BCD Tofu House is my favorite restaurant.
Posted in Good Eats, NYC on 03/08/2009 04:51 pm by dana
We first went to BCD Tofu House on New Year’s Day. It was an admittedly amazing way to start 2009. I had read about BCD Tofu on Chow Hound, it’s an LA chain that opened up a location in Koreatown last fall. We actually ended up going there because the place where were trying to go next door, Pocha 32, was closed on New Year’s Day. As it turned out, it was all for the best. BCD is easily one of the tastiest and most interesting restaurants I’ve ever been to.
No matter what you order, it comes with 10+ banchan, little side dishes of kimchi, pickled things, fried fish, and other heavenly tidbits.
kimchi — the premium kind with squid in it.
whole fried fish
tasty, shredded, pickled things
BCD also has a “Korean barbeque” element to it — you can get pork, chicken, beef, etc. cooked on the table right in front of you. We opted for the bulgogi the last time we went.
And then there’s the reason BCD Tofu is truly amazing: their heavenly tofu soups. The first time we went, we ordered it as hot as it came…which was almost too hot to enjoy the complex flavor. “Regular” heat was just perfect for enjoying the wonderful flavor, and still getting some heat. Here’s the tofu soup with pork that we enjoyed:
And those are just a few reasons why BCD Tofu House is my reigning favorite restaurant. I want to go to there.