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Nak Won Restaurant
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2 reviews for Nak Won Restaurant
2 reviews in English
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
8/23/2010 4 photos
Nak Won Restaurant just opened up its third location replacing the Tofu Village at New Kennedy Centre.
I am glad that Nak Won is openning up another location up North aside from the one at First Markham Place. However, I do like Tofu Village better.
When Nak Won moved into this location, not much renovation is needed. All they did is took out all those huge photos of Korean dishes on the wall..and references to Tofu Village.
The menu is similar to the other Nak Won location. With lunch specials starting at $5.99 including all the banchans! What a steal!
Since I have craving for cold noodles so I decided on the Korean Cold Noodle Soup ($8.99) instead. They do offer the one with no soup but mixed with sweet and spicy sauce.
The banchans at Nak Won is always good and plentiful. The cold noodles arrived shortly. The size is a bigger than other Korean restaurant I been to, garnished with marinated cucumber, apples slice, beef and ice cube. I feel like I am eating a bowl of bottomless noodles because I was full after eating half of it! There is also vinegar and mustard to add in if you prefer to have a stronger taste.
The noodles are the chewy type..and does have a lot of bite to it. I am always a noodle fans so I really enjoy eating it!
The services is cold and impersonal without a smile as always.. but you get your food fast and is cheap. In and out with no fuss!
They accepts Visa and Mastercard. -
Review from Angie C.
Toronto, ON
5/23/2011
I'm no Korean food expert, but I know what I like. And I know when I've eaten better. And at this particular location of Nak Won, I know I've eaten better.
Service was friendly, but very sparse. There was one girl running the entire floor. We felt bad for her, but we had to keep buzzing for service (each table is equipped with a buzzer). She was really nice, but you could tell all the tables were getting pissed.
I ordered Sullang Tang (stewed beef in broth) and my companion ordered Seafood Dwenjang Chigae (seafood/veg/tofu in soy bean sauce broth). The soups arrived lukewarm! And the broth for both tasted very piggy, like pork entrails. Almost like they didn't rinse the pig parts before dumping them into the broth pot. We also shared a Tempura Shrimp Appetizer. The shrimp were reused (or refried) and were small, shriveled and dry. The vegetables were mostly potato slices. The tempura coating was very greasy and not crispy/crunchy at all. Very disappointing.
What saved the meal were the nine little containers of re-fillable banchan (appetizers/side dishes): honey potatoes, marinated soybeans, bean sprouts, fish cake, etc. We mostly ate those. But who wants to pay for a meal and only enjoy the free side dishes? The mains were not worth it!
