Auntie K

Gam Ja Tang ($7 all in!)

Imone (Auntie's) is a small Korean restaurant at Bloor and Manning in Koreatown. It claims to make home-style dishes hence the restaurant's name. One of its specialties is Kal Guk Soo ("Knife Noodles"), a flattened and knife-cut pasta. Although that looks delicious, I decide to order another famous Korean dish I've been meaning to try for a while: a large Gam Ja Tang (Pork-bone Soup). This comfort food is large hunks of pork-bone simmered in spicy broth until the meat is tender. The version at Imone is delicious and plentiful. Its selection of kim chi is also fresh and varied. With the entire meal costing $7 all in, I cannot think of a better bang for the buck, even the cheap Vietnamese restaurants or the Myanmar take-out Mother Home. Most other dishes here are in the $6-10 range. The most expensive is the Kalbi at $16. There appears to be combination orders posted on the walls. No doubt about it, I have found a superior "cheap Korean" replacement for Yummy BBQ.