My Korean Food Recommendation

[Brookstone]

I just had to tell this to ppl. I have decided that this is my new fav place!

Korean Grill House.
Theres 3 locs downtown, but i've only been to queen and spadina.
All you can eat. A grill at each table, and you basically make your own.
Reg combo includes: beef ribs, pork, fish (which has salmon,fish,oysters), beef, chicken. this for about $13, add lamb and shrip for $15 i believe, but i just stick with the reg combo as i'm not a big fan of lamb and didnt really like the shrimp, rice included as well. Drinks are free refills except for alcohol of course.
You can also order off menu but i've never really understood the point of doing that when going to a buffet/all you can eat place. 2 dishes probably comes out to same price as $ for buffet.

Beef ribs and chicken are my favs.
Good service as well.

I've always gone early but when getting out about 7:30,8, theres always a big line up. So definitely recommend making reservations.

Good food and service. Definitely 2 thumbs up for me.

 

[very shy]

Any veggie treats

 

[Brookstone]

you mean veggie dish? I"m not sure if that have any veggie dish as i didnt look thru the menu. Like i said , not really interested in that part of the menu when i'm in buffet/all you can eat places.

Or did you mean the little side dish? If so, yes, they also offer the little side dishes as well.

 

[goodtime]

I believe there's a Richmondhill location.

 

[Papi Chulo]

anywhere local that will wok your dog?.. or the neighbour's

 

[goodtime]

I like the Korean grill house, however I still think I make better Korean food!

Shill

 

[ruck]

I like the Korean grill house, however I still think I make better Korean food!

Oh Kacy, we can battle back and forth about the merits of Korean food and ones skill in preparation and final ingestion. However, there is one constant in the universe that cannot be challenged. I am the best amateur korean chef.

 

[ruck]

I just had to tell this to ppl. I have decided that this is my new fav place!

Korean Grill House.
Theres 3 locs downtown, but i've only been to queen and spadina.
All you can eat. A grill at each table, and you basically make your own.
Reg combo includes: beef ribs, pork, fish (which has salmon,fish,oysters), beef, chicken. this for about $13, add lamb and shrip for $15 i believe, but i just stick with the reg combo as i'm not a big fan of lamb and didnt really like the shrimp, rice included as well. Drinks are free refills except for alcohol of course.
You can also order off menu but i've never really understood the point of doing that when going to a buffet/all you can eat place. 2 dishes probably comes out to same price as $ for buffet.

Beef ribs and chicken are my favs.
Good service as well.

I've always gone early but when getting out about 7:30,8, theres always a big line up. So definitely recommend making reservations.

Good food and service. Definitely 2 thumbs up for me.

This is what we Koreans refer to as "chinese owned korean establishments who think they can get away with serving crappy Korean food". Of course the danger in this statement is that some of the crappy food is indeed prepared by someones mother of Korean descent. It's a bloody shame when I eat the food and think, shit, I could've made better.

To make sure you guys don't think I'm anti-chinese or something, I have to give you guys credit. The chinese are the only ethnic group who can cook ALL the cuisine in the world and sell it to people as authentic. LMAO

 

[Berlin]

This is what we Koreans refer to as "chinese owned korean establishments who think they can get away with serving crappy Korean food". Of course the danger in this statement is that some of the crappy food is indeed prepared by someones mother of Korean descent. It's a bloody shame when I eat the food and think, shit, I could've made better.

Fair enough. Any great Korean place you care to share ?

 

[Brookstone]

This is what we Koreans refer to as "chinese owned korean establishments who think they can get away with serving crappy Korean food". Of course the danger in this statement is that some of the crappy food is indeed prepared by someones mother of Korean descent. It's a bloody shame when I eat the food and think, shit, I could've made better.

To make sure you guys don't think I'm anti-chinese or something, I have to give you guys credit. The chinese are the only ethnic group who can cook ALL the cuisine in the world and sell it to people as authentic. LMAO

Yes thers also a scarborough and markham location.

How do you know its chinese owned?
Thats quite interesting cuz in this Now article, the owners seem korean to me. "Pik Hung An "?
Maybe you know something i dont, do tell. How do you tell the difference? The beef tastes the same as other korean places i've had.

