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How to find good sundubu (Korean soft tofu stew)

Sundubu jjigae is a bubbling Korean stew of silken tofu, served in a stone pot with an egg to crack in at the table. It is cheap, warming and one of the best things to eat when it is cold.

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What separates a good one from a bad one

Silky, fresh tofu — Soft and custardy. Some specialists make their own.
A broth with depth — Built on anchovy or beef stock with chilli flakes and garlic. Should be rich, not just red.
Served boiling — It should arrive still bubbling in the stone pot.
A raw egg to crack in — It cooks in the heat.
Banchan and rice in a stone bowl — The rice is often served in its own hot pot, and the crust at the bottom is the prize.

What to order

Seafood sundubu — The classic.
Beef or pork sundubu — Richer.
Mushroom or vegetable — For vegetarians — check the stock.
Spice level medium — Then adjust.
Galbi or fish on the side — Many sundubu shops offer combos.

Where to find Sundubu

Sundubu is mostly found at Korean restaurants, so that is where to look. Open listings put 4,292 of them across the US, and these are the cities and campuses with the most.

Cities with the most

Los Angeles, CA 284 New York, NY 211 Las Vegas, NV 69 Chicago, IL 67 Honolulu, HI 66 San Francisco, CA 61 Buena Park, CA 57 Houston, TX 48

Campuses with the most within a mile

Baruch 107 Touro University 97 FIT 95 The Graduate Center 95 New School University 84 NYU 51

A few to start with

Seoul Sausage Company — Los Angeles, CA
236 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles
KOBA Korean BBQ — New York, NY
136 William St, New York
KIO Korean Fried Chicken — Las Vegas, NV
809 N Main St, Las Vegas
Lai Lai Korean Express — Chicago, IL
330 S Wells St, Chicago
My BBQ — Honolulu, HI
1001 Bishop St, Honolulu
Jang — San Francisco, CA
22 Franklin St, San Francisco

Counts are listings in Overture Maps open data (September 2026), counted by the town in each address. Independent places only in the examples above, and they are a starting point rather than a ranking.

How Savor Scout looks for it

The search reads for soft tofu, sundubu, stone pot and house-made tofu, and favours specialist sundubu shops over general Korean menus.

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