A few days ago, we had a craving for Korean food. There are a lot of Korean restaurants within the GTA but we decided to go to somewhere that requires less traveling. One of the restaurants we usually go to is Gabin, located at Steeles Ave and Silver Star Blvd (within the boundaries of Scarborough and Markham). It's a small restaurant with a nice atmosphere. It offers wide choices of food including hotpot, stone pot foods, appetizers, lunch combos, bento, and mini Korean grill (it's nothing like the round Korean grills you normally see in a Korean grill house). The food is quite decent. I notice that when you go during busy hours such as lunch time, the meal portions are less than when non peak hours. The price is decent as well. Below are some of the foods that they offer. I usually get their bibimbap but after trying out Tsuki Izakaya's kalbi bibimbap, I didn't want to eat other bibimbap out there; well, at least for the time being I didn't. In addition, I decided to opt for something a little different.
Every Korean restaurants I've been offers Korean side dishes in addition to the meals. Sadly, they don't have the mashed sweet potato side dish. I've only seen it being offered at Joon's.
For those who have a high tolerance for spicy food, I find that this wasn't spicy. However, Tin finds it to be spicy enough for her. All I can taste is the sweetness. This is actually my first time having tteokbeokki and overall I would say it's decent only because I want it to be spicy enough for me to actually taste the spiciness and it isn't.
The portion for this is way less than during non peak hours. It is still filling. It is definitely good. The spicy level I would say would be 2/5 if comparing to their Tteokbeokki. But then again, my threshold for spiciness is higher than normal, I guess. To make your money worth for the amount you get then I would say going during non peak hours would be the ideal time to dine.
According to Tin, the chicken teriyaki is good. However, she finds the sauce to be thick (she prefers it to be thin and liquidy). The rice was done perfectly to Tin's satisfaction. I would take her word on that. Portion wise, I believe has good enough amount for one person. I would say for its price it's worth it.
On a side note: They offer lunch special of gamjatang (pork bone soup) for a cheaper price. I forget how much it is. It's worth a try. I've never tried it but I have been told by friends that it's worth it.
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Korean side dishes: been sprouts, kimchi, sweet potato, pickled radish, and etc. |
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Tteokbeokki $7.99 |
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Kimchi jjigae around $7.99 |
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Chicken Teriyaki Bento $7.99 |
On a side note: They offer lunch special of gamjatang (pork bone soup) for a cheaper price. I forget how much it is. It's worth a try. I've never tried it but I have been told by friends that it's worth it.
