Twin’s Hot Tofu

I love this place!!! Food is great and Banchan is really good. Every day they have different Banchan. they also make TOFU every day!!! I recommend this Korean restaurant a lot!!! But sometime you have wait a little cause they are full of customers! (Which it’s good thing, that mean food is good)

Simple. No frills. Delicious. Really that’s all that matters. The pre-​meal included soft tofu dish is my favorite part of eating here. They bring it out for you to enjoy before your food arrives. The silky, light texture is unlike any I’ve ever tried before. The squid rice— to die for! The bipimbap… wow!

Yum! Really enjoyed the clean, lite, healthy veggie tofu soup! All the side dishes were a nice and fun surprise. Definitely will be back and I will be bring my daughter with me.

Korean food cravings got me into two restaurants in a row!
Decided to give this place a try since it is near home. They give you free tofu appetizers, a pleasant surprise! Light with some saltiness from the soy sauce, it was a great way to start the meal!
We ordered 2 things:
Beef Bulgogi + Seafood Tofu Soup — raw egg with the meal for the soup! I love when I can crack my own egg: D. As for the soup, loaded with a lot of tofu! Not very spicy, and had some seafood including shrimp, squid, and mussels. Very filling and is good comfort food especially on a cold day. As for the bulgogi, I thought the meat wasn’t flavorful at all and tasted way more salt than I wanted to. Will not order this again.
Seafood Scallion Pancake — overly filled with lots of vegetables and seafood to the point where there wasn’t enough batter for me, making the cake flimsy and not crunchy, a bit soggy. That’s my main criteria for pajeon — some crisp, so this wasn’t a win for me. I also don’t like bell peppers in my pancake that much. The flavors weren’t on point so it was quickly boring to eat it — couldn’t finish even half.
Overall everything was just okay. Might go again if I’m really craving Korean food and don’t want to travel far, but will not order the beef again.

LOVELY FAMILY PLACE — DELICIOUS TOFU. This is our favourite Korean restaurant in Richardson. We are regulars, and are usually the only Anglos in here. Staff is very friendly, and we always feel at home here.
They greet you soon after you sit down with a hot scoop of fresh tofu dressed in red pepper and dumpling sauce. It’s a delicious and healthy appetizer, and for one of us, a highlight of the meal.
The hot soft tofu stew is spicy without being painfully hot — I usually spice mine up with extra kimchi. It arrives bubbling violently in hot stone bowls. Stir a raw egg in quickly to cool the broth and cook the egg, adding a silky richness to the stew.
I have had every kind of the soft tofu stew here except the one with the bean curd waste — although I am told that it too is very yummy. But the ones I keep coming back to are the pork and kimchi and beef and kimchi varieties — both a comforting hug on a cold day or after a yucky illness.
Kalbi are served on a sizzling plate fajita style and are delicious. Let them sit a bit on the bed of onions, and let the onions get nice and crispy brown before diving in – IF YOU CAN!
The house-​made scallion and seafood pancake is a well seasoned crispy thick pancake studded with shrimp, squid, fish, and octopus in a scallion-​infused batter. It arrives hot and crispy on both sides. One pancake will easily feed 2 – 3 people for dinner.
Side dishes vary, but every meal comes with kimchi, homemade grilled tofu dressed in dumpling sauce, cold steamed bean sprouts in sesame oil, a Coke mayonnaise potato salad with chipped apple in it for crunch, and sliced jicama and carrot with Serrano chiles.
If you are lucky you could get 1 – 2 of these rotating side dishes: dried anchovies in sesame and chile oil, raw clams in tobanjang, octopus or squid in tobanjang, sliced sweetened fried tofu strips (aburage in Japan), sweet vinegar cucumber pickles or a spicy and garlicky cucumber kimchi.
The menu is limited to Korean home cooking and features numbers and pictures for ease of ordering when you don’t speak Korean. We have been to other ethnic restaurants where Anglos get a lot of side-​eye from the diners, but have always been warmly welcomed here.

I love this restaurant so much.
I have been eating here for the last two or three years, and I have to say that the food is simply amazing and tastes authentic. The tofu is soft and silky, and they make their own, which is always a plus. Their side dishes are flavorful and perfect little morsels of Korean staples. I simply cannot get enough of their food and family-​friendly atmosphere, and whenever I think about their delicious spicy seafood soft tofu soup, my stomach growls in anticipation! Every dish on their menu is cooked with love, and you can feel it in every bite.
The service is also very good, and it makes you feel right at home as soon as you walk through the front door!
Overall it’s a delightful place to eat Korean food and thoroughly enjoy yourself and your company!

