Iryewon Asian Fusion Restaurant

Pretty interesting place for Korean style Chinese food. We decided to try the jajangmyun which is a koreanized black bean sauce noodle dish. Although not the most pleasant looking dish the janjangmyun was actually pretty good. The black bean sauce looks a little mushy and it is hard to see what it inside. The noodles are the white wheat flavour thick noodles which were cooked nicely with an al dante texture. The black bean sauce that came with the noodle was a little runny but not as salty as I imagined and complimented the noodles well. Although the noodles were tasty it can be kind of plain as it is just black bean sauce.
We decided to try the Tang Soo Yook was pretty good as well. This is the Korean version of deep fried pork with sweet and sour sauce with vegetables. The portions are good for sharing with at least 4 people. I found the pork to be a little dry, 70% sweet 30% sour and vingar-​y. There are a lot of pineapple chunks in it as well which I like. I believe they added some honey in it as well which made the dish sweeter than usual, but all in all it was still pretty good.
As for the dumplings they are your standard dumplings that are fried with pork in it — not too oily as well.
In terms of the atmosphere it felt korean-​chinesey as well as normally I find that Korean restaurants would serve water or tea in a plastic jug but this time it was served with the white tea cups. For the cutlery it was regular chopsticks as well instead of the long metal stainless steel chopsticks and spoons
3.5÷5 for food 3.5÷5 for service. Nice place to try if you want to try out some Korean Chinese fusion

I’ve been here so many times. If you want authentic jajajangmyun this is the place to go. Service is horrible, my last visit, waitress totally screwed up the order. She sent out two dishes for a table of four. Instead of apologizing and promptly fixing the order she mumbles something and goes back to the kitchen. Needless to say we left half full as another order would have taken 30mins. My advice don’t go when it’s busy.

This was my first try at try at Korean-​Chinese food, but I had heard a lot about how good this place was beforehand so I had high expectations. It did not disappoint! This place always seems to be packed no matter what time of day. We finally got in and ordered kanpoongi and gan ja jang. My date ordered jjamppong, which I thought was extremely spicy. The kanpoongi was spicy too but only a bit. It was delicious and so was the gan ja jang. The portions are massive too! The service is a fast, but very loud. Specifically, there was one guy who was yelling a lot. The only part of the food that I didn’t like was the side dishes.

I had Jajangmyun and Kkanpunggi.
I used to recommend everyone for the best tasting jajangmyun in town, but I was actually disappointed to learn that they no longer had the flavourful black bean sauce that I used to love. It tasted bland. The Kkanpunggi had too much batter and not enough meat that it almost seemed like they were skimping on food.
The servers were friendly and prompt, but I was no longer impressed by the food. I may come back, but I don’t think I will go out of my way to recommend it to others :(

This restaurant known as Man Lee Jang Sung (translated as the Great Wall) is super popular among Koreans. I was here on a Sunday evening and we had to wait about twenty minutes before being seated. Throughout our meal and as we were leaving the restaurant, people kept coming in and waiting in line. Maybe the restaurant could invest in expanding its business. They normally do not take reservations for dinner but I heard you can make a dinner reservation if it is made a week in advance.
We had sweet and sour pork (tang su yook), kan-​poong shrimp, spicy seafood noodle soup (jam-​bong), black bean noodles (jajangmyun) and hot pepper glass noodles (gochu japchae) which comes with white and soft buns. Sweet and sour pork, kan-​poong shrimp and hot pepper glass noodles dishes were amazing. Their sauce on sweet and sour pork was different from the usual sour kind. It was darker in colour as well. The sauce used in kan-​poong shrimp tasted similar to ones used in Korean spicy fried chicken, yum. I didn’t like their jajangmyun as much, because the black bean sauce tasted a little too strong. I prefer the sweeter and softer taste of jajangmyun from places like SongCook.
The food here is by far, the best Korean Chinese food Toronto can offer. I’ve had better Korean Chinese cuisine elsewhere, but in Toronto, sadly, this restaurant seems to be as good as it gets.

