Light oriental dish around noon, one without starter (8)
I believe the answer is:
sunshine
'light' is the definition.
(sunshine is a kind of light)
'oriental dish around noon one without starter' is the wordplay.
'oriental dish' becomes 'sushi' (I've seen this before).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'noon' becomes 'n'.
'without starter' means to remove the first letter.
'sushi' enclosing 'n' is 'sunshi'.
'one' with its initial letter removed is 'ne'.
'sunshi'+'ne'='SUNSHINE'
(Other definitions for sunshine that I've seen before include "''You are my ..., my only ...'' (song)" , "Daily light and warmth" , "Cock" , "that appears at dawn" , "Rays from source of light" .)