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Kimchi Craving

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GrayArea
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States872 Posts
August 06 2011 01:32 GMT
#1
I feel like eating kimchi with rice, but I've only eaten kimchi like once in my life. I'm going to go to this big korean supermarket that is nearby my house, and will be buying a jar of kimchi to eat with some rice. I know that there are different kinds of kimchi, but I am not sure which one is the best. Can you please recommend me what is the best tasting kimchi to buy?

Previously, I felt like eating ramen and everyone recommended to get "Shin Ramen" because it was the best. I ended up buying shin ramen, and indeed it was the best. What kind of kimchi is generally acknowledge to be the "best" kimchi?

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rift
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
1819 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-06 01:42:52
August 06 2011 01:40 GMT
#2
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Tobagi, best brand, nationally available. I would get beef cooked in some form, if not BBQ. Kimchi and rice alone is good but can be improved upon. If you just have the rice the kimchi will overpower it, but beef is good to balance the flavor.
blubbdavid
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Switzerland2412 Posts
August 06 2011 01:40 GMT
#3
The best kimchi is the one my mother makes! + Show Spoiler +
No joke!
Kimchi is a drug that makes you slowly addicted without you noticing. I have read about a foreign man (journalist?) who was in prison in North Korea, and the first thing he told his wife when he came out of prison was that she should learn how to make kimchi.

To the shin ramen: Don't forget to crack an egg and add it to the ramen at the end, not too early, but also not to late, so that it doesn't stay glibberish. It will completely change the taste of the ramen (to the better). And if you like to, add some Emmentaler cheese (but not other cheese, only Emmentaler or something similar, else you will ruin it).

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Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-06 01:55:10
August 06 2011 01:54 GMT
#4
Radish kimchi and cabbage kimchi is usually the standard fare. The H-Mart I go to stocks either Tobagi kimchi in a large bulk bag or glass container, though thats probably because Tobagi is a NYC brand?

I think...

edit: I've tried kimchi lettuce, that was a unpleasant surprise.
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[uci] Fizik
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States263 Posts
August 06 2011 01:56 GMT
#5
Kak-du-Gi is the best type of kimchi imo. They are cubes of radish which are awesome with rice, rice and soup, curry rice. *salivating*
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GrayArea
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States872 Posts
August 06 2011 01:58 GMT
#6
I want to get the cabbage kimchi. So I'm guessing that Tobagi is the best brand of kimchi to get then? Alright, if anyone else has any other thoughts and ideas before I leave for the store, please let me know. I'm really interested in trying stuff that tastes good =P
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blubbdavid
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Switzerland2412 Posts
August 06 2011 02:06 GMT
#7
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Giwoon
Profile Joined December 2010
Korea (South)431 Posts
August 06 2011 02:15 GMT
#8
eh...
just kimchi and rice?
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Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-06 04:35:30
August 06 2011 02:16 GMT
#9
I buy it from a local corner store run by Koreans, the "we sell kimchi" sign is written in Korean. I don't know where they get them as there are no labels on the containers, but they taste amazing, best I've had outside of Korea.

Moral of the story: try to find a corner store run by Koreans and ask!
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GrayArea
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States872 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-06 02:26:11
August 06 2011 02:18 GMT
#10
On August 06 2011 11:15 Giwoon wrote:
eh...
just kimchi and rice?

What other suggestions do you have? I'm open to everything
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blubbdavid
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Switzerland2412 Posts
August 06 2011 02:19 GMT
#11
On August 06 2011 11:16 Cambium wrote:
I buy it from a local corner store run by Koreans, the "we sell kimchi" sign is written in Korean. I don't know where they get them as there are no labels on the containers, but they taste amazing, best I've had outside of Korea.

Morale of the story: try to find a corner store run by Koreans and ask!

Probably they made it themselves, homemade is always the best.
What do you desire? Money? Glory? Power? Revenge? Or something that surpasses all other? Whatever you desire - that is here. Tower of God ¦¦Nutella, drink of the Gods
Giwoon
Profile Joined December 2010
Korea (South)431 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-06 02:25:39
August 06 2011 02:25 GMT
#12
On August 06 2011 11:18 GrayArea wrote:
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On August 06 2011 11:15 Giwoon wrote:
eh...
just kimchi and rice?

