New York Street Food

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After being in Miami last week, we needed something to warm our insides for lunch yesterday. New York can be a cold place, but we still love it!

One of the best ways to warm your insides is with a hot noodle soup. Luckily, Bob & Jo came out with a new winter menu around Thanksgiving, and it includes ramen for $8 or a ramen & mandoo (dumpling) combo.

We decided to get the seafood ramen & mandoo combo for $10.

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You know winter is nearly here when street food vendors start changing over to their winter menus. That means one very important change – soup!

Bob & Jo, the Korean fusion food truck, tweeted to check out their new winter menu, but they didn’t say what it was.

When we arrived at the truck and saw the new menu, our hearts sang for joy. Ramen! Bob & Jo still had rice bowls, but instead of baguettes, there was ramen. It came with your choice of beef, chicken, pork or seafood, and each one costs $8.

We opted for the ramen & dumpling combination for $10, with beef bulgogi as the meat.

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Bob & Jo is a food truck that hit the street a little over a year ago serving what they call “Korean fusion cuisine”. We’re not sure where the “fusion” comes in because the menu looks pretty traditional, but the food is good, which is what matters.

We haven’t been to Bob & Jo in a while, and never really noticed the Jap-Che before. It’s described as a stir-fried sweet potato noodle dish, which costs $7. You can also get meat topping for $1 extra, which we did with the galbi (short rib). Other meat toppings available were bulgogi (ribeye), chicken and spicy pork.

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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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