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Kindness

A Free Bowl of Water Kimchi, and a Week Later 25 People Came to Repay It

2026-11-09 by SeolNotes
Dongchimi, a mild radish water kimchi served in its cool broth

Late one night, a Seoul restaurant owner gave a barefoot young man a free bowl of mul kimchi for his dying grandmother. A week later he came back after the funeral with 25 family members. What mul kimchi and “donjjul” mean in Korea.

Categories Notes Tags Donjjul, Kindness, Korean food culture, Korean funeral, Mul kimchi, Notes, Seoul restaurant, Threads, Water kimchi Leave a comment

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