Bapcha Korean Cuisine Cart

Ordered the #3 Bulgolgi Beef lunch for $ 8. Others ordered #1 Galbi Box & 2 Dak Galbi Box and all seemed to enjoy it. I know I’ll be back for more! Most items are $ 8-​$ 10.

If you paid 20 $ for this in a restaurant you would not complain. 10 $ for a food cart and save 10 $ it rocks brothers.

Really one of the underrated undiscovered food trucks in the city. Their soups are delicious as is their kalbi and dark kalbi. Skip the bulgogi tho.

Galbi box, dak Galbi box and spicy mandoo gook are great. It’s really surprising how under the radar this cart is. Been going here for about 5 years now and it’s very consistent high quality food.

I love this mom and pop Korean cart.
I always go for the Galbi box ($ 10) with double meat (extra $ 2). It comes with strips of galbi over white rice with a side of salad and vegetarian jap-​chae. The portion may be a bit on the small side but the beef is tender and the flavoring of the jap-​chae is good. I get this dish with a spicy red sauce on top. It’s not the highest quality Korean food you will get, but is
As others have mentioned, the owners are sweeter than candy and unicorns.

Great lunch staple. The cart guy is indeed very friendly and positive. The food is tasty and hot and fresh. Sometimes its a little tossed in the box but cart food is rarely presented in a thoughtful way. Never had a bad meal and I think the prices are fair ($ 8 for an entrée on average). Best of all, they seem to do a modest business which means they turn over their food but lines are short.

Having not a great work day, and thought it was time I treat myself to some Korean food, as I did not feel like dealing with those long salad lines filled with depressed – looking businessmen and women. The man inside the cart greeted me with such enthusiasm and cheer, that for those 5 mins of watching him prepare my Bulgogi box, I was momentarily relieved from my terrible day.
He gave me a slice of kalbi right on top, and said «Try this!», asked me my preference of spiciness, closed up my box, and wish to see me again soon. Such an honest and friendly transaction – almost as if I were dealing with my own grandpa. The food? Decent box of bulgogi, loved the hot sauce, and the bouncy japchae. Perfect Korean Food quickfix in Midtown.

Some of the negative reviews say 1. small portion, but it’s not unlike a chicken and rice cart portion, and 2. too spicy, but then don’t get the spicy sauce (which they ask about).
The food smells delicious and tastes great, and the portions are enough for the price ($ 10 for their #1 option). You can’t compare a cart to a korean restaurant, but it was better than a few Korean restaurants I have tried (and not as good as others).
The guy taking the order is probably the sweetest man I’ve ever met. This alone will brighten your day.
The only reason I am not voting 5 stars is I have worked across the street from this cart for a year and just tried it recently because it looks a bit run-​down and I was afraid to get sick from the food due to that. Alas! I felt fine, btu I still think they can do with a bit of cleaning/​repainting/​changing the signs. At this price point though, I understand why they haven’t.

Over the years, I’ve tried many food carts. They ranged anywhere from great to I will never buy food from this place again. The Bapcha Korean Cuisine Cart is definitely very good. I wanted something different for lunch and came across the food cart fairly close to my work. I ordered (#3) the Bulgogi beef. Besides the beef, it also came with rice, salad and noodles. Everything was very fresh and had very good flavor. Maybe not the very best Korean food I’ve had but certainly very good for $ 8.00 and super fast service.
If after trying some more dishes, everything is as good as my first dish. I will upgrade my rating to 4 stars.

I am thankful they have a seafood bulgogi option — their saewoo bulgogi box. (Bulgogi is traditionally beef.) The box was $ 8 and consisted of a generous serving of grilled shrimp over a mixture of white and brown rice. (I counted a total of 10 shrimps.) The rest of the box consisted of japchae (clear sweet potato noodles) and a salad of mixed greens. They add hot sauce over the shrimp and rice if you want. This meal is a great value and tastes delicious.

3.5 stars.
First off, I just want to say that the guy who takes the orders never fails to cheer me up. Hes just so HAPPY all the time, and I appreciate the positive energy.
The cart’s entrees all come with a small salad, rice and japchae. I like the kalbi and the mandu options.
Nothing to write home about, but its a pretty good deal for the amount of food you’re getting (prices range from $ 7~$ 9)
I have to admit though, the japchae is not that great. Wish they would take out the overcooked green peppers and undercooked onions, I feel like it overpowers the noodles, but thats just me.

Rather cute Korean food truck!
Their Korean food is as decent as many of the Korean restaurants in town, with variety of colors in their dishes. Food was fresh, service was kind.
Bibimbap and jap-​chae w and kalbi — yumminess overlow!

