But few people outside the local Korean community are familiar with any Korean foods beyond
pungent cabbage kimchi and grilled beef bulgogi, the two most popular dishes served at Korean restaurants in the West.
Not exact matches
Today in the markets of Vladivostok you can purchase homemade European - style sau kverkraut (mild - tasting, slightly soured white
cabbage known as kislaia kapusta, and stronger, more fermented white
cabbage called kvashenaia kapusta), as well as sauerkraut's ancient (and much more
pungent) close cousin, Korean
kimchi.
She had no trouble getting me to buy a jar of her homemade
kimchi,
pungent pickled
cabbage, redolent of hot peppers, which I had first become hooked on when I lived in Korea myself.