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| - This place is really hard to find now if you're coming here for the first time. I recently moved back to Cleveland after a year and I almost missed this place while getting there on Pearl Rd. I think they removed the store sign now, so it looks like an abandoned/nondescript small store next to some car lots.
My friends and I like to come here for the lunch special (weekdays only). Unfortunately, the prices have gone up, quite significantly by about $1-3 if I remember correctly. The lunch special choices are pretty extensive, from KBBQ lunch boxes to various stews to yakisoba/udon. (See pictures of menus) The KBBQ lunch boxes come with some japchae, rice, your bbq meat and a dumpling. I LOVE that they give you a box of banchan to take home if you get the lunch specials to go! Of course, it's not all 10+ dishes, but it's still a nice touch to get ~5 of them.
What I do like is that regardless of whether you come here by yourself, you will get the same number of banchan dishes as anyone else, so they don't skimp out on them if you're by yourself! I love the acorn jelly, kimchi, potatoes, radish kimchi, anything really. The side dishes vary by day, but you can rest assured that you will always get napa cabbage kimchi.
This time, I got the kimchi chigae, which came with kimchi, pork, tofu and some rice cakes. It was tasty and came literally boiling hot to my table, but spice + heat act synergistically so I really couldn't eat it until it cooled down a bit.
Anyway, when you come here, you should bring a friend and just order one entree. One time, my friend and I came here for dinner and ordered 3 things (1 appetizer, 2 entrees) since we were starving and thought it was appropriate. Well, we took home more than half of it. We also looked ridiculous with all the plates taking up a table meant for 4.
The service here is FANTASTIC. The server brings you more banchan before you even ask, and periodically checks up on you. And will help you package leftovers (like my kimchi chigae). And when you have too much food to bring home, he opens the door for you too. Which has happened more than once...
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