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| - This place is like a little Korean sit-down well hidden, smack in the middle of Cleveland. From the smells, decor, to the majority of Asian patronage, while sitting here you can almost forget you are in a mid-west town.
The food at Ha Ahn is simply put (delicious with a true Korean flare). Don't expect to find this place easily and don't expect to find linen service or fancy ambiance here. You will however find a guaranteed experience to an as authentic Korean as FDA would permit. The condiments of spicy dried fish, kimchee, pickled potato, to spicy fish cakes served with any of the bubbly piping hot brothy dishes, are a mouth watering Korean experience. The background noise of loud Korean conversations keep you pleasantly oblivious to what might be a disturbance in other english speaking patronage.
The ambiance is devoid of decor with simple chairs and tables, the only cutlery to be found is a soup spoon in a paper wrapper and chopsticks. The simplistic interior that is filled with korean spice drifting from the kitchen (this will linger on your jacket for couple days unless washed) and the patronage create its own kind unique of cultural & gastronomic experience.
One advice, if this is your first time with Korean, be mindful of the intense taste, ultimately true Korean in an acquired taste. If you like Korean, don't leave town without eating at Ha Ahn. You will regret it otherwise.
One tip about finding this place - if you follow google map you will end up in front a nail salon no sign for Ha Ahn on Superior. Enter the main entrance and you will find a small area of multiple stores, walk to the back or follow the smell. :-)
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