Nak Won Korean Restaurant is located at 9625 Yonge St., just n. of 16th Ave. In Richmond Hill, the town that borders Toronto to the north. It's transit accessible on the blue YRT line running from Finch station. We had reviewed another location of Nak Won on Yonge Street, the Kisa discount one. There was also another location in Markham that I had discovered accidentally, but unfortunately never got to visit as it is now permanently closed. We went for weekend lunch. Nak Won has more traditional enclosed booths at the back, which we love. Disposable chopsticks are used unfortunately, so we brought our own as usual. Pop is $3 canned not AYCD, but at least there is Coke Zero. However there is a carafe of barley tea left at the table, which we preferred anyways so we skipped the pop; the tea was excellent, and Mishy loved it so much from Nak Won Kisa that she started making her own. Ordering is through smartphone menu via QR code, so it is essential that at least one per party have a smartphone with data. Be careful as there are two menus, lunch and all-day, and the all-day is $10 more.
Kimchi had some heat but at least it wasn't persistent and painful, and it was quite good. Corn and cheese was delicious and had plenty of cheese. Ramyun aka ramen soup was excellent and beautifully seasoned, but beware as it's a large bowl and it was a good thing that we didn't order two... we ended up splitting it. Miso soup was rather mild and had an interesting flavour like zwieback toast. Mishy didn't like it at all saying that it was too watery, but I didn't mind it.
Some banchan items arrived... they weren’t ordered but are delivered nonetheless as a standard part of the meal. Not into the pickles, as they remind me too much of bread-and-butter which I don’t like (kosher dills for me please.) The corn chips(?) were nice as were the spicy pickled radish, possibly kkakdugi which is kimchi radish. I didn’t document and can’t recall what I thought of those juliennned strips, but it wasn’t anything bad. I think Mishy enjoyed the japchae as well.
On to the BBQ, beef bulgogi, thin and thick cut pork belly, pork butt(!), spicy marinated pork and chicken were all excellent especially with the middle sauce which resembles ponzu. Mishy especially enjoyed it and she's usually not as much of a barbecue fan as I am. Even the luncheon meat and sausage were very good to excellent, although Mishy doesn't partake of them.
For dessert, there are only Melona bars, one per customer. Weekend lunch menu was $32. This is pretty much the standard price these days and considering the time, location and offerings. We certainly both enjoyed it!
Rating: 9-9.5 / 10 + 0 value adjustment (standard pricing) = 9-9.5 / 10
