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| - Although I had eaten breakfast around 10am, I started getting extremely hungry around noon for some odd reason, I decided to take an earlier lunch than usual and forfill a random craving for porkbone soup. Using google I looked up restaurants serving Korean cuisine nearby my office and found a recommendation for 12 O'Lunch on BlogTo. Of course, when I have a craving for something no one is available to help me indulge it, so I went by myself to order take-out as I am too self-concious to eat alone in public, but when I got there, I saw that they had only one customer eating by herself. She made it look so easy, I was tempted to join her (by eating alone too, not actually sitting at her tablle).
By the time I arrived it was 12:45pm and most restaurants I passed on the way were packed, so I had to wonder why this cute little dive is empty. When I saw their price for porkbone soup ($9.45+tax) I thought I had my answer. Also, maybe not enough Koreans in the area? I can only speculate, although I will say for myself that the price alone will deterr me from returning, hence the 3 stars, that and there were no appetizers that are usually served with the dish (ie. kimchi, beansprouts etc.). Although they did give me a salad that you would expect from sushi places that servie miso soup and salad witht their lunch specials. Still I prefer my Korean cusine, strictly Korean.
The atmostphere was super cute. Like the blogger "Gadjo Savilla" on BlogTo mentioned "If not for the colourful photos of the food plus the scents and sounds of a busy kitchen, I would have thought I stumbled into a crêperie" (Refer to http://www.blogto.com/restaurants/12-o-lunch-toronto) Service is given with a smile and helpful suggestions.
As for the quality of the dish itself, I have no complaints, except maybe put more potatoes. There was literally one chunk and although it was good, it was the only one in the bowl. The pork bone was tender and delicious. The soup was burning hot almost the entire time I was eating it, which I like and it was the right amount of spiciness so I didn't have to keep a glass of water beside me as I ate it (not that that would help much).
Conclusion: Way over priced for a simple dish that contains nothing more than thin slices of meat on a giant bone, some broth, one potato and beansprouts. Had I known that they raised their prices since Gadjo Savilla posted his review, I would probably have looked elsewhere for my craving needs. But still I give them 3 stars because it was delicious and my craving has been satisfied. So thanks 12 O'Lunch :)
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