What other suggestions do you have? I open to everything


get something else to go with it

its just that just kimchi and rice is like the equivalence of bread and water; its just plain ahaha.
idk if youre vegetarian or not but
my suggestion is bulgogi, korean ribs or anything that's meat :D

EDIT: ask the clerk or whatever for suggestions?
because you cant get everything people are gonna suggest here at the store there.
BUTTHURT?
youngminii
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia7514 Posts
August 06 2011 02:25 GMT
#13
Once you get your Kimchi and your rice, go to a Korean-ish area and find a meat store (it shouldn't be too hard). Ask for 1/2kg of Samgyupsal, or a pound I guess in American terms. Should be pretty cheap, like less than $10.

Go home, cook it and eat all of it together.
lalala
Giwoon
Profile Joined December 2010
Korea (South)431 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-06 02:27:20
August 06 2011 02:26 GMT
#14
On August 06 2011 11:25 youngminii wrote:
Once you get your Kimchi and your rice, go to a Korean-ish area and find a meat store (it shouldn't be too hard). Ask for 1/2kg of Samgyupsal, or a pound I guess in American terms. Should be pretty cheap, like less than $10.

Go home, cook it and eat all of it together.


dont forget lettuce(or cabbage or whatever) and go chu jang i think its called chili paste or sauce in english?

oh and cook sliced onions with it
its pretty good together :3
BUTTHURT?
storm44
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
1293 Posts
August 06 2011 02:27 GMT
#15
On August 06 2011 11:19 blubbdavid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 06 2011 11:16 Cambium wrote:
I buy it from a local corner store run by Koreans, the "we sell kimchi" sign is written in Korean. I don't know where they get them as there are no labels on the containers, but they taste amazing, best I've had outside of Korea.

Morale of the story: try to find a corner store run by Koreans and ask!

Probably they made it themselves, homemade is always the best.


true that.. I have a kimchi refrigerator with boxes of kimchi. Store kimchi is ok but homeade is the best
HaruHaru
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States988 Posts
August 06 2011 02:43 GMT
#16
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I kid you not.
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youngminii
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia7514 Posts
August 06 2011 02:43 GMT
#17
On August 06 2011 11:26 Giwoon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 06 2011 11:25 youngminii wrote:
Once you get your Kimchi and your rice, go to a Korean-ish area and find a meat store (it shouldn't be too hard). Ask for 1/2kg of Samgyupsal, or a pound I guess in American terms. Should be pretty cheap, like less than $10.

Go home, cook it and eat all of it together.


dont forget lettuce(or cabbage or whatever) and go chu jang i think its called chili paste or sauce in english?

oh and cook sliced onions with it
its pretty good together :3

And ssamjang

If you do all of this, you will have an awesome meal, guaranteed.
lalala
Giwoon
Profile Joined December 2010
Korea (South)431 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-06 02:47:35
August 06 2011 02:47 GMT
#18
On August 06 2011 11:43 HaruHaru wrote:
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I kid you not.


i tried it with like veggie pizza
and it was fuckin amazing
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misclick
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
Korea (South)155 Posts
August 06 2011 02:48 GMT
#19
On August 06 2011 11:43 HaruHaru wrote:
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I kid you not.


So much truth to this. Spaghetti and kimchi sounds nasty too, but it's worth a try. Seriously. If you're adventurous enough to eat kimchi anyways, try it with spaghetti.

I think kimchi might just go well with italian in general. I recall lasagna + kimchi being pretty decent as well.
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Giwoon
Profile Joined December 2010
Korea (South)431 Posts
August 06 2011 02:54 GMT
#20
On August 06 2011 11:48 misclick wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 06 2011 11:43 HaruHaru wrote:
[image loading]

I kid you not.


So much truth to this. Spaghetti and kimchi sounds nasty too, but it's worth a try. Seriously. If you're adventurous enough to eat kimchi anyways, try it with spaghetti.

I think kimchi might just go well with italian in general. I recall lasagna + kimchi being pretty decent as well.


i think kimchi with anything is good
:D
BUTTHURT?
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