Frequently Asked Questions
Hours of Operation & Baking Times
Storing Leftovers
Nut-Free Products
Gluten-Free Products
Vegetarian & Vegan Products
Catering & Delivery
How are your Baked Goods made?
How is your Red Bean Filling made?
Do your Baked Goods have allergens?
What are the Ingredients used in your Baked Goods?
Can I take Photos/Videos at Hodo Kwaja?
What Beverages are offered at Hodo Kwaja?
Can I cross the US Border or go out of province with your Baked Goods?
Can I buy your Baked Goods at any other locations?
When was Hodo Kwaja established?
How does Hodo Kwaja lessen their environmental impact on the environment?
| Q: What are your hours of operation & baking times? |
| A: We are OPEN Monday to Saturday 11:00 AM to 9:00PM & CLOSED Every Sunday
We are OPEN on ONE Sunday a year: Santa Claus Parade. Our Baking Times* are: Korean Pancakes *Baking Times may vary due to weather conditions & available stock. |
| Q: How should to store leftovers? |
| Walnut Cakes & Korean Pancakes can be kept in room temperature for 24 hours or refrigerated for a week or frozen for a month. We recommend placing them in plastic bags or plastic container once getting home, since they tend to dry out in our cardboard boxes & styrofoam containers.
Chun Byung do not need to be refrigerated or frozen they are best when kept in room temperature with the box tightly closed; not left in the sun or anywhere warm (since there are no additives or preservatives they will become soft if kept warm) Madeleines can be refrigerated for to a week & or room temperature for 2-3 days. |
| Q: Do you have nut-free products or products with traces? |
| All our products contain nuts (walnuts, almonds and/or peanuts). There is either nuts or traces in our products. We do not recommend our products to patrons with severe allergies. Patrons with mild allergies may partake in our red bean sherbet, rice cake red bean sherbet or rice cake soybean powder almond sherbet (without the almonds). Our Red Bean Pancakes have no nuts but contain traces of peanuts, since they are made on the same griddle as our Brown Sugar Pancakes that contain peanuts.We are able to make Walnut Cakes in either Mashed Potato or Red Bean filling without nuts but they will still contain traces of walnuts and almonds since they are made on the same cast iron moulds with a minimum order of 30 pieces and given a 24 hour order. There are no peanuts in our Walnut Cakes, but even with different staff members handling our products, different machines, proper training and thorough cleaning we still can not Guarantee 100% Peanut-Free. |
| Q: Do you have gluten-free products? |
| Unfortunately, we do not have a gluten-free alternative for our products. Our production process is all made from scratch and we use Five Rose Wheat Flour in all our products. Only Gluten-Free product we serve is our sherbets, but since they are made in the same area as where our batter is made we ask patrons to be aware they may be traces of flour. |
| Q: Do you have vegetarian or vegan products? |
| We are 100% Vegetarian Friendly! Unfortunately, we are not vegan. All our batter and fillings are done on site from scratch & they contain eggs, milk and/or butter. There is no meat, gelatin or lard in any of products & the oil used is either our canola oil for our Korean Pancakes. |
| Q: Does Hodo Kwaja cater or deliver? |
| We ask customers to place orders at least 24 hours in advance before the needed date & time. A 24 hour notice is important to the preparation of the necessary ingredients for your order.
Unfortunately we do not deliver at this time, unless through Uber Eats. The earliest pick up time is after 1PM until 8PM (During the holidays and long weekends latest pick up time is 7PM). Pick Up time is recommended after 1PM to assure the Walnut Cakes or Korean Pancakes are properly cooled down to room temperature and packed to prevent steam forming in the containers they are packaged in. If an earlier Pick Up Time is needed please contact us at (416)538-1208 & we will will try our best to arrange a more convenient time for you. |
| Q: How are your Baked Goods made? |
| Our Walnut Cakes, Madeleines & Chun Byung are baked on site using our unique, fully automated machine which uses a natural gas system & cast iron molds.
Our Korean Pancakes are individually made on a griddle by our Staff Member. Our Sherbets are Made-to-Order on site by our Staff Member. |
| Q: How is your Red Bean Filling made? |
| Our Red Bean filling is our own Homemade Recipe made from scratch. The Whole Process takes about 1 day & a half, which is repeated 2-3 times a week. Our Red Beans are locally grown at an Ontario farm in Hensall, Ontario, by Hensall Co-op. We use Red Path Sugar (Canadian-Based Company) to sweeten our Red Bean filling. |
| Q: Do your Baked Goods have allergens? |
| All our products (Walnut Cakes, Korean Pancakes, Madeleines & Chun Byung) contain or have traces of nuts (Walnuts, Peanuts and/or Almonds), gluten, dairy, eggs and soy.
