CONTRIBUTED BY JEANINE CZUBIK
When I initially told my Korean friend about a place to buy fresh kimchi out of someone’s house, she told me it sounded a little sketchy. But after bribing her with free kimchi and lunch, she agreed to be my kimchi taste-tester. After not caring much for the pickled dish myself, I’ve come to like it since living in Japan – at least the fresh kind that doesn’t smell rotten!
We quickly found the directional signs, then the sign outside a white house with a stairway to a grassy area with the door on the left. There’s a sign with the menu outside the door: regular cabbage, cucumber and daikon.
We rang the doorbell and a lady came to a door to the left of the front door. She sells small containers of each variety to go for ¥500 apiece.
The verdict: fresh and good flavor and not as hot-spicy as authentic Korean kimchi.
Homemade Korean Kimchee
Phone: 098-933-2383
GPS Coordinates (approximate): 26.329917, 127.789105
Directions: Turn on road across from the entrance to Kadena Gate 5. Go .3km and turn left at the light just after Mister Donut (on right). [If you pass A-Price on the left, you have missed the turn.] Go .2km and make a right at the third street. Go approximately .1km and look for the white sign on your left. The stairway is just past the sign on the left.
Homemade kimchi is the best – thanks for the post!!!!!