Swish By Han

With the new year, comes new goals and “resolutions.” Thanks to all the fans, friends, and family of the SBH Crew, 2011 was a great year for us. One of the main reasons we had created SBH was to showcase South Korean culture that which has never been seen outside of Korea. I believe that, slowly but surely, Toronto has opened up its eyes to the beauty that is Korea outside of just Korean BBQ and Bibimbaps (there’s really still so much more).

2011 Accomplishments:

1)The media has been good to us: Toronto Life

2)2nd Food Truck Eats was awesome. 3000 total orders of tacos, buns, and banh mi in 4 hours. Shout out to Suresh Doss for helping bring food trucks a little closer to Toronto

Slinging Tacos

3) Desserts by Han:

Pressed apple tarte tatin tops pecan pie with a cinnamon bavarois creme

Blueberry & bourbon tart + walnut & banana wafer crust + lemon custard mousse

4) Generally Korean food has become a staple “Torontonian” outing. The overall fascination with the cuisine and culture brings great joy to the SBH Crew. We can only go up from here, since there is so much more to be discovered.

2011 Regrets:

1) Travelzoo, Groupon, Living Social, etc. have changed the dining scene. Everything can really be approached in either a positive or negative. Unfortunately, it seems the deals have brought a new (unnecessary) level to what diner’s perceive as customer service. Please support restaurants and don’t just chase a discount. Never again.

… that’s acutally our only regret.

2012 Resolutions:

1) New spot by mid-year. Swish by Han was a long process to become what it is today, but we loved every step it took and can’t wait to spread our wings. Conceptually, we will always be framed around Korea. You might ask “what else can be done?” Just wait 🙂

2) Update blog more frequently. No excuses, just have been pure lazy.

3) Hopefully Toronto’s Bloor and Christie could one day become like NYC’s 32nd and Broadway.

Bloor & Christie

Midtown Manhattan

3) As always, let’s just all have some fun. Eat, drink, love. Life is short, live it up ya’ll

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Important Information

Posted in Contact, hours of operation by Leeto Han on December 13, 2010

Thanks to a very helpful comment… we have realized that our hours of operation was never put on this blog…. much apologizes.

SBH Hours of Operation

LUNCH

Monday-Friday 12pm-2pm

Saturday-Sunday closed

DINNER

Monday-Saturday 5pm-10:30pm

Friday-Saturday 10:30pm-2am (reservations only… we like to keep this private with an ever changing menu. Just call at least 1 day in advance)

Sunday closed

Menu Update: Dec 12th 2010

Contact Information:

Email: swishbyhan@yahoo.ca

Tel: (647) 343-0268

We are located at 38 Wellington St. East Toronto, ON (not Aurora, we’ve been getting many angry phone calls from people in Aurora).

PS: We do not do delivery, but take-out can be seen in the near future.

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Finally, An Update…

Posted in Uncategorized by Leeto Han on November 8, 2010

Some pictures of invention:

Spicy Pork Neck Tacos

"Kimchi" Pears with Stilton

Ssäm Trio: Short Ribs/Pork/Veggie

Korean "Pork and Beans"

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1st Year: Dammnnn

Posted in Swish By Han, Uncategorized by Leeto Han on July 13, 2010

First off… its damn hot as hell.

Now that SBH has gone through its first year I can see lots have changed. We’ve all grown, learning from our loses and triumphs. Its been hell of a year and we don’t expect the next year to be anything less. SBH would just like to thank all those returning customers… you all know who you are… and all future customers… who have yet to come experience korean food our way. Keep eating and “ssäm”ing.

Things coming up at SBH:

1) Sapporo on tap ($15 pitchers?)

2) More desserts introduced. Yeaaaaa… sorry guys we need to work on some korean treats (Yuza” Milkshakes?)

3) Seasonal menu change

PS: you guys take some pretty beautiful pictures. (props to Mr. Bernard Chan, these pics are awesome… come by for a Yuza Milkshake on me….. hehe)

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The Good & the “Not So Good”

Posted in Swish By Han, Uncategorized by Leeto Han on March 15, 2010

We learn a lot from feedback of these reviews/press and naturally one would say the big “f” you to the negatives, but of course we all have room for improvement. So here’s a look at the past year’s “good and bad” of SBH:

Our first ever review, about 2weeks in by infamous Corey Mintz:

http://www.thestar.com/living/restaurants/article/696187

Weekly lunch pick by TorontoLife:

http://www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/opening-daily-dish/2009/09/10/just-opened-swish-by-han/

“Just Opened” TorontoLife feature:

http://www.torontolife.com/features/swish-han/

Metro Newspaper by Stephanie Dickison:

http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/comment/article/380071–swish-by-han-korean-with-a-twist

Our online reservation site, OpenTable’s feedback/reviews:

http://reviews.opentable.com/0938/35890/reviews.htm?sortOrder=rating

Comedian/Food Enthusiast Jeffery Danson:

http://www.thatveronicavaughn.com/reviews/2009/12/7/swish-by-han.html