Walnut Cakes contain Walnuts & Almonds, Brown Sugar Korean Pancakes Contain Peanuts (Red Bean Pancakes Contain Traces of Peanuts), Madeleines contain Grounded Almond, Chun Byung Contain Peanuts & Almonds, Sherbets have Milk & are garnished with soybean powder. |
| Q: What are the Ingredients used in your Baked Goods? |
| Walnut Cake Ingredients: Wheat Flour, Sugar, Milk, Eggs, Margarine, Corn Syrup, Salt, Potato Starch, Baking Powder, Red Beans, Walnuts & Almonds.
Korean Pancake Ingredients: Wheat Flour, Sugar, Milk, Eggs, Yeast, Margarine, Corn Syrup, Corn Flour, Salt, Peanuts, Sunflower Seeds, Brown Sugar or Red Bean. Madeleine Ingredients: Wheat Flour, Sugar, Milk, Eggs, Butter, Corn Syrup, Baking Powder, Salt & Almond Flour. Chun Byung: Wheat Flour, Sugar, Milk, Eggs, Margarine, Butter, Corn Syrup, Baking Soda, Salt, Almonds, Peanuts & Seaweed. Sherbet: Shaved ice, layer of Sweet Milk (Optional, please ask our staff member to make without or fruit juice instead), Red Bean syrup or rice cakes, fruit cocktail, soybean powder and almonds. |
| Q: Can I take Photos/Videos at Hodo Kwaja? |
| We are more than happy to have photos & videos of our machine and products be taken but we ask to Exclude our Staff Members. We wish to respect our Staff Members’ privacy and we ask all patrons to Respect this Request as well.
We are on Facebook and Instagram. Patrons are more than welcome to Tag Us @HodoKwaja, for a chance to have your photos and videos on our website. |
| Q: What Beverages are offered at Hodo Kwaja? |
| For Cold Beverages we offer iced coffee, a range of Korean Drinks (Milkis in various flavours, Sweet Rice Punch, Banana milk, aloe and etc.), Pop (Coke, Canada dry ginger ale, Diet Coke and etc.) and bottled water
For Hot Beverages we offer Freshly Brewed Columbian Coffee or a Variety of Korean and English Tea in Green Teas (Korean Rice Green Tea, Korean Solomon Seal Tea, Korean Corn Silk and Twinings Chamomile Tea, Peppermint & Lemon ginger) and Black Teas (Red Rose Orange Pekoe, Twinings Earl Grey and Twinings English Breakfast). We serve Ice Coffee that is customizable to your taste. We make our own filtered water ice cubes and our own Homemade Sugar Syrup, made from brown sugar and white sugar for the Ice Coffee and of course Cream and Milk is available. |
| Q: Can I cross the US Border or go out of province with your Baked Goods? |
| We have never had an issue with our products being confiscated by any Border or Airport Authority. We do have all the proper labeling on our products on our boxes and packages with all our information available for contact if any issues may arise. We ask patrons to keep our labels on and keep our products in the packaging we have provided to prevent any potential issues. We recommend informing your server that you are travelling by plane, we have alternate packaging and we double wrap pancakes. |
| Q: Can I buy your Baked Goods at any other locations? |
| We currently distribute to one location:London Korean Market – Frozen Walnut Cakes (Red Bean – 30 pieces in a clear container) and Frozen Brown Sugar Pancakes [334 Wellington Road S. #19, London, ON (519) 686-9988] |
| Q: When was Hodo Kwaja established? |
| Hodo Kwaja has been in business in Toronto, in the same location, since October 29th, 1992. |
| Q: How does Hodo Kwaja lessen their environmental impact on the environment? |
| Hodo Kwaja always had and will continue to have recycling bins on site. All our staff members have been properly trained to dispose of Organics, Recyclables and Garbage.We have integrated Tork Xpressnap Napkin Dispenser to the bakery. They dispense ONE napkin at a time.
Our containers for our Walnut Cakes, Korean Pancakes, Chun Byung and Madeleines, are ALL RECYCLABLES. They are either Cardboard or Plastic. |
What type of payment do you accept? I am planning to come Saturday (Oct 2) morning 9am, you’re open?
Thank you
Hi Tee! Thank you for your question, we accept cash, debit and credit, we also accept Google pay and Apple Pay as well.
We open at 9AM but we do the batter and filling in house at that time, we recommend coming after 12PM to get the freshest batch of cakes.
Thank you again for your questions and have a great weekend.