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Myungdong Kalkuksu Noodles and Shabu Shabu
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
7 reviews for Myungdong Kalkuksu Noodles and Shabu Shabu
7 reviews in English
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Review from Mary C.
Richmond Hill, ON
2/5/2012
Despite this restaurant being open for a while now, this was my first time trying it. The food was so good, I'm surprised I didn't hear about this place earlier! Perhaps its the name of the restaurant. I was actually recommending this restaurant to someone else yesterday, and had quite a bit of difficulty communicating the restaurant name. I'm sure in Korean it is probably less of a weird mouthful of words.
I'm surprised that people were told not to take pictures. My friend Jess and I took lots of pictures and nobody came to give us any trouble. We even asked one of the waitresses to take pictures of us in them!
After we ordered the waitress brings us a huge pot (not those usual tiny petri dishes) of store made kimchi. It was some of the best I've had; it was sweet and didn't have the strong potent smell that is sometimes too much for me to handle.
We ordered a table top (shabu shabu) cooking for 2 ($14.99 per person portion, and you need to order at least 2 portions), which had a good mixture of vegetables, thinly sliced beef, glutinous dumplings, and noodles. Really good quality ingredients, and the noodles that come with it are exceptional! We cooked them last so they would soak up all the flavours from the soup. yums!
On top of that we ordered Mixed dumpling and rice cake soup ($8.99). The waitress thought we were crazy for ordering more food on top of the shabu shabu, but we couldn't resist! Like others say, these dumplings are gigantic! They are jam packed with ground pork, shredded egg, seaweed, and other good stuff. Absolutely loved this!
At the end of it, my friend and I left very full and happy :) -
Review from Ming C.
Markham, ON
2/19/2012
Seems this place is for shabu shabu but of the multiple times I've been here...I've yet to try it....cause i'm hooked on the spicy noodles, king sized dumplings and their homemade kimchi. It always seems to be packed no matter what time of the day it is. Will definitely return! HOOKED!
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Review from Robin D.
9/25/2011
Agreed king size dumplings are delicious. And the kimchi here is amazing. You can ask for refill for the kimchi.
Also, enjoyed the shabu-shabu. Friend warned me first that the quantity is limited.. so I was not disappointed. Yumm... They gave us noodles at the end which we ate last with the remaining broth. Was very sticky and found it strangely good - I guess this is the filler. -
Review from WaYnE c.
Maple, ON
8/23/2010 4 photos
9 pm hunger setting in, I knew it was time for dinner. I drove to the first place that read NOODLE and dove in. Apparently, their last call is 9 pm when I asked them afterwards. I was greeted on my way in and out as well. I was offered the bench seating along the walls where the tables here have installed induction ranges.
I got the Myungdong Kalkuksu(Handmade Noodle $7.99) and in a minute I was served Tea and Kimchi then the next minute the Noodles came. I started taking photos as usual, little did I know it was the same place Jennifer K. got CAUGHT.
I was served Kimchi on a plate while the couples and families were given a small JAR to pull their Kimchi from. Pure discrimination, they don't think I can finish a jar of Kimchi on my own?!?
The Noodle Bowl was metallic and huge as per most Noodles I've had at Korean places. I still don't understand the TINY spoon thing which has no purpose, it's a stir-stick for your Tea if you wish. Pick up the whole bowl and start sucking in the Soup. The Noodles aren't that great but not the worst I've had. It's hard to make me believe its handmade when the Noodle shape/size are all so uniform and consistent.
The Noodle has a small topping of BEEF pieces, Onion, Carrot, Chives, Cucumber. I didn't think it would be a spicy item but either the boiling Soup got to me or it had some spice to it because I was feeling the heat. By this time 9:30 pm, I was alone with 3 Korean women sweeping, chatting, mopping while the men seems to be stationed at the register most of the time or goes inside the kitchen.
I forgot my WALLET in my car so they let me go grab it. It's probably the first time the woman heard of such thing as she was talking to me, having a laugh. The other tables of Koreans were having Noodles as well while the family of Chinese had the Shabu Shabu too.
