We Might Have Just Found One Of The Best Sundubu Stews In SG

Wonderful Bapsang is a popular Korean restaurant at Suntec City

If Tanjong Pagar is your usual go-to for authentic Korean food, and you’d like to switch things up, here’s a suggestion: check out Suntec City instead. This underrated CBD mall has some of the best Korean restaurants in Singapore! I was recently invited to the newly revamped Wonderful Bapsang at Suntec to try their new menu. I’ve always seen snaking queues before their makeover, and so naturally, I was curious to find out if they were worth the hype.

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Food at Wonderful Bapsang

I’ve been to all kinds of Korean restaurants before, such as a samgyetang specialty restaurant and a cold buckwheat noodles specialty spot, but I’ve never been to an eatery with a focus on tofu—until I visited Wonderful Bapsang.

There’s a tofu-making station at the entrance, where you can see how fresh soybeans are ground finely with salted water. This process takes place every day to serve up all 13 variations of their tofu stew!

It goes without saying that I had to try the Seafood Tofu Stew Set ($23.90++) first, a classic on the menu. This dish was served on a tray with four banchan, a rice pot, and, of course, the restaurant’s signature tofu stew packed with clams and prawns. The tofu stew set is not the cheapest, but the banchan here is refillable at no additional cost—if that helps. 

This was one of the best sundubu stews I’ve had in a while. My favourite thing was the textural variety you get, with the finely ground tofu and chunks of soft tofu. From my experience, you commonly get the latter, but not bits of tofu, at most Korean restaurants in Singapore.

Taste-wise, the soup was briny and punchy with just the right amount of spice. The chilli pepper broth was so rich and robust that pairing every scoop of soup with rice was essential—it might get a tad jelak if you drink the soup on its own. I don’t recommend having the tofu stew on a first date or over an important corporate meal, though, as the broth stained my lips at the end of my meal.

For those curious about the eye-catching rice pots lined up in the kitchen, I’d say they didn’t add much difference to the final product.  The rice bits were slightly softer and plumper, but not to a noteworthy degree.

Tofu stew isn’t the only dish that uses tofu as the key ingredient. There’s the lesser-seen Cold Soymilk Noodles ($18.90++), AKA kongguksu, which is a refreshing noodle dish that features thin wheat noodles and sliced cucumbers submerged in a creamy soybean broth. FYI, it’s typically eaten during summer in Korea to beat the heat.

If you’ve never tried kongguksu before, the nuttiness of the soybeans take centrestage in this dish, balanced with a touch of salt. The one at Wonderful Bapsang, though, had a distinct, peanutty taste that overshadowed the rich soybean nuttiness I was hoping for.

The flavour wasn’t exactly my cup of tea, but they nailed the texture—the viscous broth was thick and creamy, with a velvety smooth finish.

Korean restaurants do seafood relatively well, which explains why I was excited to try the Crispy Fried Korean Mackerel ($23.50++). Besides the fried fish, the set consists of a rice pot, four different banchan, and a bowl of seaweed soup.

At first blush, I was impressed by how big the mackerel was. I liked how meaty and fleshy it was, and it paired really well with rice and the side dishes.

But the mackerel was seasoned with too much salt, and it was almost impossible to enjoy without gulping down water in between each bite. A few diners shared the same sentiment, and we gave our feedback to the chefs, so I’m confident the mackerel you have on your visit will be much better than the one I tried.

The Beef Bulgogi Hot Stone Plate Bibimbap ($21.90++) was the last main dish I tried, and it was nothing to shout about. It’s your regular bibimbap with a mix of veggies, tender beef ribeye, and a fried egg atop a warm bed of rice. 

Moving on to sharing dishes, the Tteok Galbi ($19.50++) was my favourite of the three I tried. This is essentially grilled beef patties made with marinated minced beef, and tastes quite similar to a hamburger steak. 

It’s not the easiest to make a decent tteok galbi as the patty is usually thick, so a small mistake can result in a burnt exterior and uncooked middle. However, the one at Wonderful Bapsang was cooked just right, with meat that was smoky, juicy, and well-marinated.

If your mains are on the heavier side, I recommend the Tofu Sheet Cucumber Salad ($15.90++) instead of the beef patties. This side features strands of tofu sheet shaped like noodles and chopped cucumbers, tossed in an aromatic and mildly spicy Sichuan oil vinaigrette.

It was delicious, yes, but I wouldn’t consider this a Korean dish mainly because it’s infused with Sichuan oil. I’m confident a lot of Singaporeans can appreciate the familiar flavours, though.

The Assorted Pancake ($26.50++) was another sharing dish that was created to be more palatable to locals. This colourful variety consisted of house-made tofu, mixed seafood, potato, and kimchi, in order from left to right. I enjoy my Korean pancakes crispy and slightly chewy, but these were too crispy, to the point that the ingredients in each pancake took a backseat.

Ambience at Wonderful Bapsang

Before the revamp, Wonderful Bapsang exuded a casual ambience, with a snack and banchan store at the entrance. The new look is completely different, as the restaurant is now adorned with mainly brown and wooden accents, taking on a cosy yet modern vibe. I also appreciated how the seats were spaced out evenly, given that the restaurant can seat 100 diners. 

For easy access, the restaurant is a quick two-minute walk from Promenade MRT Station. 

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If you love a good bowl of sundubu stew, Wonderful Bapsang is worth a visit. It’s conveniently located in the CBD, and it’s connected to three different MRT Stations, so there’s really no reason to sleep on the reopened Korean restaurant. 

If you can’t get enough Korean food, check out these new Korean eateries that opened in 2025. Alternatively, read our ManNa Korean Restaurant review, where we dined at the oldest Korean restaurant in Singapore.

Address: 3 Temasek Boulevard, #02-609, Suntec City, Singapore 038983
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 11am to 3pm, 5pm to 10pm
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Wonderful Bapsang is not a halal-certified eatery.

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Photos taken by Nabila Malek.
This was a media tasting at Wonderful Bapsang.