

1. The waitress brought out a pot filled with ginseng chicken soup that continued to boil on the portable stove set on our table. There was an entire small chicken in the soup along with green onions, dried dates and plenty of ginseng that you could definitely taste throughout the soup (the soup was good, but could a little bit more salty).
2. After drinking some of the soup, the waitress came by again and took out the chicken, cut it in half for us to each eat. It is a very small chicken, and I thought this tasted pretty good, and it even seemed like we were eating healthy!
   
3. Every so often the waitress would come by, and this time she came by with a plate of green tea noodles and put those into the boiling soup to cook. We both enjoyed a tasty bowl of green tea noodle soup we were already pretty full at the time with all the Banchan, chicken and noodles.
4. The final step of this meal was to turn the soup into congee as the waitress brought a bowl of rice and mixed it into the soup that remained. The waitress came again to check if the congee was ready and there was more than enough ginseng chicken soup flavoured congee for 2 people.
   

To finish the meal off they gave us each a little bottle of Korean calpis juice. If you don't know what this is, its basically a sweet dessert or juice like drink that is sold in tiny bottles at Korean and Chinese supermarkets.

Ap Ku Jung is a good place to go for a pretty hearty meal without spending too much. Their ginseng chicken soup meal feels like something you would eat at home on a cold winter day. They also serve other more typical Korean dishes like Gam Ja Tang (pork bone soup) and barbecued beef ribs.

Ap Ku Jung Korean Restaurant

6309 Yonge St

Toronto, ON