0309 Kimchi Museum

This Randi Hacker with another Postcard from Asia from the KU Center for East Asian Studies.

Kimchi is the national dish of Korea. It is eaten at all meals. It was sent to outer space in a Korean rocket. It is said to have incredible health benefits. It can be fiery hot or mild and if it doesn’t turn out the same way twice, well, that’s because making it is an art more than a science. So, it’s no surprise that there’s an entire museum here in Seoul devoted to it. At the Kimchi Field Museum, it’s all kimchi all the time. Here, the kimchi devotee can read historic texts that mention kimchi, watch films about making kimchi, view the live kimchi lactobacillus through a microscope, taste kimchi, track kimchi’s exportation routes and take photos of themselves with kimchi. Don’t say cheese…say kimchi!

From the KU Center for East Asian Studies, this is Randi Hacker. Wish you were here.

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