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A recent visitor from Las Vegas brought me Maple Cream Cookies (by Manning) and they were fantastic. She tells me they are available at 99 cent stores in the Vegas area. I have found the Dare Maple Creams at Walmart, but I don't think they are as good as the Manning brand.

Ed,

Great piece on this cart man! I stumbled across Maribel and Arturo last year while out shooting some "Signs Found in Manhattan" as part of a Roadfood.com post. The signage on their cart drew me in and I tried one of the sweet rolls that looks like a clam shell. I forget the name, but it was awesome. Thanks for all of the info. I'll definitely be back to visit them! Have you tried the Soups On Wheels cart at the corner of 6th Avenue & 52nd Street. Puts the Soup Man chain to shame with some great chicken and dumplings soup!

They will be on the West Side tomorrow (Sat, July 25th) at either the NE or the NW corner of 62nd and Broadway, or the NE corner of 65th and Columbus, starting at 8 until noon. Look for the graphics and the cool signs. You can't miss them.

I love love love kimbap. My mom still makes it for us (me, my sister, my hubby, my kids) when we go on trips. And of course we think her version is the best!
I've tried to roll these myself, but they just don't turn out very pretty. :-P

i third cakesmurf's egg suggestion. i'd trade in the odeng for some egg (although he is cute). and i love cheese in my kimbab! especially when it gets all melty from the warm rice. also, i season my rice too as minji mentioned.

YUM!!!
You did a great job of explaining!

I like adding odeng that has been cooked with a hint of soy sauce :)

Speaking of which, what was the soy sauce for? Dipping?

some people would add sliced fried egg in there.Yum:D

I will vouch for this recipe/method: Grace's kimbaps were excellent!

My company work with Health Dept. which includes Vendors License and Violation Division. In my 15 years of buying and visiting different vendors, Maribel and Arturo are two of New Yorks finest food vendors. They maintain their cart to Health Department Codes and even wearing the required hats. I am glad that Serious Eats was was able to visit them. I wish them continued success.

I work at 52nd and Park on the NW side and never walked by this cart before. Or else I just dismissed it as another breakfast cart selling coffee and roll-like bagels. After reading this a co-worker and I headed over. Maribel and Arturo are GREAT! So nice and put a lot of effort/pride into their food. There was a bit of a wait since he makes everything fresh. Very worth it though. Maribel said to call ahead next time so we wouldn't have to wait there but it was nice to chat w/ her.

They were very excited about their SE debut!

Wow, definitely!

This is not the first time i've made this recipe.
Just made some tonite for my lunch tomorrow and for 5 other people at work who wants it as well. With Kathy's musubi recipe, i added kimchee to mines...MMmmmMMMmMmm Ono-licious!

Here's something i like to add: sometimes when i'm just to lazy to make a meal, i like to prepare my spam like this:
-Slice spam
-lightly coat each single spam with white sugar
-heat pan (medium high) with a tspn of olive oil
-while waiting for oil to heat, set a side a plate with rice (pat down the rice as to make it even on your plate)
-fry spam until sugar carmalize to a dark brown or until your kitchen is filled with smoke (j/k)
-place spam over your rice (while your spam cools, the edge will crisp.
-kimchee on the side and START GRINDING! Hope you like it!!

*Making me hungry now*