Very busy on a Sunday afternoon, likely from the church crowd. Like the popular SongCook, this restaurant specializes in korean style chinese food. I ordered the jajangmyeon which is on special for $ 6.99 on sundays (if I recall correctly) and was a fantastic deal! My boyfriend and I also split the steam buns, which chinese people know as man tou. Instead of eating it plain or dipping it in condensed milk like I’m familiar with they had the store bought thai sweet chili sauce to go with the buns which I thought was novel and delicious. My boyfriend ordered something that came with the jampoong soup and that my friends was the star of the show. The restaurant was generous with the seafood in the soup, and the soup itself was extremely flavourful without being too spicy for me. It was so good I’d like to go back and order it even though jajangmyeon has always been my go to dish at korean chinese restaurants. And the icing on the cake was that portion sizes were great and prices (with the exception of dishes like the tang su yook) were very affordable. Overall great place for lunch/​dinner and a good alternative to Song Cook which is nearby.

One of the best jajangmyun i tried in toronto. Price is reasonable and the black bean noodle is just amazing!!! I would definitely go back to this pace! The service was just ok. i went around 3pm, they weren’t busy at all. Food came out within five minutes, was fresh! I want to go back as im writing this review! Yummm

What a nice restaurant.
I give this place 3.5÷5 because of the service. Although there is a bell placed in the rooms, it can take a few tries before you can get a hold of somebody. It can take even more tries before you actually get what you asked for.
I went with two other friends for dinner Friday night and were promptly seated in the room. We were given a teapot and a jug of water. We ordered a plate of tangsooyuk and jampong (the seasonal special that’s on during the summer).
The tangsooyuk was a good starter — fluffy with covered in a sweet sauce. I wasn’t expecting much SK I was pleasantly surprised. The jampong was amazing. The flavour is lot more intense than the average bowl; it had more spices and more depth in the broth. Be warned though — it is very spicy! We went through two jugs of water.
I highly recommend this place to fans of jampong! I haven’t had a better bowl in North York. If somebody knows a place with a better one, please let me know.

Was craving for Korean Ja Jang Myum. So my Korean friend recommend this place to me. First time here, the place was very packed. Seems very popular. lol We ordered Ja Jang Myum, Spicy seafood noodle and sweet and sour beef for two person. The Ja Jang Myum was very delicious. The Spicy seafood noodle was quite spicy but delicious! The sweet and sour beef was very crispy. I like their noodle very much. And their spicy crispy chicken looks so yummy. Will definitely go again soon.

Iryewon Asian Fusion Restaurant (Man Ri Jang Sung) was recommended by none other than Justine (@foodigatorJ aka my go to anything Korean bestie) when asked for a place for Spicy Korean Seafood Noodle.
This place is known for their Korean Chinese style food! We arrive at around 1:00pm on a Sunday and the place was packed, we had to wait in line but fortunately it’s pretty quick. We were seated within 15 mins. They have a bunch of combos available but it was only in Korean, so no idea what kind of deal they have but the rest is in both Korean and English.
Side Dishes: Kimchi, Raw Onions, Black Bean Sauce & Pickled Raddish
Kam Pung Ki ($ 16.99 Small)
~ Sweet & Spicy Chicken
~ Love this, perfect sticky sauce and mostly brown chicken meat (white meat tends to me too dry)
~ This is pretty mild, so wished it was slightly spicier.
~ Need to come back for dinner and get this with soju or makkoli.
~ This also comes in Large for $ 26.99 which is huge when I saw another table ordering it.
Ja Jang Myum $ 6.99
~ Veggie, beef and black bean sauce noodle
~ Rather mild which I love (no msg or overly salty) with just the right chewy noodle but though the sauce was a tad runny since it didn’t cling to the noodle very well which less us with a lot of it at the end after finishing the noodles.
Sam Sun Cham Pong $ 10.99
~ Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup w/​extra seafood
~ The regular one is only $ 8.99, I really don’t find there’s much seafood but mostly veggies so I would say we could have save that extra $ 2.
~ This is probably their signature dish since everyone was ordering this and it was on a poster.
~ Love the flavorful seafood soup which was not the slightest bit salty, the healthy non-​msg version of a Spicy Instant Noodle
~ Same king of noodle as the black bean which I like, would be great if there’s more al-​dente options as well (something more ramen or instant noodle like).
Verdict:
~ Loved it, although the selections are limited.
~ Would definitely come back especially to try the Sweet & Sour Pork which I saw a lot of people ordering and look super yummy.