I have been craving for some Korean Tofu Stew for quite some time. This place hit the spot. This may not have been the BEST that I have had but it came pretty darn close. This will have to do in Texas.
They specialize in tofu… Korean tofu to be specific. I say this because after reading some of the negative reviews, you just don’t come to a place like this for general Korean food. You come here for the KOREAN tofu soup/​stew. If you have never tried it before, research before making your judgment. Korean Soon Tofu is SILKEN (very soft) tofu. They make theirs in house and it was to die for! The other dishes were just okay. BUT I didn’t come here to eat the other stuff! However, we did order the spicy BBQ pork. I prefer theirs over Joy’s. That’s just my preference since I do not like it too sweet and overpowering with all the red sauce. Joy’s was just too greasy and too much sauce. Twin’s was more subtle and not too sweet. I thought it was a perfect side to their tofu stew.
Although it was not the best I ever had, it still deserves 5 stars since the lady was sweet and it was the best so far in the DFW area.

Tofu is so fresh and silky smooth — they make it in house!
We ordered the octopus stir fry and soft tofu kimchi soup. (I don’t like to put the raw egg in my soup.) everything was flavorful and spicy the way I like it!
The ban chan (side dishes) were ok but because the tofu was so yummy = 4 stars.

I feel bad since this is a small business ran by a couple so I’m leaving the 3 stars to be nice.
I ordered the seafood tofu soup and galbi. The seafood only consisted of one clam and pieces of octopus which is really weird. I’m used to it having shrimp, clams, and one more item. The soup was very bland. So much so that my soup was a creamy orange color. I did not order mild. I couldn’t eat more than a few spoonfuls. The galbi was also bland because the marinade lacked flavor. It was a very disappointing experience, which is pretty normal in Texas I suppose.

I’ve only been here twice. So, maybe when I come back again, I’ll update this review.
I think this is a very good place to go eat when it’s winter. It sounds funny when I say that, but my first time here was when it was freezing cold, no restaurants were opened, so my friend took me to Twin’s Hot Tofu for their soup/​stew.
The interior of this place just brings me back to those small, old-​fashioned, traditional restaurants that you would find in Asia (the ones that you would find on the street on a hot day). I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but I can definitely say it was different.
The food here was also pretty good. They bring their stew out while it’s still bowling with a side of a raw egg to crack into the pot (not many places do that). The second time I came back here was for breakfast and I got the same exact stew. Their food has been consistently good since I have been there, but it’s still not my favorite Korean restaurant.
But this is a good place to go because this place brings in traditional food, it is never crowded, their service is quick, and their food is good for a cheap price.
It’s worth checking out!

The sides were good and food came out very quick. Service was also pretty good but I have to say the tofu soup (which is supposed to be their specialty) lacked taste. It was pretty bland and I was visiting from Cali where I dine at tofu houses like BCD pretty frequently and found myself wishing it could at least taste similar. I did not finish it.
My brother ordered the ribs though and he liked it. Overall the experience was just okay.

This place is good for Korean food in Richardson. The place itself isn’t super adorable like most Korean restaurants but the food is good! They serve a side of tofu with you meal and it is the best! It is warm and comes in a sauce I mean I could of just eaten that! The menus set up has your basic Korean food entrees and also kimbap! So instead of driving all the way to Carrollton or royal lane this place is great!

I love this place. Inexpensive, never crowded, yummy bi bim bop, and delicious tofu side dishes.
The husband and wife that run it are really friendly too.

I’ve been going here ever since highschool (~2003+) and this little restaurant is my go-​to place for my kimchi jigae! (my friends love the seafood soondobu). Their meat dishes are more on the lean side, so if you are a health nut, this would be good for you. What is DEFINITELY special about this place is their soondobu (soft tofu) side dish with the scallion soy sauce that they bring out for us! No other restaurant around here that I know of serves this. If there is, please inform me where so I can try it, but I bet it’s not gonna be as good as theirs! :) I don’t live nearby anymore, and so when I crave their soups, I always want to go here. The other korean places I’ve been to doesn’t compare.
The husband cooks in the back while the wife takes care of the front. They are very sweet people. During lunch time, they get really busy, so please be patient with them if your food takes a little longer than usual to come out.
This restaurant will always be my top spot for traditional korean dishes.

