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| - So I checked out Stone Bowl on a whim, as I had decided to catch up with an old friend for lunch that day and happened to be in the area. I'm definitely a fan of Korean food so I was happy to hear about a well rated Korean place I hadn't tried before.
As far as lunch goes, this place is fairly cheap - It's a sit-down restaurant in which you order and pay first and they deliver it to you. The décor is simple and reasonable for a quick easy lunch, and the menu is short and to the point. I decided to go to for the bulgogi plate with soup, running $11.75. The Bulgogi plate was great for quantity - a good amount of bulgogi beef, seasoned flavoured rice, a salad, and glass noodles on the side. The soup I chose was spicy beef.
The soup was pretty good and hit the spot for sure, but was nothing more special than a simple broth with a bit of beef and veggies (spicy). The bulgogi plate also had some pretty solid flavours, but nothing really stood out. The beef and rice were served a bit lukewarm, which wasn't inspiring, and the salad had too little dressing and was otherwise bland. Same story with the glass noodles - average flavor.
However, one cannot expect a quick, simple, and cheap lunch place to blow your tastebuds away - and if we take into consideration the context as a quick, cheap, decent lunch, I 100% believe that this place stacks up better than many of your other options (think, food court, where you can easily spend $12). I'd definitely visit again for a work lunch or if I'm in the area, but I wouldn't go out of my way for this on a weekend.
Service was fantastic!
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