The primary poster of 2024 Style of Seoul / Courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan Authorities
Weeklong occasion to function firsthand experiences for overseas guests
By Jung Da-hyun
The annual Style of Seoul occasion, a weeklong celebration of Korean delicacies, will begin this Friday at numerous areas across the metropolis, together with Nodeul Island, till Nov. 14, the Seoul Metropolitan Authorities mentioned Monday.
Beneath the theme of “Invitation to a weeklong gourmand in Seoul,” this 12 months’s occasion will introduce each locals and guests to the town’s evolving meals tradition, which blends conventional flavors with fashionable culinary traits.
The town authorities goals to share Seoul’s numerous and wealthy culinary heritage with a world viewers by means of this occasion, positioning Seoul as a worldwide vacation spot for meals fans.
Annually, 45 culinary consultants, meals curators and the town select 100 eating places and bars that finest signify Seoul’s distinct culinary scene.
On Friday, the primary day of the occasion, a kimchi-making expertise can be held at Gyeongdong Market within the metropolis’s Dongdaemun District.
Led by famend culinary specialist Hong Shin-ae, this system invitations contributors — notably overseas guests — to interact in each step of the method, from deciding on recent substances to making ready the long-lasting Korean dish.
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon will be a part of the occasion, underscoring Seoul’s dedication to selling conventional Korean delicacies and its cultural significance.
The Seoul Connoisseur Market will happen on Nodeul Island within the weekend, that includes over 100 groups providing quite a lot of Seoul-inspired culinary experiences.
Alongside the market, workshops will present contributors with an opportunity to discover the flavors of various areas throughout Korea. Organized beneath 5 distinct themes, the workshops can be led by cooks, meals artisans and farmers who will carry genuine native types and tastes to life.
On Sunday, the occasion will culminate with the 100 Style of Seoul Awards ceremony at Nodeul Island Stay Home.
Annually, this prestigious information selects the town’s High 100 eating spots throughout seven classes — Korean, Western, Asian, Grills, Vegan, Cafés and Desserts, and Bars and Pubs. The awardees are chosen by a panel of cooks, meals trade consultants and each home and worldwide media.
This awards goals to spotlight the town’s dynamic gastronomy and assist its international repute as a meals vacation spot.
The occasion may also function a gathering for celebrated cooks and culinary innovators, offering a platform for the alternate and recognition of those that have considerably contributed to Seoul’s meals scene.
Guests line as much as pattern Korean delicacies at a conventional market in Seoul throughout final 12 months’s Style of Seoul occasion, Oct. 6, 2023. Courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan Authorities
The occasion may also provide hands-on applications the place contributors can store for substances at conventional markets across the metropolis after which be a part of cooking periods to organize dishes utilizing their purchases.
Moreover, contributors can expertise the distinctive flavors of Seoul’s culinary sizzling spots in Seongsu-dong in Seongdong District and Seochon in Jongno District, guided by gourmand consultants.
In the course of the occasion week, 120 venues, together with the High 100 eating places of this 12 months, together with malls similar to Lotte, The Hyundai and Shinsegae, in addition to Gyeongdong Market, will function particular menus and unique reductions for guests.
Moreover, standard younger cooks from the Netflix present “Culinary Class Wars” will current collaborative menus that creatively reinterpret Seoul’s iconic avenue meals.
Signature dishes embrace new takes on Sindang-dong “tteokbokki” (simmered rice truffles), Jongno mung bean pancakes referred to as “bindaetteok,” and Jangchung-dong “jokbal,” or braised pig’s ft.
Additional particulars and purposes for all applications can be found on the official Style of Seoul web site.
“Seoul is a worldwide gourmand tourism metropolis the place flavors from throughout the nation merge, mixing custom with modernity in ways in which vary from previous markets to fantastic eating,” mentioned Kim Younger-hwan, director common of the Tourism and Sports activities Bureau on the Seoul Metropolitan Authorities.
“We hope you’ll be a part of us this 12 months as culinary consultants, eating places and conventional markets come collectively to make the ‘Style of Seoul’ week a memorable expertise.”
