If you like soondae then this place is a must try.
Went in on a weekend almost lunch time and business was booming. It's a small/ medium sized restaurant with decent amount of seatings. We got on the waitlist and requested them to call our phone number once ready and we got called in 10-15 minutes. Fun fact- coffee factory is across the street so you can grab a coffee and chill there while you wait.
It seems like they mainly speak Korean but we had a waitress that spoke English and explaining everything to us in details, very attentive. We got quite a bit to try-
Mixed handmade soondae:
Wowwwwww. You HAVE to get this.
I think the one with the veggies in there is the Jeju style soondae. Never had anything like this. It matches very well with the soondae taste and the veggies brighten it up. You know sometimes it becomes redundant when you just eat soondae because of its taste, it's not the same with this one. There's not much texture difference but still really really good. The normal soondae is also very good. Comparing it to other soondae I've had, it doesn't have too strong of the blood taste, very clean, and it's oh so very soft. Pro tip, can put more of these in the soondae soup if you got that too. Also use the salt on the side but very sparingly. They also came with offals on the top but they are not my favorite usually and it was very dry for me.
Soondae gook:
Very clean broth yet still creamy. On the side is the salt, pepper, perilla seed and salted shrimp. Go little by little but highly recommend to at least to put the shrimp and perilla seed as it's not really flavored like all other places. The soondae in there was also very soft, same as the normal soondae in the other plate. But the soup is still high up there compared with others I've had.
Spicy soondae stirfry:
They used the same normal soondae and stir fried it with some noodles, perilla leaves, dokbokki, and a spicy sauce. It's not bad, but having tasted the soondae on its own, we felt like it was a waste of the soondae. The sauce had such a strong taste, it masked the taste of the soondae. The dokbokki was super soft tho.
Overall- you bet I'm coming back.
FYI, their bathroom situation is pretty interesting. It's outside of the restaurant, around the corner at the first door (cracked open) and head down the stairs. read more