Re: [CH] Hot Kim-chee
Jonathan T. Smillie (jsmillie@protix.com)
Sun, 08 Feb 1998 20:39:21 -0600
At 10:39 AM 2/8/98 -0800, The Surrealist wrote:
>Well, I lived in Korea for 2 years and never had any Kim Chee as hot as
>what you describe. Maybe your friend could send me some? :-)
>
>Korean food in general (for me at least) isn't *that* hot. The hottest
>things I ate there were some of the fish soups and the raw chiles that
>are sometimes served as a side dish.
>
>good stuff though.
Have to agree, both on the "not that hot" and the good stuff fronts. I spent
the month of October in Korea last year, and tasted many kinds of kimchi,
but none that blew my socks off. Then again, it was nice to surprise the
Koreans I was working with, who weren't used to a Westerner who could
eat hotter food than them...
Fantastic stuff, kimchi, but definitely an acquired taste- a Filipino friend of
mine can't be in the same room with it...
Jonathan
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