Sinto Gourmet

Sinto Gourmet makes fermented «kimchi» from various veggies in a nontraditional way.
locale: eat real ‘15
offering: «beets» kimchi, «cabbage» kimchi. «radish» kimchi.(7 all)
–tasting a variation of veggies «too hard, too soft, or just right «routine»
it’s all personal taste/​preference.
–hella pricey (7 for 16 oz vs. $ 14 for a gallon at a korean grocery
–went with radish, i like crunch.
take outs:
–with 2 «cute» salesguy. was i an easy mark for a sale?
not exactly, wanted a jar to find the «secret» behind their success.
*kimchi slices not hella hot, moderately spicy., no msg, nor seafood ingredients.
–may just stick with korean version. just checking the «new» kimchi at WF.
this kimchi has a slight sweetness comixed with the spiciness.
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Definitely the best kimchee cabbage in the area. The woman who waited on me was really nice and the price was right. I would definitely return to Sinto Gourmet. They have lots of great stuff and everything is fresh.

This is some of the most delicious pickled veggies I’ve ever eaten. We’re totally addicted at out house and put them in everything from Chicken Salad Sandwiches to Burgers to Tarter Sauce. She’s got lots of varieties, and they are all unique and tasty !

The spicy radish kimchi is the cat’s pajamas. For anyone who likes tabasco on eggs, try it with breakfast.

$ 7 for 16oz, $ 12 for 32oz per jar of kimchi cabbage.
These days you can buy kimchi at many places, including Costco, usually for less than Sinto, so why give them your business? Taste, that’s why.
The little bit of sample didn’t quite convince me it’s all that different from the local Korean grocer’s version. I only bought a small jar because the kid with hippie hair tending the stall was polite and friendly.
Once I got home and had a few big spoonfuls, it hits me! The taste is fresh, with several different flavor simultaneously bursting in the mouth, and my taste buds just want more and more, without a need to grab glasses of water.
It is, hands down, the best kimchi I’ve ever had! In fact, I have brand new respect for kimchi completely, never knowing this is how it could taste. Oh yeah, it probably has something to do with 0% of MSG and preservatives. I
’m getting the 32oz next time.

I just got the pickled radish from an awesome hippy lookin fella. I like it a lot and I’m going to try all of them and see what I like best. I totally support Sinto Gourmet. but girl, you gots to make em organic!
BEST

I normally am not a big fan of kimchi or cabbage, and I haven’t been since I was young. Every time I gave it a taste I wound up spitting it out. Well here I am in whole foods in redwood city, and it is just sitting there. «Oh well it is free“I said to myself as sank a sample down. Oh my! No way, it can’t be? Ok, this is the best kimchi to have ever crossed these lips. Hands down.

A friend showed me his jar of Sinto Gourmet kimchi but didn’t offer me a taste. I found this brand at Rainbow Grocery and bought a jar of the spicy cabbage. It’s nice and spicy hot, refreshingly crunchy tasting. The following week I was at the farmer’s market and saw that Sinto Gourmet was there too. I sampled the spicy radish and a new flavor, I think it was pickled cucumber that I really liked. I should have bought a jar of that at the time but I will next time I’m there.

GREAT products made with fresh local (to SF) ingredients. they sell cabbage kimchee, white kimchee, radish kimchee, cucumber kimchee… all kinds!
the flavors are fresh, and if you talk to the owner? vendor? she tells you about how her kimchee reflects the area she was raised in. there is no use of fish products in her kimchee (you might find that in other kimchee’s), and all the flavors are clean and nicely spicy.
she gives samples too if you want to try some before you buy!
any kind you get will be tasty! try and buy all of them… they’re good.
check out these websites for more info:

Sinto Gourmet offers one of the best-​tasking kimchi’s in the Bay Area, hands down. Even though I’m not Korean, Korean food is one of my favorite cuisines and Hyunjoo makes a really tasty Mild White Napa Cabbage Kimchi that I use in my Kimchi Fried Rice recipe. In fact, I made it tonight for dinner!
Most of her ingredients are locally sourced. Her Kimchi is handmade and naturally fermented. Kimchi is an especially good food for digestive health being a good source of probiotics, plus it’s gluten free and vegan. Keep up the great work!

I love the kimchi. I love the spicy cucumber pickles. I love the radish kimchi. I love that it’s all vegetarian-​no shrimp paste, no fish sauce. This stuff is really good. And the lady in the red parka is super-​nice, too.

This is the best kimchi in the Bay Area, and I have a bonafide Korean next to me to back me up. Pickled nicely, spicy, not too gingery: the authentic taste. The only thing that could make it better is if it were organic.
We buy the Happy Girl kimchi (organic) at the Ferry Building farmer’s market, which is good, but definitely a bastard child of kimchi in terms of taste. In the taste competition, Sinto wins for sure.
If Sinto went organic, I would be all over it. Every meal.

She always seems to have the same red parka.
I’ve spoken with her about the foods she makes.
There are not only fermented veggies but the juice too.
Like pickle juice. I keep wanting to get a jar of it.
So I can be like Damon Wayans.