Kimchi

[jmorgan]

Pot of Mr Kimchi arrived this am from Amazon.
https://www.mrkimchi.co.uk

Quite tasty.

Awaiting the paste and brineing (that a word?) cabbage at the moment for the home brew, slight problem is it (white cabbage) is a harder cabbage so taking a tad longer to soften.


I have a some more ingredients I hope to get in the jars this evening. One paste and one dry Korean chilies.

[anonymous-user]

dapprman said:

Ah, kimchi - love the stuff as well, I tend to buy it from oriental supermarkets, open the pouch/tray and put in a sealed tupperware and leave in the fridge. Of course even with the sealed plastic container, every time I open the fridge I wonder what the smell is and where it's coming from.

It's one of the many things I miss about Oriental City - both the original Japanese and the later pan-Oriental supermarkets used to sell a decent selection of fresh kimchi, often spiced for Korean tastes, not Western or Japanese.

The one on in Colindale? That used to be a monthly trip - used to get great sushi in the food court too. Loved that place.

[anonymous-user]

jmorgan said:

Pot of Mr Kimchi arrived this am from Amazon.
https://www.mrkimchi.co.uk

Quite tasty.

Awaiting the paste and brineing (that a word?) cabbage at the moment for the home brew, slight problem is it (white cabbage) is a harder cabbage so taking a tad longer to soften.


I have a some more ingredients I hope to get in the jars this evening. One paste and one dry Korean chilies.

Never made my own, so intrigued as to how this is going to turn out - please keep us updated!

[jmorgan]

had ham said:

Never made my own, so intrigued as to how this is going to turn out - please keep us updated!

Easy peasy but some ingredients are difficult such as the cabbage.

Spookiliy here is a thread I started very recently but fermentation is part of the kimchi process and covers a wider range so I put that (fermentation as opposed to kimchi) in the heading. Progress in there. Getting the result into jars today.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[anonymous-user]

jmorgan said:

Easy peasy but some ingredients are difficult such as the cabbage.

Spookiliy here is a thread I started very recently but fermentation is part of the kimchi process and covers a wider range so I put that (fermentation as opposed to kimchi) in the heading. Progress in there. Getting the result into jars today.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

No idea how i missed that thread - great stuff!

[jmorgan]

Really is easy. How authentic is another matter but I went for the Korean (probably) spices at least. The rest is made up. It seems that as long as you have something that will ferment it will do.

No I have two jars on the go I have an idea of the task and quantity of cabbage. I reckon a day tops from prep to jar depending on what you need to brine and for how long.

[mko9]

jmorgan said:

Really is easy. How authentic is another matter but I went for the Korean (probably) spices at least. The rest is made up. It seems that as long as you have something that will ferment it will do.

No I have two jars on the go I have an idea of the task and quantity of cabbage. I reckon a day tops from prep to jar depending on what you need to brine and for how long.

It is really only authentic if you chop the cabbage onto a blue tarp on the pavement in front of your house. I think the interaction with the asphalt is some kind of critical part of the process. ;-)

[dapprman]

had ham said:

dapprman said:

Ah, kimchi - love the stuff as well, I tend to buy it from oriental supermarkets, open the pouch/tray and put in a sealed tupperware and leave in the fridge. Of course even with the sealed plastic container, every time I open the fridge I wonder what the smell is and where it's coming from.

It's one of the many things I miss about Oriental City - both the original Japanese and the later pan-Oriental supermarkets used to sell a decent selection of fresh kimchi, often spiced for Korean tastes, not Western or Japanese.

The one on in Colindale? That used to be a monthly trip - used to get great sushi in the food court too. Loved that place.

Yes - I used to go to the food court with friends about once a month as well, then a shop after. For us it was dim sum - though if we were a smaller group and one regular in the group was not with us we'd go to the restaurant on the ground floor by the front main entrance/atrium (she did not like dim sum so could go for somethng else from the food court, plus we felt the big upstairs restaurant was no where near as good as it had been or the reputation it still had).

[twinturboz]

dapprman said:

Yes - I used to go to the food court with friends about once a month as well, then a shop after. For us it was dim sum - though if we were a smaller group and one regular in the group was not with us we'd go to the restaurant on the ground floor by the front main entrance/atrium (she did not like dim sum so could go for somethng else from the food court, plus we felt the big upstairs restaurant was no where near as good as it had been or the reputation it still had).

Not sure if you’ve been back, but they have opened a similar type concept back in July last year. It’s not quite the same as it was but there’s some decent options in the foodcourt.
http://www.bangbangoriental.com

[dickymint]

Hairy Bikers on now so watch it on iplayer at your leisure - South Korean food and contains a great piece on how to make Kimchi properly.

[anonymous-user]

twinturboz said:

Not sure if you’ve been back, but they have opened a similar type concept back in July last year. It’s not quite the same as it was but there’s some decent options in the foodcourt.
http://www.bangbangoriental.com

That had somehow passed my by. Are there any shops there now? I shall have to go take a look......

[dapprman]

twinturboz said:

Not sure if you’ve been back, but they have opened a similar type concept back in July last year. It’s not quite the same as it was but there’s some decent options in the foodcourt.
http://www.bangbangoriental.com

May have to go there tomorrow - cheers for that

[hyphen]

dapprman said:

twinturboz said:

Not sure if you’ve been back, but they have opened a similar type concept back in July last year. It’s not quite the same as it was but there’s some decent options in the foodcourt.
http://www.bangbangoriental.com

May have to go there tomorrow - cheers for that

+1

I'm south London so have the New Malden (aka little Korea) nearby, so no Kimchi shortage will ever happen but will check this place out when in the neighborhood.

[hyphen]

dapprman said:

had ham said:

dapprman said:

Ah, kimchi - love the stuff as well, I tend to buy it from oriental supermarkets, open the pouch/tray and put in a sealed tupperware and leave in the fridge. Of course even with the sealed plastic container, every time I open the fridge I wonder what the smell is and where it's coming from.

It's one of the many things I miss about Oriental City - both the original Japanese and the later pan-Oriental supermarkets used to sell a decent selection of fresh kimchi, often spiced for Korean tastes, not Western or Japanese.

The one on in Colindale? That used to be a monthly trip - used to get great sushi in the food court too. Loved that place.

Yes - I used to go to the food court with friends about once a month as well, then a shop after. For us it was dim sum - though if we were a smaller group and one regular in the group was not with us we'd go to the restaurant on the ground floor by the front main entrance/atrium (she did not like dim sum so could go for somethng else from the food court, plus we felt the big upstairs restaurant was no where near as good as it had been or the reputation it still had).

If your ever south/central Hmart is a American chain of Korean supermarkets that is opening a few stores in London.

This one is also as authentic as you will get, reaction to home practices was 'sensitive english people moaning' https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/south-londo...

Edited by hyphen on Friday 8th June 12:55

[mko9]

hyphen said:

If your ever south/central Hmart is a American chain of Korean supermarkets that is opening a few stores in London.

This one is also as authentic as you will get, reaction to home practices was 'sensitive english people moaning' https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/south-londo...

Edited by hyphen on Friday 8th June 12:55

Yes, my wife and I go to the Super-H Mart in northern Virginia, outside of Washington DC. Definitely a good place for authentic Korean quisine.