My family has returned to this place multiple times for Korean style Chinese food. They prepare their food piping hot and it’s definitely the best Korean restaurant in town. We often get combo A: Tang Soo Yook (deep fried pork with sweet/​sour sauce and vegetables), Kkan Poong Gi (deep fried pork/​chicken with spicy sauce) and a large pot of Jjang Ppong (spicy seafood soup) and get two JjaJjangmyuns (black bean noodles). It’s plenty for four people.
Food: 5/​5, it never disappoints and consistent everytime we go. The broth is delicious and the deep fried pork/​chicken are crispy.
Service: 3.55, they are often busy and not as attentive but attentive for an asian restaurant.
Ambience: 3.5÷5, nice place and nicer if you get the booths on the side, it’s more private but the regular tables are nice too.
Price: 3.5÷5, about $ 80-​$ 90 for four people. It’s not bad at all for a great meal. The dishes seem pricey at first but the portion sizes are huge here and they don’t cheap out on ingredients. (Seafood noodle soup pot is the best)

Champong is fantastic if you don’t mind waiting for ages. Service is slow and inefficient and you routinely have to line up for ages because the food comes out in odd spurts. It is common for some in your party to finish their meals before the the food for others even arrive. Champong is especially slow for some reason. One would think they always have a vat of the soup cooking, but it doesn’t appear that way.

Champong was delicious. Broth had a lot of depth, seafood (squid, primarily) cooked perfectly, tender and not too chewy. Did not get the usual mussel in a shell which I kind of missed somewhat. Noodles perfectly cooked. Panchan was usual offerings which one gets in Chinese-​style Korean food restaurants, i.e. kimchi, onion with black bean sauce and daikon radish. The jajangmyeon looked divine — lots of people ordering it. All ages to a background of K-​pop! Reminiscent of our favourite Chinese-​style Korean restaurant in Chungmuro in Seoul. We will definitely be back. The tea was also good quality and the service fast, efficient and friendly. Only criticism: music was way too loud.

I’ve been here a couple of times by recommendation from a Korean friend. The Jjamppong and Jjajangmyun are very delicious. It’s even better when they’re cheaper on the special menu days (rotates every other day). The portions are very generous. I usually share 1 dish with my friend. It’s $ 5.00 (Jjajangmyun — Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun) and $ 6.99 (jjamppong — mon, wed, fri).
However, I was a bit surprised at their dish with the steamed buns (I think it’s Kochu Japchae)… it was super pricey!!! That dish alone was $ 20.99 on the special… very little meat, mostly peppers and some other veggies. I’m guessing the expensive part was the steamed buns… ’cause those looked really intricately made. I think there are actually several pricey dishes they serve on their menu. I’ll just stick to the affordable menu items.
In general, I really like their dishes (jjamppong and jjajangmyun), and their service is friendly, but I don’t think I can come here without my Korean friend. It seems like the servers don’t speak English, and there is no translated menu…

