From left, Ayako Oikawa, Wakana Horie and Yukiko Ishimura eat at Han Dynasty in the East Village neighborhood of New York, NY on Jan. 14, 2014. The Chinese restaurant, now a small chain in the Northeast, opened in August. | Han Dynasty - The New York Times

Brian Harkin Photography Archive | Han Dynasty - The New York Times | From left, Ayako Oikawa, Wakana Horie and Yukiko Ishimura eat at Han Dynasty in the East Village neighborhood of New York, NY on Jan. 14, 2014. The Chinese restaurant, now a small chain in the Northeast, opened in August.

From left, Ayako Oikawa, Wakana Horie and Yukiko Ishimura eat at Han Dynasty in the East Village neighborhood of New York, NY on Jan. 14, 2014. The Chinese restaurant, now a small chain in the Northeast, opened in August.