Chodang Soon Tofu — Restaurant in Toronto

This a legit old school Korean spot with in-house made tofu which is featured heavily throughout the menu.

First off, the tofu is absolutely top-class. Very fresh, subtle flavour, and delicious texture (medium to firm). If tofu is your thing, you should definitely give this place a try.

They have a number of dishes that play off their tofu, but my favourite is the veggie dumplings. The dumplings are classic Korean style and steamed. I think I remember chives within the dumplings but because the tofu is so fresh it really brings out the adjacent flavours of the other ingredients within the dish. The Yaki-tofu is a Japanese style fried-tofu block with a sweet soy sauce marinade. This was ok for me. It wasn't super crispy and so I felt the textures didn't express the tofu flavour in the best way.

The soon tofu dish is banging. At other soon tofu restaurants, there's a number of other ingredients within the dish (kimchi, bok choy, mushroom, etc..) I got the original pork and that's exactly what they delivered: ground pork, a clay pot full of homemade silken tofu and the deliciously spicy soup. I thought it would be boring with other veggies in the soup, didn't even miss it the tofu is so good.

Classic side dishes are free (bean sprouts, kimchi, and also a nice taster of fresh firm tofu) with a very nice addition of two fried fish. That's different than most Korean places these days and very nostalgic as that's very old school Korean restaurant style.

Finally, the best part of the tofu is that it tastes INFINITELY better the next day. We brought the dumplings and yaki-tofu home and left it in the fridge, I am not exaggerating, it tastes better the next day. I guess that in-house tofu recipe need a day to really let the flavours mellow into the dish.

Big fan of this place, will be taking my wife...

Chodang makes their own tofu onsite, and it looks like most of their menu is house-made as well. The Soon bowls are obviously the most popular choice of patrons, and the place was full when we visited on a wednesday evening. There are only 6 tables or so, maybe seating for 12-15 people total, but still.

Very mom-and-pop kinda place. Curt, businesslike service and basic, slightly worn decor which you would expect ion a place like this. A single person was running the dining room when we were there.

My lady friend ordered a chicken bento box and loved it. I had the Kimchee Tofu plate, which has shredded pork mixed in with the kimchee. Strong, bold kimchee flavors, spicy and served piping hot in the middle. Plate was surrounded by about a pound of their house-made Tofu, cut in slabs. The tofu was cold, making a nice contrast to the piping hot Kimchee mix when assembling a bite.

I especially appreciated the effort put into the menus and signage to make the whole thing accessible to english-speakers. It was all very clear and only found 1 typo :)

Portion size is surprisingly large, probably too large. The lady, fortunately, wsa hungry and finished her chicken bento, but I'm a big guy and couldn't finish the Kimchee Tofu plate. There was probably a pound of Tofu alone, plus the Kimchee and shredded pork in the middle.

Overall, will be returning, probably many times in order to...

Whenever I come to this place I feel welcomed and feel comfortable! I always come here with my parents whenever we feel like we want Korean food. Also, their food is amazing and I always get the spicy chicken bento sometimes the don katsu! Also, the salad is great as well! I love the fact they use non gmo and use fresh ingredients for thier wonderful food! Family friendly restaurant and great staff members treat them right so you can get your meets met. They do not use detergent when they wash their dishes for example, they use flour. If you are looking for a great Korean restaurant I highly recommend and their tofu is amazing! Go and get it now I give this place over 5 stars I also always appreciate the front lady who works there for the kind words which makes me so happy in order to come again ^-^ always makes food right and amazing. We use stone bowl and earthen pot draw breath. But come and enjoy the wonderful food they make when you can you will never feel disappointed once you try here but go knock until you try it!!! ^-^ I give them two thumbs up no matter what Enjoy your lunch...