What is kimchi?
We feel like we have to write something about Kimchi, since our website is called “eatyourkimchi” and we do relatively little eating of Kimchi on this site. So here’s what little we can say about it: Kimchi is a Korean side dish which is served with every single meal. The most well known kimchi is the type which is fermented with chilli pepper and napa cabbage (baechu kimchi). Arriving in Korea we learned that the name “kimchi” doesn’t solely belong to the cabbage kind. Kimchi can be made from all kinds of vegetables, such as radish, cucumber, and perilla leaves (sesame leaves). They can be pickled in brine, fermented with chili, or just plain marinated with chili, ginger, or green scallion.
