"Millions of Kimchi"

"Millions of Kimchi"

[and now, for guest post by Dan, one of my partners in crime in Seoul. He was lucky enough to witness kimchi, live in the act of making.]

“Millions of peaches, peaches for me, Millions of peaches, peaches for free”

… if the Presidents of the USA were a Korean band, they would have written about kimchi, not peaches… “Millions of kimchi, kimchi for free” (though they’d probably have a different band name too). So so much kimchi, and always for free.

It was a nice distraction during my final week in Seoul to witness the making of a batch of kimchi right
out my apartment window. The owner of the restaurant that was making it is a very well respected
woman in the neighborhood, so it appeared that many people came out to help in the process. I feel
fortunate to have become friends with her. Even though we could not talk to each other, we seemed to
have been able to communicate successfully. She took good care of me, I’ll always be grateful for her
kindness.

I like kimchi, though I have become slightly picky, as each restaurant’s is a little bit different, so some I
find more to my tasting. As I always have at least one bite of the various banchans provided, I always
finished my kimchi. It will be interesting to see how I find the taste of kimchi back in the USA.

All these awesome photos courtesy of Dan.