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Last year I reported on the street-food scene from Portland, where I sampled some of the best fish tacos on the planet; food that was better than anything I ate in any of Portland’s restaurants. Having visited countries around the world and sampled the grub offered by local vendors I’ve been ready for the American version of street-food for some time, but never thought it would come to fruition because of our bureaucratic ways. Sometimes its good to be wrong. The sudden madness surrounding Seattle’s street-food revolution is both surprising and refreshing, and Marination Mobile is the poster child of this local street food fad, offering both low prices and high quality Korean/Hawaiian grub.

Our mission was to review the Kalua Pork Sliders, which were named one of Seattle’s Top-5 Pulled Pork Sandwiches by Seattle Magazine last August and which have been featured everywhere from the Today Show to the Seattle Times to Cooking Light magazine. Seattle Magazine said, “if you’ve got a spare $2 burning a hole in your pocket, Marination has a tasty little snack for you.”

And that’s what makes Marination Mobile so special right now. $2?! Who could pass up a $2 sandwich in this economy, especially one that actually tastes good? Then again, the money you save on the sandwich might be spent on gas chasing the mobile eatery around Seattle.

The Kalua Slider is zingy and zesty in a Korean-slaw and sauce fashion, and the pulled pork is decent enough to make the slider a three bite affair. Is the pulled pork worthy of a Top-5 designation in the city of Seattle? Only time will tell as this sandwich review progresses, but it definitely falls short of the pulled pork at Pig Iron. The Hawaiian bun encasing said sliders, however, is fantastic. It is perhaps paired better with that Hawaiian fad, SPAM; not the stuff in your inbox, but that weird canned concoction. Yes, Marination Mobile sells a SPAM Slider, also for $2. The sauce and slaw is so good you won’t even know you are eating SPAM. Get some, if you are the trendy type.

Marination Mobile fulfilled my desire for street food, no doubt. I felt good about spending $6 on three tasty sliders and left wanting some of the tasty-sounding tacos. There’s no point, however, in providing a ton more copy on an eatery that generates a butt-load of press, as is. I’m just adding to the noise rather than filling the void. And how much can you really write about a sandwich the size of a dinner roll?

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