My colleague brought in Korean today, and it smelled so good… I decided I had to get some for myself. Unfortunately he didn’t like his, so I had to find a new place. A quick Unilocal search led me to the Korean food truck at 49^th and 6^th. There may be duplicate entries, because I think this is the only one.
Ordered the Galbi — $ 8!
Reasonably priced for what you get, and definitely delicious. It comes with a small portion of meat, white rice, korean glass noodles, pickled veggies, and mixed greens. I would highly recommend if you have a craving for cheap Korean food. Next time I will try the beef bulgogi.

Food smells better than it tastes. The galbi was ok, but the bulgogi was overcooked and clumped together. Really friendly people so they get an extra star. Huge amounts of rice, salad and noodles to go with the meat are also a plus.
Next time I’d just get double galbi and call it a day.

Bapcha Korean BBQ cart has some of the best chicken in the city. Tender, marinated in Galbi and delicious. I end up craving this on a weekly basis and I am now a regular. I walk up and he goes «Hello Sir, Same?. Awesome. I would recommend taking a trip by 49^th & 6^th Ave before 3PM — Monday — Friday (no weekends). They are also on
so you can pre order before taking a trip down from the office. (good if it’s raining) The portions are great, $ 8 for a lunch platter and $ 12 for double meat. I know they cook the proteins in pressure cookers hence the tenderness but I have been trying to get his Galbi recipe for 3 years to no avail. My favorite to go lunch spot in Rock Center
Highly recommended —

We tried this cart on a food tour.
It really was delicious, and quick!

So I work in the area and pass this cart every single day. I’ve tried its sister cart for dukbokki (which I didn’t enjoy because it was waaaay too spicy even though he insisted it wasn’t).
My coworker says that the kalbi over rice is pretty good, albeit small portioned, so I figured I’d try it.
Kalbi is short ribs marinated in the Korean BBQ sauce that is slightly sweet (but not overly so). I like it a lot better than bulgogi, which is similarly prepared but not short rib meat. It’s a lot «thinner» if that makes any sense.
So I goto the cart and place my order. $ 8 for my box… and don’t forget to get your own utensils because they were placed at the front of the cart but for some reason I just forgot.
I get back to work and find a measly small portion of 4 pieces of kalbi, some white rice, lettice and some kind of pickled vegetables (which I don’t eat). For the past few months my appetite has shrunk so this was actually enough for me… but for the average person I would think you’d need to get a double order (which was what the girl behind me ordered — double #1 which came out to be $ 10).
Besides the small portions, the taste was definitely there, but also keep in mind that all their food is pre-​cooked, so nothing is really «fresh» when you get it, unlike most of the other food carts. My food was lukewarm and just bleh.
Like a previous poster said, this is bap-​bleh.
I won’t be coming back again.

Here’s the skinny:
1) Beef kalbi is pretty good. If you go, get this.
2) Chicken kalbi is so-​so. Skip it, except maybe in the kalbi combo box, if you want a complement to the beef.
3) The bulgogi – skip it.
4) The mandoo – skip it.
5) The japchae – only had this in the combo box and it was okay there, but I wouldn’t get it alone.
6) The sister truck has jjajamyung (however it’s spelled), and while it’s awesome to see this on any menu, it was only okay.

I’m really sad that I mistook this place for the official Bulgogi & Kimchi cart. I want my $ 9 back.
The sweet man who greets you and expedites your order really helped make this experience a bit more than a complete fail. So did the flavor and quality of the Kim Chi.
But the bulgogi itself was pretty bleh. The portion was very small. The marinade was good but sweet. The meat was a bit chewy and overcooked. The sauce they put on top wasn’t the least bit spicy. It didn’t come close to feeling authentic to me. And by the time I walked only five blocks (not avenues) back to my office, the food was barely luke warm.
The chapchae noodles were nice. The rice portion was small. The kimchi portion was the most pitiful of the three since it couldn’t have been more than ¼ cup or so in the container and cost extra.
It’s my fault for not knowing that I was at the wrong cart. But this experience has really put me off of Korean carts. The treck down to Little Korea is well worth it to not waste the little money I have.

Bapcha is the W 49^th St Bulgogi & Kimchi Cart Reincarnate. The cart indicates «Since 2004», but it’s really Since 2010.
The Squab & I had never tried the original Bulgogi Cart and we went looking for it last week on W 49^th St, bet 6^th & 7^th. It was no where to be found, along with the Korean BBQ Cart. Then, today I learned of Bapcha via MLB, so we paid a visit to try it out.
The Squab & I split the Galbi Box (beef boneless kalbi, $ 8) and the Dak Box (chicken, $ 8). According to Bulgogi Cart frequenters, these prices indicate a $ 1 price hike. The meat for both were sub-​par, but suffice when K-​town is nearly 20 block away. The chapchae noodles were the clear stand out though. I would return to order just that and skip the meat.
The line was okay until 12:30pm, but became long after that.
Bapcha is cash only, and they have two carts that are next to each other. The one closer to 6^th Ave specializes in boxed lunches and the other specializes in noodles and soupy items.