{"id":203865,"date":"2026-04-20T21:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/203865\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T21:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:43:15","slug":"han-and-lims-kitchen-open-in-port-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/203865\/","title":{"rendered":"Han and Lim’s Kitchen open in Port Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Korean food tour of Port Washington? It’s possible, now that two more Korean restaurants have opened, bringing the tranquil hamlet’s total to four.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By the train station, the\u00a0takeout spot\u00a0Lee’s Korean Kitchen has\u00a0now become a sit-down\u00a0restaurant\u00a0named Han with an ambitious young owner who’s making some excellent kimchi. And over on Main Street, a mini chain from Queens has opened its first Long Island restaurant\u00a0with a minimalist chic\u00a0dining room and a destination pork dish.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So hit these two new spots, and then grab some\u00a0outstanding Korean fried chicken at Fly Chick to the Moon<\/a>, capping your adventure with a chicken katsu and purple rice dish\u00a0at Narinatto. <\/p>\n

Han\u00a0<\/p>\n

16 Haven Ave., Port Washington<\/p>\n

My dining partner’s eyes lit up when she tried the complimentary kimchi,\u00a0which had a complex funky chili sauce that tasted scratchmade. The cabbage was on the fresher side, suggesting it hadn’t been fermenting for too long, with a crisp texture like a half sour pickle. First-time restaurant owner\u00a0David Lim took over the tiny restaurant about a month and a half ago, after 18 years working different jobs\u00a0in the hospitality business. He’s particularly proud of his kimchi, which he prepares himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The pre-made factory\u00a0kimchi can be\u00a0too sour, too salty\u00a0and sometimes smells bad,” he says. “I\u00a0make fresh kimchi every week.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

His menu is like a greatest hits of Korean cuisine, with a sizable selection of Korean fried chicken, hot stews, stir fries and Korean barbecue skillets. He plans to add more traditional items like grilled fish very soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Honey<\/p>\n

Honey butter wings is a popular new style found on the menu at Han in Port Washington. Credit: Newsday\/Andi Berlin<\/p>\n

The sizzling short rib dish LA Galbi ($32) hit the spot, with its nubby meat bits that you gnaw off the bone. Han is also one of the few spots where you can find honey butter chicken wings ($12 for six),\u00a0a newer flavor trending on TikTok. But the sauce was a little goopy so we preferred the spicy soy garlic\u00a0wings, which were crunchy and not too sweet.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

More info:\u00a0516-570-0700,\u00a0han-woori.com<\/a>. Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lim’s Kitchen<\/p>\n

87 Main St., Port Washington<\/p>\n

The new Lim’s Kitchen looks nothing like\u00a0the previous tenant, a bohemian\u00a0Argentinian sandwich spot named Caminito, and before that, a lauded Chinese restaurant, The Ivory Kitchen. Now the room is dark and\u00a0minimalist, with little golden lamps and tablet menus on every table.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Lim's<\/p>\n

Lim’s Kitchen in Port Washington makes a standout pork bossam platter. Credit: Newsday\/Andi Berlin<\/p>\n

Lim’s also has locations in Astoria, Queens, and Manhattan, as well as a separate concept, Gimbap Story by Lim’s Kitchen\u00a0in Astoria. But this is its first on Long Island.\u00a0The menu here is also a scattershot of bar-friendly items, such as rice cake and sausage skewers, plus Korean barbecue dishes,\u00a0bibimbap rice bowls and a decent selection of noodles. I spotted a soup I’d never tried before\u00a0called yukgaejang ($18.95), which is a spicy shredded beef stew\u00a0with a broth that’s livened up with\u00a0gochugaru chili powder. <\/p>\n

The\u00a0highlight of my dinner was a stunning plate of pork bossam ($32.95). This is\u00a0an appetizer for the ages. The succulent hunks of boiled pork belly are arranged in something resembling a color wheel, with the fattiest bits leading around to the meatiest. Some of the pieces were fattier than others, but\u00a0once you wrap\u00a0them in the lettuce with\u00a0the ssamjang paste and top with stringy oyster radish kimchi, you’ll feel like you can eat anything. Not to mention that the dish is highly transportable and\u00a0makes for excellent leftovers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More info:\u00a0646-224-0858. Open noon to 9:30 p.m., kitchen closes at 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and noon to 10:30 p.m., kitchen closes at 10, Friday and Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Andi<\/p>\n

\n\tAndi Berlin is from Arizona and does not know where she is going. But when she gets there, she\u2019ll find something beautiful and delicious that the world needs to taste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Korean food tour of Port Washington? It’s possible, now that two more Korean restaurants have opened, bringing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8695,10203,9,11,10,49,51,50,821],"class_list":{"0":"post-203865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-feedme","9":"tag-fmopen","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-new-york-state","14":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-state-news","16":"tag-restaurants"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}