New York Street Food

There are a number of options in NYC if you’re in the mood for a Korean food truck.  Some mix and match Korean, Mexican and other types of food, and some are more traditional – but it can get tricky navigating through all the choices without some help.  For instance, on the side of the Bob & Jo truck it says Korean Fusion Cuisine, but they serve some of the more traditional cuisine of the Korean food trucks.

I really like spicy food, and noticed #4 on the menu, Pork Buns, which had 3 chili peppers next to it and cost $7.  I’ve had pork buns before, and wasn’t sure if 2 would be enough to hold me until dinner, so I also ordered a single galbi baguette for $3.50.  Lunches also come with a small bag of chips.

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It was rainy out again today, but that didn’t stop Bob & Jo from serving lunch on 48th St between Madison & Park Ave.

I previously tried Bob & Jo when they first appeared at the end of July, but I would file that lunch under “working out the kinks”.  Jo didn’t show up that day, and Bob was furiously working the truck solo – taking orders, cooking and packaging all by himself.  The food tasted good, but I reserved judgement on the service until there was more than one person working on the truck.

I went back to Bob & Jo again for Today’s Lunch, and got the Pork Rice Platter ($9).

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I had to go over to a meeting at 550 Madison Ave yesterday, and as I left the building, there was a line by a new truck that I hadn’t seen before called Bob & Jo Korean Fusion Cuisine.  By the line, there was a video screen playing K-Pop (Korean pop music) right above the menu.

There were about 8-10 people on line, but it moved really slow because there was only 1 person working in the truck.  When I got to the front of the line (about 15 minutes), I asked if there was usually more than 1 person working in the truck.  The guy said “Jo didn’t show up at the truck today. I’m Bob. Where’s Jo?”  He was not happy, but tried to make a joke out of it, hence the subtitle “Desperately Seeking Jo”.

I’m not sure where the “fusion” comes in because the menu looked like pretty traditional Korean cuisine.  There was galbi (short rib), bulgogi (marinated beef), spicy chicken and spicy pork on either a baguette (2 pieces) with a small bag of chips ($7) or over rice in a platter with salad & kimchi ($9).  They also offer 2 vegetarian dishes, bi-bim-bowl and jap-che.   I don’t know, maybe a baguette qualifies as fusion with Korean food.  You can see the full menu here.

Since they also offered one baguette piece for $3.50, I asked for one piece of galbi and one piece of chicken, which was the same as one full baguette order.

chicken baguette (1/2)

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