As a Korean-American living in Germany, it's always interesting to see Korean things becoming more popular, but that is not kimchi. Looks more like sauerkraut with chili added to it.
by Myriagonian
As a Korean-American living in Germany, it's always interesting to see Korean things becoming more popular, but that is not kimchi. Looks more like sauerkraut with chili added to it.
by Myriagonian
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Germans never expected authentic food in supermarkets.
Please try it and report back.
Only found Korean imported Kimchi to be enjoyable so far.
I ll still trust my Korean Store next to me or my MiL for Kimchi
Always getting Kimchi from the asia store, they import their stuff so it’s proper.
need to keep in mind its catered towards the german taste, and sauerkraut is well established here. But thats how every country does stuff like this. Doesn’t make your statement untrue though.
Its horrible, doesnt taste like kimchi at all.
I tried it, it doesn’t taste good
Sauerkraut with chili… so… basically Kimchi? 😅
Just kidding of course. As a rule of thumb, any local version of any ethnic food is going to be not the real deal. See also e.g. “Nasi Goreng” as served in the typically German Chinese/Vietnamese/Thai “Asia restaurants”, or, even worse, the frozen food section food product that is labeled as such. “Abomination” does not even begin to cover the latter, and even the former has nothing to do with the Indonesian original except perhaps that rice is involved somehow.
Of course thats not Kimchi in the korean sense. It is made to be sold to Germans and so is made to fit the expectations of German customers 😀
I am also always surprised when I see typical German products in a supermarket in a foreign country. These products are also always made to fit the typical local preferences. You could often not sale them in Germany, cause they taste wrong.
The kimchee sold as a seasonal offer at Aldi seems okay to me https://www.aldi-nord.de/angebote/aktion-mo-05-05/kimchi-1024160-0-0.article.html
Try being a Brit and drinking what they pass off as Schwarztee here!
Try the one by Kühlmann x Bibigo, it’s basically indistinguishable from imported Korean Kimchi (and much cheaper)
Ewww.
If I want Asian food (ingredients), I go to the next small Asia store.
Most stuff in supermarkets is just not authentic at all and I would also never expect so.
Like you said, that looks like sauerkraut with a tiny bit of mild chilli.
Consider it payback for Americans fucking up Sauerkraut.
I have several spätis close by with old people that make that stuff in different varities and sell it for really cheap. Korean BBQs/Chicken are also almost everywhere nowadays. Even at the farmer markets you have stands selling kimchi. Its really popular.
Not just kinchi. German store products selling non-german products are all blasphemy. Anything called Indian has loads of yellow curry powder which no Indian basically uses and they all taste same: yuck
In Brandenburg there appears to be a company that makes fresh Kimchi (Youns Gemüsehof); it’s at the various Asian super markets all over Berlin. It’s pretty good; they make a normal and a vegan (no fish sauce) variation.
But the best Kimchi I can get is the one my local Vietnamese greengrocer makes.
I tried it because I love kimchi but this is freaking bad that abomination is the word I used too. I’ve made better kimchi at home that was also not very authentic but it tasted a thousand times better.
Germans would happily swallow a pill that provided daily sustenance without batting an eye over losing the art of good food. As a New Englander I saw a bottle of Maple Syrup called Vermonkt , yes spelled wrong, labeled “New York Maple Syrup”…. It was from Canada. It made my blood boil.
Authentic Kimchi is usually sold unpasteurised, which requires refrigeration and containers that don’t explode when gases expand. So I don’t trust any Kimchi in glas jars outside the fridge section. In addition to taste they also don’t cotain any live cultures.
Until recently my Korean wife and I have been buying Kimchi in the Asian store. But recently are local Rewe started selling Bibigo (a Korean brand) Kimchi. I think it’s produced in Germany (probably under a license) and vegan so we were sceptical but it was surprisingly good and it tasted authentic ([link](https://shop.rewe.de/p/bibigo-kimchi-vegan-200g/9083458 )). It tasted relatively fresh (not sour) which we like, but if you prefer the more sour taste just wait, since it continues fermenting.
And that’s why I buy Kimchi at a local Asian supermarket
I’d be worried just from the idea of buying groceries in a drugstore. Here’s your shampoo, nail file and… Kimchi?
There are a bunch different kind of kimchi, my (Korean Chinese) mom use regular sauerkraut with kimchi sauce as replacement sometime if we don’t have the sour one left for soups and some other meals.
Check wiki on kimchi, I love all the one made with turnip, unlike cabbage one it has its own taste, and are tasty immediately after making them.
But have you seen the Pizza-Paella?
Its enough for Germans, they think they eat Kimchi and accepting this
The worst “kimchi” was the one I bought in an Eastern European supermarkt here in Germany: Basically chopped up white cabbage with salt, sugar, vinegar, bay leaves, black pepper and chili powder. So not even fermented, just a spicy cabbage salad.
I made kimchi myself last week and THANK GOD it doesn’t look like THAT.
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