Moo Kyo Dong Nak Ji - Vaughan

This is about as off-beat korean food that Toronto is going to get - well maybe not the furthest off-beat. Nak Ji is Octopus and Makoli is a rice/wheat based alcohol. Somehow I guess everything goes with alcohol - go figure.I've seen this place since it opened a while back. I really don't have any desire for octopus and the dozens of ways to eat them with hot sauce but settled for it after not being able to eat at another restaurant in the same plaza - more than a handful of screaming kids on an indoor playscape took away from a meal with my wife.Back to this restaurant, the name of the place is very similar to one in Korea - a lot of restaurants open under successful names from back home. Not sure if they are related or just benefitting from using a name half way across the globe.We order a table top soup/stew with a kettle of makoli - one of my wife's favourite drinks and my first time. I have to say, I really could have lived the rest of my life without ever having tried it - unless this place was unremarkable at it. The Makoli is made onsite and I thought it would have been better than what I tasted.The food was average - nothing to write home about, but worth writing on TripAdvisor.

I found this restaurant to have more of a community post vibe rather than a typical review, as the spiciness of the food was too much for my taste buds to handle.

We decided to have our first meal at this restaurant while waiting for our table at Home of Hot Taste, which is located across the street.

This restaurant offers unique Korean cuisine that is unconventional for Toronto, although it may not be the most unconventional option available.