Restaurants GuideKorean

Ka Chi

Reviewed by Toronto Life
Editorial Review

One of the busiest spots in Korea­town, this homestyle kitchen is an homage to kitsch. Van Gogh prints hang alongside plastic moon and star ornaments; dried flowers dangle randomly from above. The varied menu is built for comfort. Beef dumplings—steamed or deep-fried and crispy—arrive with a salty soy-based dipping sauce. Stir-fried rice with diced kimchee and rib-eye is spicy yet manages to be bland. The most popular of all, quintessential pork bone stew brings a steaming mountain of potatoes and pork bones in a piquant broth spiked with fresh vegetables and napa; more of Korea’s national pickle appears as a side dish. Rice and an empty bowl (for discarded bones) accompany. A sel­ection of domestic and imported beer is on offer. Service is efficient but a little hurried.

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