Thanks to Paloquemao market, I’m able to find “Asian vegetables” to make Asian food. This includes kimchi.
In Dhaka, I organized Korean cooking lessons and it was possible to buy Korean goods at the Korean mart in Dhaka (and I had my special Korean place in Dhaka to supply me). In Bogota there is no Korean supermarket with ready-to-eat small dishes (other than Maki Roll restaurant which has a few items for sale). Also, I haven’t found my kimchi source (Casa de Coreana‘s is the best in Bogota, in my opinion), so I decided that I would have to make it myself.
The recipe is easy to find on the Internet (Maangchi is one of favorite) and I used her easy recipe involving fish sauce. I made it and it was delicious!
Amazing! I’m British Korean, living in Tokyo and will be moving to Bogota end of November. I was worried about not being able to find good asian food but your post has been quite informative. At least I can make my own kimchi there. Yay!
Woah, it will not be like in Tokyo! But, yes, there are Korean restaurants, and Japanese ones here as well. I wrote about them elsewhere on my blog.
Were you able to find any Japanese mayonnaise? I’m thinking whether I should bring or not haha. Only 10 more days till I move.
Sorry, but I haven’t looked for it. Bring it.
I haven’t looked for it. You should probably bring it.