Best Soon Du Bu I’ve found in Dallas.
Small, local hole in the wall. Good sides, serves the tasty purple rice, and their tofu is fantastic. Service has always been great and the older ahjummah that runs the place knows me now.
I highly recommend the pork soon du bu (or dway-​jee soon doo boo if you want to be fancy and order it in korean). The fat on the pork melts into the soup and adds a really delicious flavor, and it’s better than the beef or seafood versions in my opinion.

I am spoiled by the tofu served here and I refuse to buy from a store. They make the tofu in-​house and offer varied textures. When you first sit down, they serve each person a scoop of their soft tofu dressed with a soy sauce mixture. Then they bring the normal banchan as expected with a traditional Korean meal and accompany it with a firmer fried tofu.
Along with a variety of soups where tofu is included, they also have other Korean entrees like kimchi fried rice and naeng myun. These dishes are good, but it is similar to getting a burger at a seafood restaurant. You must order something with tofu!!!

I had originally reviewed this very positively, but after my last experience, I don’t see myself ever going back. It’s mainly a Korean customer based clientelle here but that doesn’t mean because I’m not Korean I deserve poor service.
There were tables next to my friend and I that had the nice purple rice and the lady that was serving that day charged us two dollars more than normal and gave us regular white rice. We were polite, we paid, we left feeling dirty.
I’ve been here around five times. Most of my other experiences here have been decent. This last one killed it for me. I’ll just go down the road to Joy Kitchen and worry about getting my tofu dishes somewhere else.
If you do not have someone Korean or maybe Asian with you, you have a chance of experiencing sub par service.

I brought my mom here when she was visiting. Sadly, they didn’t serve the square-​shaped tofu banchan (appetizer dish) that I was so excited for. So maybe they only serve that to parties more than two? Someone needs to confirm that though! But they did serve the wiggly, jiggly dome-​shaped tofu appetizer before our entrée came. If you know what Dou Hua (豆花), the super soft and silky tofu pudding, is, then quench your curiosity– that’s what the dome-​shaped tofu is! I’m used to that being sweetened with sweet ginger syrup as a Taiwanese dessert, but here, it’s served with soy sauce and lots and lots of chopped garlic.
Besides the tofu, the two of us received potato salad and two types of kimchi as banchan. Our soondubu jigae (tofu stews) came, and they were pretty standard as for taste. Lots of tofu though, yay!
The man and woman working there seemed to be a husband and wife couple running the place. They were very quiet and very courteous. Aside from my mom and me, there were no other diners or sounds, except for a few televisions playing Kpop MVs and Korean news. It seems like Twin’s Hot Tofu would be where the people living nearby go to during the weekdays for convenience, but during the weekend, everyone goes to Carrollton /​HMart plaza for a more exciting experience. The prices have gone up since Unilocaler Katherine L. posted her pics. Lunch special tofu stews were $ 8.40, I believe, and dinner was less than a dollar more expensive.

Please note: This review is based solely on experience. I have not tried any of the food.
A friend and I were looking for good vegetarian options in the Richardson/​Garland area. We decided to go with a tofu-​based Asian restaurant and thought Twin’s looked tasty — thanks to you fellow Unilocalers.
So, we arrived around 7:45 pm with plenty of time to spare before they closed at 10 pm. Apparently NOT.
We were unable to even be seated. As the first member of the waitstaff approached us near the door, we were told they were closed and were promptly waved out. I was quite confused, as over half the tables had people seated and the kitchen looked quite active.
I might try again, but I have a feeling we were refused for cultural differences.

Finally visited this small mom and pop Korean restaurant that I’ve had bookmarked because of all the great reviews.
To start off, a taste of their silken tofu (complimentary), served promptly. It was floating in a pungent soy sauce with green onions. This is a dish that requires an acquired taste. The tofu itself was vey clean, simple and fresh. I enjoyed it, but the bf didn’t.
Seafood pancake. Seemed and tasted like it was premade then reheated. However, tasted delicious minus it not being crispy. Seafood pancake are so much better when they’re crispy. Big chunks of veggies and squid. Some shrimp also. It was served with a simple salty soy sauce with green onions.
Shrimp fried rice — average fried rice. Plenty of shrimp and veggies. Tasted like any other.
Banchan was also served. We received six of these. The pickled cucumbers were the best! It was crunchy and had the right sweetness and sourness. Interesting egg potato salad. Think there was some sort of fruit in it. The kimchi wasn’t spicy.
Will visit again to taste the galbi.
The quality fits the price tag, but not quite in my flavor profile to continue paying at that rate.