The DECOR has nice solid dark wood style tables and the walls were in the style of the once existent Tofu Village(RIP) in Markham. Food photos line the wall that are shown on the menu as well. I was about to try the Soy Milk Noodle but someone's review is actually affecting my choices unfortunately and it's totally my own fault. I was looking for the Dumpling Noodle which Man Doo Hyang has but this place doesn't have it. It's either Noodle or Dumplings, not both.
Speaking of Man Doo Hyang, I much prefer the Noodles there than this place therefore the 2.5 *Stars* I give to this place because the 0.5 *Stars* is for the NY Yankees & T.O. Blue Jays game being shown on the LCD for people like me that have nothing else to do while waiting for my meal.Listed in: 2.5 **Stars**, Hanguk
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
7/6/2010 11 photos
1.5 stars
Note to Self:
- try ordering what all other people are ordering, if everyone ordering it, it must be good
- try to hide camera when taking photos :)
Myungdong Kalkuksu has nothing on their windows to tell you when they are open, when they are close.. no menu on the windows to tell you what they have for specials.
I dropped by on a hot and humid afternoon craving for some cold noodles. As their name indicated their menu consisted of only noodles and shabu shabu.. Of course no one in their right mind, will be eating hot pot when it is over 30 C outside!
Noodles here starts from $7.99. There are no lunch specials on noodles but they do have 2 people or more specials on Shabu Shabu $10.99 each.
I ordered the Noodle in Cold Soy Bean Soup ($8.99). OK I really should have order their King Dumplings or Noodle in hot soup or something else!
Anyway, I don't think I will ever go near any Soy Bean Soup.. I am traumatized. I have to tell you that it is not a good mix.. The noodle turned really gooey.. and heavy..... I really forcing myself to eat... damn, I know it said it is healthy.. but I don't think I want to be healthy anymore.
Though the soy bean soup does taste pretty good if drinking it by itself...
According to their menu, all their kimchi and noodles are freshly made instore.
I do want to come back and try their other noodle soup!
All the patrons here speak Korean... and I am the only one that is NOT Korean!
BTW, I got in trouble from taking photos... Luckily it was after I finish taking the photos I want before waitress came and tell me no photos... not even the food?? -
Review from Joanne W.
7/13/2010
I didn't seem to have a problem when it came to taking photos - but it was on my phone - so I guess that was the difference.
My friends and I came here on the Saturday. They first gave us some delicious kimchi to start off with. We decided to order everything that wasn't on the hot pot menu - so this includes 5 different dishes. The names? I have no idea. King dumplings, soy bean noodle soup, a spicy cold noodle, soup with some king dumplings and rice cakes, and this other noodle dish that was absolutely delicious!
I definitely recommend the king sized dumplings and the last dish that I can't seem to identify. Stay far away from the soy bean noodle soup... It's possibly the most bizarre thing you'll ever eat.
Nothing too special. In total - with the 5 dishes, it was about $48 in total. So definitely no complaints there! -
Review from F L.
North York, ON
7/22/2011
Will never go back to this resto. Menu and Pics deceive customers. Pic of menu posted mention it is good for 2. Price is for one person. If you don't check the fine print you will think the price is for 2. Many have been shocked liked they were charged double. I don't understand the reason for the price per person thing. This is the practice in Korean restaurants. Most of them even require you to order 2 main courses when some of their food is good for 2 already. If food is good for 2 they should post the price correctly. It is not worth at all for another reason. The raw beef to be cooked shabu shabu style does not resemble how much it is in the picture. We actually counted 59 pieces of beef in the menu picture. Actual number of pieces was 22. I call this deception. It would have been acceptable if the difference was minimal. Furthermore, the first server who barely speaks English confirmed to us that the price posted is for 2. Then the 2nd server came around to tell us that the price was to be double because posted price was for one person. We ended up paying so much for little. Will never go back to this resto.
