Obaby Kimbap
Kuchai Lama · Handmade Korean Kimbap
Pork-Free

Every Roll,
Made Fresh Today

Fresh ingredients, rolled to order.

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Our Story

From Our Table to Your Door

In 2009, I sent my son to Seoul to study filmmaking. Over those years I flew back and forth to Korea often to visit him, and that's where I fell in love with real, honest Kimbap. When I came back to Malaysia, I looked everywhere — and just couldn't find that same taste again.

In 2020, once the worst of the pandemic had passed, I closed the clothing business I'd run for 20 years. Not quite sure what came next, my son and I got talking — and we kept coming back to that Kimbap we missed. We dug in, tested, adjusted, and Obaby Korean Kimbap was born.

We taught ourselves how it's rolled on the streets of Seoul, then adjusted it, roll by roll, to suit our own tastes here. At the end of the day, it's because we'd eaten truly good Kimbap in Korea and couldn't find anything close to it back home — so freshness and hygiene were never negotiable for us, not from day one.

Six years in now, and looking back, every customer we've served is what we're proudest of. We promise to keep getting better.

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Kimbap 101

What Is Kimbap?

Kimbap (also spelled gimbap) is a Korean rice dish — rice, vegetables, and other fillings like egg, meat, or seafood, rolled in a sheet of dried seaweed called gim, then sliced into bite-sized rounds.

Kimbap roll sliced

It's often mistaken for Japanese sushi because the two look alike, but kimbap is its own thing. The rice is seasoned with sesame oil and a little salt instead of vinegar, and it's meant to be enjoyed at room temperature, not chilled. Kimbap has been part of Korean home cooking for generations — the classic dosirak (lunchbox) food for school, picnics, and any day you're eating on the move.

Kimbap close up

These days there are endless variations — tuna, beef, cheese, vegetable, you name it. At Obaby, we roll every order fresh using the recipe we worked out together, roll by roll, until it tasted like the kimbap we fell in love with in Seoul.

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