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2003-06-12/goods_foodfeature.php

 

[seewhatigot449]

If you can stomach raw tounge on your table this place is quite good.

 

[mrduke]

I find the location in richmond hill better than the ones downtown-- and the price is lower-- weekdays 10.99 and weekends 11.99 all you can eat. This place is chinese owned but they still do a really good job. mind you anyone whose been to korea knows that this type of korean bbq isnt really "authentic" korean bbq anyway-- anyone know where i can get some good kimchee pancakes?

duke

 

[Berlin]

There are a couple very good Korean owned grill/hot pot places on east side Yonge, south of Finch, don't remember the names. they are not all you can eat, but are authentic ones. To warn, ventilations are not up really to par at those places, you will smell BBQ/food for the rest of the evening.


The one off Orfus road/dufferin got the ventilation thingy right

I don't know about best kimchi pancake, for drinking though there are quite a few petite Korean bar located on Yonge and around. Not much to look at, excellent deals on combo's though : 5 beer plus choices of various snacks or food dishes for 25 bucks.

Patrons are usually Korean students , have bumped into a couple peelers there as well.

 

[goodtime]

This is what we Koreans refer to as "chinese owned korean establishments who think they can get away with serving crappy Korean food". Of course the danger in this statement is that some of the crappy food is indeed prepared by someones mother of Korean descent. It's a bloody shame when I eat the food and think, shit, I could've made better.

My K-friends will not go to K-owned sushi. Same goes for few Chinese refuse to step foot in a C-owned sushi. 'Not Authentic'.

millhouse, there's few signature dish that will give it away. Being Asian make it easier to spot the difference.

 

[ruck]

My K-friends will not go to K-owned sushi. Same goes for few Chinese refuse to step foot in a C-owned sushi. 'Not Authentic'.

millhouse, there's few signature dish that will give it away. Being Asian make it easier to spot the difference.

Your korean friends, and to stick with my schtick, are a bunch of retards.
While I tend to agree that authentic is quite often the better road, there is the argument to be made that sushi or hwae is quite authentic to Korea as well. Afterall, we share the yellow sea.

Sushi, while widely known as a Japanese dish that was first created as a finger food lunch to be placed in boxes and sent with farmers, samurais, whoever is also a Korean dish.

We have a Kim Bab, which I believe pre-dates the california roll.
I also believe that it pre-dates the maki. While Korea does not indulge in the nigiri sushi, we are very fond of sashimi which in Korean is Hwae. Actually, we have a much more superior dish called Hwae Do Bab which is much like Chirashi but much more flavorful.

The point I'm making is that authentic is important but your K-friends have lost touch with their K-past. LOL Chinese owned sushi places are fine, especially because they serve such LARGE pieces of fish. hehehe

I am but a young buck but I am a fierce expatriot of Korea. I am Canadian but the Korean blood flows like hot kochujang.

As for authentic Korean foods that can't be beat, it's a tricky question to answer. Not all Korean restaurants are good. Not all are bad. Not all have every dish to perfection, not all have any dish to perfection. I find that when I'm in the mood for say Pork Bone Soup, I go to Boo Ong E on Bloor/Christie or the one on Yonge/Finch. When I want a nice Soon Dooboo, I go to the Soon Dooboo house on Bloor/Christie. It is very rare that you will find a good Korean restaurant outside of bloor/christie and yonge/finch however there is the odd hidden gem. Take for example Minami in Mississauga. They pass themselves as a sushi place but the majority of their dishes are korean. Their sushi is also excellent and fresh but to me some of their Korean dishes are to die for.

If you want a mean Kampungi or Tangsuyuk, then there is no other place then Chez Ruck. LMAO

 

[goodtime]

It's so easy to be drawn into name calling but I see you like most, are of simple minds; one must be of a particular race to make 'authentic' food.

It must be my age & travel, as I've been pleasantly surprised by ethnic food cook by non-ethnic person. My point of 'Authentic' is the amount of care & proper ingredient that one puts into the cooking, not the race of the cook. Expand your horizon & you too may be pleasantly surprised.

