Anonymous wrote:I am OP and I can report that Trader Joe's (at least the one I went to in Reston) does not sell kimchi. Neither did the Safeway I passed on the way back- which meant I ended up at Wegmans anyway. LOL.

I thought I actually saw it at the TJ in Reston. If not, then I think I saw it at Mom's Organic store on Elden.

Anonymous wrote:Trader Joe's sells kimchi now. Saw it a few days ago in Bethesda.

It's not authentic and tastes bland. Lacks fish paste. If you like kimchee, you will be disappointed.

Trader Joe's sells kimchi now. Saw it a few days ago in Bethesda.

This is reminding me of my good friends upstairs during grad school. A Korean-American newlywed couple, but their families were from different parts of Korea. She LOVED kimchi in fried dishes or sometimes just fried by itself. He assured me that frying kimchi is an unacceptably country thing to do and below the taste of any decent refined person. Basically saying he'd married a Korean redneck. (All very much in good fun. And a good way to needle her since she was a beauty queen--never a hair or eyelash out of place.)