How crazy does that sound? But at the Venice Farmer’s Market every Friday, there is a booth that sells kimchee and other Korean side dishes. I was surprised that every week there is a consistent crowd. I checked it out yesterday and realized that it wasn’t just our national signature dish that people were raving over (that is, for those of you who can handle it). He was also giving food remedy advice. “Let me look at your eyes… hmmm… I see some yellowness; don’t get the black bean dish, but the green bean dish.”
I bought radish kimchee - $7 for an 18 oz jar, tempeh / mock fish cake - $5 for about a 15 oz container, marinated ginger - $5 for about a 10 oz container and organic BBQ tofu - $5 for about a 10 oz container as well. This is definitely NOT cheap. It’s half the price if I drive to the markets in Koreatown. But that’s the problem: driving. For the sake of convenience, paying $7 for a small jar of good kimchee is justifiable. The other thing is that I’ve never seen tempeh mock fish cake, Korean style. I was really impressed by the level of imitation. If you didn’t know what it was made of, it can fool any Korean food gourmand. My only disappointment is that the dishes were too sweet, especially the BBQ tofu. Minus the BBQ tofu, everything else still gets my approval.
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