House of Tofu Soup

Sooo good!

The place is very clean and spacious. Food was great from every single item we ordered. There's not much to choose from but I prefer it that way rather than having 100 dishes on the menu and end being disappointed with the food.

My favourite dish here is the spicy rice cake with fried dumplings. We ordered Hot! it's a only a bit spicy with a little bit of sweetness to it.... just perfect!

I like that we get to choose different protein for everything here, and they serve the whole raw egg on the side, so it's up to you when u wanna put it in the soup, and how long u wanna have it cooked for. Bulgogi is really good too, it already has enough flavour, but they serve sweet sauce on the side for it, so if u like it sweeter, u can put it in.

Not much to say about this place. It's a good Korean restaurant with reasonable pricing. The menu is small, but enough. The servers are not the most attentive but not rude.

The tofu soup is delicious. Soft tofu with delicious broth. Also comes with rice in a stone pot, raw egg, and side dishes. We also each ordered it with a bulgogi add on (one beef, one chicken).

I was very full and satisfied at the end of our meal. Would recommend!!

I haven't been to this spot in awhile, just trying out other local places due to a lack of transportation. Bit the bullet and went today for some Soy-Bean paste stew. Mind you, not something I would order in a Korean restaurant because my moms makes it better (usually) and it's like ordering kimchi stew. Koreans just WON'T order kimchi stew (unless you're in Korea and it's *EXTREMELY FERMENTED KIMCHI.. the stuff that'll make your eyes tear literally)

The main difference I ordered this common, plebian dish is because I believe in their broth. And yep, doubts were immediately seized.

The reason I post this is to let other know about the Soy Bean Paste stew! Often overlooked and.. I had it at Arisu, Potters, Masita... and this was waaaay better (my closest korean restaurants in walking/short-commute). Since I can't get my moms cookin, I settled for something less, only to find out something great.

The best part is the Sujebi. It's just a mound of fermented flour-water dough that's meant to be put in the dish: sujebi (same broth as regular noodles but uses 'dough' instead of noodles) or mae-oon tang (spicy fish soup, when you're near the end - you drop in the dough and let them cook like shabushabu).

Korea's food trend has been changing and is ever-evolving. The most traditional dishes are being mixed-matched with other traditional dishes which i LOVE. A beef soup dish (yook-gae-jang) with thick hand-cut noodles (kal gook su) makes a dish: Yook Kal ().

Similar to that, one of the best dishes I had in Korea was /Dwenjang Gook-su aka soybean paste soup with noodles inside. I was blown away by two culturally significant traditional foods coming together to create something absolutely new!

Best part is I found out way later. I ordered my food near 5 and ate it at a later time only to find out it had sujebi in it! What a pleasant surprise and yeah, despite me being a boushy-butthole, Ill probably order this dish here again - no matter all the cheap connotations about it. One UP!

This is probably one of the better tofu soup shops in town, if not the best. $10 for a bowl of soup plus rice is good value in our opinion. We came here for lunch so it wasn't too busy, we ordered two bowls of tofu soup, one beef and one seafood. The broth is of course very spicy, so if you can't handle heat go for the mild broth. We would recommend the seafood soup, very fresh and the seafood adds more flavour to the broth. Do not order the beef, the slices were very tough and chewy, we found it hard to eat.

Overall service is decent and prices are fair, we would come back!

Came here with a group of five and we were all unhappy with our experience. We haven't been here in a while but a few years ago we used to come once every few months when we were at SFU. We wanted to try it again now that one of us moved closer to the area and boy were we disappointed. First off, they are really cheaping out on protein. The portion of meat has gone down while the price has gone up. Secondly, the rice given with the tofu soup was overcooked and felt like sticky or sushi rice.

Service was just really poor too. One of the servers made a comment asking if one of my friends was eating two meals when the seat beside him was empty. Uh... People can go to the bathroom. That's an extremely rude comment. As well they are just completely understaffed. We asked for a refill of side dishes multiple times and at the end of the meal we still didn't get a refill. This is basic service for a Korean restaurant. With the quality of food in the North Road area, I would not ever come back.

My wife loves soupy things in the winter so we ended up here one Saturday night as we moved into a place nearby. There were about five parties ahead of us for a table of two but the wait was only about 20 mins or so. We both ordered the tofu soup set with pork (mine white, hers spicy). We were served water and tea and then some Korean side dishes to start. The soups came fairly quickly after and were boiling hot. Soups were super tasty and really hit the spot when it's cold outside. You also get a giant stone bowl of rice and an egg which you can mix together with the soup for a super satisfying combination. Overall, the food was good and price is definitely reasonable at under $11 per set. They're a little under staffed but the servers were fast and friendly. Only really annoying thing is the parking situation as the lot is too small and there's no street parking at all nearby.

(the address is definitely incorrect). I went to House of Tofu soup few years ago when it opened in Richmond. Didn't like it at all. I tried it again at a different location and still found it ok only. For a tofu soup at $11.95, they served it to you in the small bowl and not the bigger bowl that i am used to at other korean restaurants. Besides the size of it, there wasn't anything "WOW" about the tofu soup. I may be picky but considering that the tofu soup is their specialty, i had higher standards. However, I had better tasting tofu soup at other korean restaurants with bigger portion.

* Confusing washroom signs *

Ok, the soon doo boo chigae is still excellent. Nothing has changed on that front.

But the confusing men's washroom signs have changed. Gone is the sign that said, "Do not flush toilet paper/pads/tempons(sic)" from the men's room.

It has now been replaced with a "Pregnancy and alcohol do not mix" sign. Ok. I hope that all of the pregnant men in the men's washroom don't drink too much alcohol! At least the non-pregnant men are now allowed to flush their tampons and pads in the toilet apparently!

Since Leah always gives me a hard time for not taking photos of washrooms, this one is dedicated to her: http://www.yelp.ca/biz_photos/HfPSUdDMaVYdqIgaKU7GFQ?select=am311qcFfFJtUOcbdoPc6Q

One of the best Soondooboo in town. I should perhaps say around town since they have two locations - Burnaby (North Road) and Richmond. Soondooboo is a hot and spicy Korean stew made with tofu, vegetables, mushrooms, onions, scallions and chili powder. It is a popular item in Korean restaurants and is truly comforting because of it is served piping hot with a raw egg and also side bowl of rice.

However, superior tofu soup is hard to come by in the Lower Mainland. Some restaurants make them either too watery or cheap out on the ingredients. This is crucial because a lot of the flavours comes from the tiny shrimps and veggies.

House of Tofu Soup offers a few choices of seafood, pork, beef, chicken, kimchi, dumpling or mushroom. You can select the level of fire of hot, regular, mild or white (non-spicy). What is special about this place is that their serve the bowl of rice on a stone bowl - the heat from the stone bowl creates crispy rice along the side.

The traditional way to conquer the rice is to add tea into the crispy rice to soften them up and then eat. Myself I like to scrape the crispy rice and dip into the left over spicy tofu soup - To each their own.

Common to all Korean restaurants, delicious side dishes are served: kimchi, marinated potatoes, bean sprouts, seaweed, radish, etc. etc.

The prices are extremely reasonable and you will find yourself satisfied with yummy goodness.