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| - It seems like every time that we go out for lunch, we spend no less than twenty minutes deciding where to go. This time was no different, but after some minor arguing, we decided on Cho Sun Ok. It's a good thing that people had cleared their calendars for their afternoon because this place was packed when we arrive around 12:45 on a Wednesday. After about twenty minutes, we were seated and presented with menus which are printed directly on the paper placemats (yay! everyone gets their own menu!). As always, my go to at a new Korean restaurant is the gamjatang, but since some other Yelpers have raved about the cold noodles here, we decided to split a bowl between three people.
On a side note, of the eight sides that we were presented with, the kimchi was by far my favourite: salty, spicy, and fermenty. We had to ask for another portion of this.
Shortly after, three bubbling bowls of gamjatang arrived at our table, accompanied by bowls of purple rice. The pork meat tender and pretty much fall off the bone, but I would say that it would have been beneficial if the bones had been cooked a little longer. The bones still separated, but a little effort was required in order to get at all the bits and pieces of connective tissue. The flavour of the meat was nice and sweet (typical of fresh pork), but did not take on too much flavour of the soup. Simultaneous spoonfuls of the broth and meat are recommended for maximum flavour experience. The rice was pretty average.
The Mool Naengmyun (cold noodles) arrived shortly after we started eating, and we had the waitress cut through the noodles for us. When it came, it looked nice and slushy, but we didn't get to eating it until after the pork bone, by which point it was no longer slushy. I didn't know what to expect with this. Yet, when I tried that first spoonful of soup, I was impressed. The broth is cold and sweet and tangy with subtle fishy understones (anchovies? fish sauce?), and a very faint hint of spiciness. The arrowroot noodles were pleasantly chewy and easily took on the flavour of the broth. As an added surprise, we found half of a boiled egg in the soup when we were nearly finished. I thoroughly enjoyed the flavours and texture of this dish, and thought that sharing a bowl was a superb idea, but I don't think that I would have been able to finish an entire bowl to myself.
I would definitely return here, but due to the popularity, you can expect that your lunch may be longer than usual.
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