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    • February 28, 2015 at 5:02 am #59675
      Robote
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      Hi all,

      I was introduced to Korean food by my father’s ex-partner, who he met when he was working there. I want to make Kimchi but there is a bit of an issue, for historical reasons there isn’t much of a Korean community in the Uk, more specifically the northwest, there maybe in London. This means there is no Korean food stores, and authentic ingredients.
      Cutting to the chase can you substitute Thai ingredients such as Thai shrimp paste, and Nam pla for Korean ones and it still taste right?

    • March 1, 2015 at 2:01 am #59691
      sanne
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      Hi Robote,

      I don’t know about the shrimp-paste, but the fish-sauce is basically the same; the saltiness may vary.

      In my experience (about 15 years now), you may skip the salted shrimps (they are often out of stock during kimchi-making seasons ;-)) and use more fish-sauce; both Korean and Thai work nicely.

      You may order your stuff online, I found two shops in the UK:
      http://www.koreafoodsmitcham.co.uk (horrendous shipping-fees!),
      and
      https://www.orientalmart.co.uk

      I don’t know them, but worth a try for you maybe?

      Bye, Sanne.

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