Chewy. Sweet.
Spicy.
Hodadak.

Hodadak sits quietly on Sherbrooke Street East in Pointe-aux-Trembles — a small, clean, unpretentious room built for people who want real Korean flavor close to home, whether they've been eating it for years or are trying it for the first time.

The menu keeps to what it does well: rice cakes that stay chewy in a spicy-sweet sauce, chicken that stays crunchy under a sticky glaze, and bowls built generously enough for leftovers. The owner cares about how it's made, and it shows in the kitchen's consistency, night after night.

It's a neighborhood spot in the truest sense — the kind of place regulars order from without opening the menu, and where first-timers usually leave planning their next visit.