Restaurant: Iryewon (Man Ri Jang Sung)
Cuisine: Korean
Location: Thornhill
Address: 100 Steeles Ave W
Price Range: $ 10~15
1: Poor 2: OK 3: Good 4: Very Good 5: Excellent
Food: 4
Service: 3
Ambiance: 3
Overall: 3.5
Extra information:
* Korean-​Chinese style
I really don’t understand why this restaurant has 2 different names. Also the fact that the names are both Korean and pretty long does not help me make it less confusing. Why they are called IRYEWON as well as Man Ri Jang Sung is just beyond me. Anyways, I decided to visit this place after my friend highly recommended it for Korean-​Chinese style food.
There is no ambiance at this restaurant, you walk in, you order, you eat and then walk out. They have couple rooms avail for group gatherings if you are interested.
They have specials throughout the week as well as combos if you want to try different things.
Ordered: Sam Sun Bokeum Bap (RC08) ¹⁄₅
* Plate of seafood fried rice served with spicy soup for $ 9.99
* This fried rice is served with black bean sauce that you are suppose to mix with the rice
* Usually the seafood would be fried together with the rice, but this was regular fried rice with shrimp and squid on top
* Resulting in shrimp and squid pieces that were kind of cold and flavorless
* They threw on some random pieces of cabbage on top which made it really difficult to eat
* Fried rice was overall tasteless, it def helped to have black bean sauce and the spicy soup
* This was probably the worst fried rice I ever had at these type of restaurants
* I left more than half of it, I will never order this again
Ordered: Kampung Shrimp (PR01) ⁴⁄₅
* 15 pieces of Sweet & Sour prawns for $ 21.99
* This was the highly recommended dish by my friend
* I usually love deep fried shrimp and the Kam Pung sauce so I was excited to try this
* $ 21.99 might seem a little pricey for 15 pieces of deep fried shrimp but this was very much worth it
* Prawns were huge and fresh out of deep fryer, then covered with the sauce
* Sauce was sweet and sour with the right sticky consistency
* I liked how the prawns were big in size, but made it a little hard to eat
* This would be good to share between 2~4 people
Ordered: Sam Sun Ja Jang Myun (N003) ³⁄₅
* Bowl of seafood, beef and black bean sauce on noodle for $ 7.99
* I could tell they don’t use MSG here because all their dishes didn’t have strong after taste
* All of the dishes tasted quite mild which I wasn’t used to (my tonque has been trained with MSG)
* Noodles were chewy and the black bean sauce was filled with seafood
* Their black bean sauce was little on the runny side since it didn’t have big chunks of beef or onion pieces
* Another solid dish
Summary: If you live near Steeles and want to try Korean-​Chinese style food, this place is quite decent. Just don’t order the fried rice and you should be fine.
I liked this place if it wasn’t so far from where I live. If you don’t want to travel so far up north, try Ding-​Ho in Christie which is just as good

Iryewon Asian Fusion Restaurant is really a Korean Chinese restaurant.
This place is really busy as I arriving to a half full restaurant on a weekday for a late lunch and more and more people kept coming in even after I leave. Most of the patrons here are Koreans.
The menu consist of Northern Chinese dishes but with a Korean twist. There are English description on the menu. but not on the Today’s Special page which are all in Korean. trying to figure out what is today special can be a challenge when one don’t even know which is the Korean character for the day of the week.
Banchan is a little different than the usual Korean restaurant because aside from kimchi, there is this raw onion which I suppose to dip it in black bean sauce and eat that. to give me the onion breath!
I decided on the Jjamppong ($ 7.99 special at $ 6.99) which is a spicy noodle soup with seafood flavoured with onions and chili oil. The broth is not too spicy though it looks really orange. The noodles are really good. chewy and a little transparent looking I wish there are some more. There are tons of squid (they are quite tender), a big shrimp (not good, mashy texture), smalle shrimps and little mussels (the frozen type)
There are a lot of privacy since there are high partitions set up between the tables and there are quite a few private rooms for groups.
The service here is quick and friendly.
They accepts Visa and Mastercard.