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Spam & Egg Kimbap
스팸계란김밥A New York roll. You will not find it written up in Korean sources.
ROLL SPECIFICATION
- Korean Name
- 스팸계란김밥 · spam-gyeran-gimbap
- Wrapper
- Full sheet of crisp roasted seaweed
- Core Fillings
- spam, egg, pickled radish
- Home Craft
- 1 / 5
Spam arrived in Korea with the American military and stayed. Sixty years later it turns up in a steam-table kimbap on 32nd Street, sold to office workers who mostly do not know any of that.
We are keeping a separate category for rolls like this one, born on this side of the ocean. Korean reference works do not have them, and a site at this address has no excuse for missing them.
SOURCES — Tasting Table