Living in Italy, i really didn't know what was kimchi until i got hooked up watching korean TV series and learned about the local delicacies. Of course Kimchi was always present. One day my uncle tried to make Kimchi and i didn't really like it. It tasted some rotten stuff or whatever. Then 2 years later I first ate at a korean restaurant in Hong Kong and i ate kimchi and all the grilled stuff it was so yummy. After that i went to the local supermarket in hong kong where you can find a korean section and bought two jars of kimchi. I've basically put kimchi in every food i ate. Even tried Kimchi fried rice. Now i <3 kimchi!!!
Here in italy kimchi is really expensive and there are maybe just a bunch of korean restaurant so i'm basically kimchi free for almost a year. But this summer i'll be in NYC and Toronto and i'm hoping to buy a lot of korean food!!!