Her Name is Han

Cuisine	Korean
Price	$$$ (31-50)
Rating	8/10
Last Visit	June 29, 2019
Location	New York: Midtown

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General Notes

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Her name is Han is a sleek restaurant serving Korean comfort food. Without a question one of the best experiences that I've ever had at a Korean restaurant. It apparently got listed as one of Eater's 38 essential restaurants in New York. The food is amazing - fairly traditional and perhaps not the most innovative in terms of flavor combinations, but everything is executed excellently and eating here has been one of the most satisfying restaurant experiences I've had. I would absolutely recommend giving this place a try!

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Positives

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> The restaurant is marketed as Korean comfort food, which is quite accurate. The food is fairly traditional but executed really well. At the end of the meal, I felt very satisfied. The food is not complicated nor pretentious but delivers simple, delicious flavors and textures. It really feels like going home to your mom's cooking.
> Everything about this restaurant is incredibly aesthetic, from the atmosphere to the interior decor, but especially the menu. The menu is the most beautiful menu I've ever seen.

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Negatives

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> This restaurant can get extremely crowded. One time I came here hoping to get a seat at around 7pm on a Wednesday, and was told there was a 1.5 hour wait. It got listed on one of Eater's 38 essential restaurants in New York, which I'm sure created a lot of hype around this restaurant.

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Dishes Tasted

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• ★★★★ Korean Pot -- Rice cake, fish cake, noodles, beef, sausages, assorted seafood and vegetables in spicy fish broth. The broth is absolutely amazing and flavorful. The individual components are not super noteworthy, but the broth really brings everything together beautifully. Perfect level of spiciness as well.
• ★★★☆ Slow Cooked Pork Belly -- With kimchi, berry wine sauce, jalapeno soybean paste, assorted pickles and bossam kimchi. The pork was really flavorful, and the sauces paired really well with it. Fairly tender, but could maybe be slightly more tender. Regardless, my soul is fattened, as promised.
• ★★★★ Kimchi Pancake -- Topped with a soft-poached egg. Amazing texture - crispy with a chewier interior. The flavor was incredible - the pancake was buttery and the poached egg added a nice smooth richness, balanced out by a nice zesty flavor of the kimchi.