‘K-Silk Road Noodle Festival’ opens at Gyeongju Expo Park

The Gyeongbuk Culture and Tourism Organization will hold “2024 K Silk Road Food Festival: Noodle Festa” at Cheonma Square in Gyeongju Expo Grand Park from Nov. 8-11.

The event will be held under the theme of Noodle in Gyeongju, the intersection of East and West cultures and history, and was designed to lead new cultural exchanges through food culture along with the Silk Road route.

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Noodle Festa operates a stage that offers a variety of performances and attractions, a food plaza where you can access food from the Silk Road country, an exhibition hall where you can look at the history of Silk Road cultural exchange, and a local bazaar zone.

The stage will have more attractions through ▲ ‘Noodle Talk Concert’ with writer & chef Park Chan-il on the 8th ▲ ‘Noodle Comedy Show’ hosted by comedians Lee Jae-hyung, Han Hyun-min, and Jung Jin-wook on the 9th ▲ ‘Noodle Cooking Show’ using food materials in Gyeongsangbuk-do, presented by Chef Oh Se-deuk on the 10th ▲ ‘Challenge the Noodle Bell!’ mini games on the 11th.

In addition, Korean banquet noodles, buldak omelette noodles, panett bhihon in the Philippines, and rice noodles in Vietnam are sold for a fee at the Food Plaza using food from the Silk Road country, and admission fee 2024 K Silk Road Food Festival is free.

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Korean Traditional Noodles Feast Noodles and Japchae
Chinese Jajangmyeon I ate on a special day
Pho in Vietnam, the country of PHO
Udon, the representative of Japan
Italian pasta
Podcets in the Philippines
Pad thai in Vietnam

Gyeongju Expo Grand Park has been actively engaged in cultural exchanges with countries related to the Silk Road through various international events, from Istanbul-Gyeongju World Culture Expo in 2013 to Silk Road Gyeongju in 2015 to Ho Chi Minh-Gyeongju World Culture Expo in 2017.

“In line with the current government’s ‘Korea-Central Asia K Silk Road Cooperation Initiative’, the public corporation will also strive to establish an international city network between countries on the Silk Road,” said Kim Nam-il, president of Gyeongju Expo Grand Park. “We hope that ‘cooking noodles’, which combines the internationality, openness, and inclusiveness of Silla culture with food culture, will serve as an opportunity to understand and experience exchanges between East and West cultures more easily.”

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