Aside:
Look up the origin of Sushi. Not definitive but historian trace packed rice, as sticky rice & stuffing from China around the Tong/Sung Dynasty, imported to Japan during early trade & the rest is history. Chinese been wrapping it in lotus leafs with stuffing as travel food long before Tong's. I think OmniTV has a Japanese documentary on this.

The sticky rice also pre-dates Kim-bab, some Japanese claim as their's. Aside, I lived on the J version of 'Kim-bab' while bullet trains travesed Japan, sold at every corner 7-11's.

BTW, you're not likely to find many California rolls in Japan.

Guess we derail from the original post.

 

[lomotil]

In my opinion, in the GTA, there are not enough Japanese people, or people who have spent sufficient time in Japan, for there to be a need for several restaurants with authentic Japanese cuisine. Most "Japanese Restuarants" seem to be operated by Koreans and now probably for the most part by Chinese. As was mentioned earlier, Chinese can operate all kinds of Asian restuarants, ie Korean, Japanese, Thai,Vietnamese and usually at a good profit, as the Chinese are able to take advantage of the fact that most Canadian customers are unable to distinguish between Asians, so they think a Chinese waitress in a kimono must be Japanese. The very few Japanese, owned and operated restaurants, are very small in seating size and high in price, ie importing rice from Japan at a high cost, but they survive due to the loyal niche clientile who are not included in the masses of GTA sushi eaters.
The Chinese run "Japanese Restaraunts" are often run like a commodity, lower prices, non Japanese staff and clients and these restaurants are bankrupting the Korean run "Japanese Restaurants" who often push Korean food items on their menus, but don't have the courage to call the restaurants, "Korean Restaurants", perhaps due to the Korean insecurity about the GTA acceptance of Korean food. Personally I find Korean food to be more savoury and delicous than Japanese food, but Korean food does not have that sexy sushi image and mass appeal that sushi does. If I want to really eat authentic Japan food, I go to Hama, Hiro, Cafe Michi etc. rather than the all you can eat sushi places which have popped up all over the place which are never run by Japanese. However I think that Chinese are much better restaurant business people in terms of making a profit than Japanese or Koreans as they are most humble and practical. The Koreans still have a chip on the shoulder due to the colonial past from Japan as is evident in past threads, and are still looking for recognition and sincere apologies from Japan, which will never happen, and the Korean contributions to Japanese culture will never be admitted by the Japanese. It is strange when a food thread becomes a political thread. Can we not all just eat and leave the past behind. This might make for good digestion.

 

[Von Wigglestaff]

The Koreans still have a chip on the shoulder due to the colonial past from Japan as is evident in past threads, and are still looking for recognition and sincere apologies from Japan, which will never happen, and the Korean contributions to Japanese culture will never be admitted by the Japanese. It is strange when a food thread becomes a political thread. Can we not all just eat and leave the past behind. This might make for good digestion.

Just like the Koreans, the Chinese are not exactly thrilled about the PM of Japan visiting the Yasukuni Shrine (A memorial to Japan's war dead).

I don't know that much about Far Eastern cuisine but I do enjoy going to Ho Su when I'm in the area. The Be Bim Bop is one of my favorite dishes, it's a complete meal in a bowl. I've known the co-owner Su since she opened her first location at Yonge and Eglinton. She's a VERY charming woman who's taught herself Italian. She was a generous victor during World Cup 2002, my meal and all the napkins I used to wipe away my tears were on the house. However she didn't listen to me when I told her she was better off opening another location in Woodbridge instead of Richmond Hill.

Like I said I'm not that well informed. There a very good Nam restaurant near my home that also makes Thai curries. I complemented them on thier curry, I was very fond of the generous use of ginger - they told me it was lemon grass.

 

[Cinema Face]

Any good North Korean restaurants out there? I'm in the mood for some boiled tree bark and grass.

 

[madi1979]

Kalbi and Bulgogi

Well if you like Kalbi and Bulgogi and are adventurous enough to make it yourself, there is a place at Parliament and Gerrand that sells the sliced bulgogi and kalbi and you can marinate it yourself. They sell it pre-marinated as well for the less adventurous. The also sell great chap chae and kim chee.