New York City: Her Name Is Han (March 2019)

Her Name Is Han - Attractive Space, Good Food, Nice Presentation
My spouse and I dined at Her Name Is Han for lunch on a Saturday in early March 2019. The restaurant is open daily 12 to 2:30 pm and 5:30 pm to at least 9:15 pm (later until 10:15 pm on weekday nights and even later still until 11:15 pm on weekends). You can (and should!) book a spot using the online Resy reservation system. (The restaurant is very popular, and you may not get a table as a walk-in.)
Her Name Is Han, which opened in 2015 near Koreatown (NYC has the second-largest Korean-American population after Los Angeles), is named after the owner’s mother. Next-door-neighbor Take 31 is its sister restaurant. The restaurant offers seating at half-booths and tables (some of the bases of which are made from old sewing machine trundles); there is even one larger table in its own nook for big groups, although other tables can be joined to accommodate larger parties. In the center of the space, a counter made of vintage stoves serves as a serving station/service bar. Brick walls, neon signs, filament bulbs complete the décor for the comfortable, casual space.
Her Name Is Han serves Korean cuisine. We visited for weekend lunch/brunch, and were happy to find that the menus contained not only dish descriptions but also photos to help us in choosing the right items. To start, we shared the corn croquettes and the dumplings. As entrees, we ordered the seafood hot pot and the beef bulgogi; both main dishes arrived on their own metal tray, surrounded by a series of banchan (small dishes) that rotate. On the day that we dined, we received pickled radishes, mushrooms, and cucumbers, as well bowls of potato salad, half of a hard-boiled deep-fried egg, kimchi, and a green salad. The beef entrée also came with a bowl of soup (the components of the hot pot were already served as part of a soup). We shared the sesame panna cotta for dessert. Her Name Is Han serves alcohol, so you can enjoy a beer or other drink with your meal.
We loved our lunch at Her Name Is Han; the food presentation was memorable and everything was tasty.























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