Kang Jin-won, Mayor of Gangjin-gun, "I will promote Gangjin, the city of taste, nationwide"

Chef Lee Won-il Interview... Expecting a Hit Dish with Gangjin Ingredients

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Kang Jin-won, the governor of Gangjin County, met with Chef Lee Won-il at the county office on the 10th.

According to the county on the 13th, this meeting was held as part of the 8th term of the civil election 'Gangjin Taste City Creation Project,' aligned with the schedule for developing the county's representative food items and recipe education.

Gang Jin-won, the mayor of Gangjin County, and Chef Lee Won-il are having a conversation.
[Photo by Gangjin County]

On that day, Governor Kang Jin-won and Chef Lee Won-il agreed to promote Gangjin as the Taste City nationwide by combining Gangjin County's distinctive ingredients with expert recipes.

The menus developed by Chef Lee are two dishes: 'Gangjin Hanwoo Yukhoe Tteokbokki' and 'Gangjin Hanwoo Shiitake Yukjeon Rice Bowl,' targeting the tastes of the MZ generation, who have a high preference for meat and tteokbokki.

At the meeting, Governor Kang Jin-won said, "Among the best Namdo cuisine nationwide, Gangjin's food is undoubtedly the best," and added, "Please bring Gangjin's flavors to life with expert recipes suited to the MZ generation and create a hit dish."

He also added, "Even after menu development, please do your best until the end through continuous promotion so that people from all over the country can come to Gangjin to taste Chef Lee Won-il's dishes."

Chef Lee Won-il said, "I was captivated by Gangjin's ingredients," and stated, "Starting with today's education, I will visit Gangjin more than six times in the future to ensure that the newly developed menus can be stably established through sufficient consulting at the establishments."

After the meeting, Chef Lee Won-il conducted intensive recipe education at the cooking room of the Women's Hall in Gangjin-eup Office, attended by representatives of six local restaurants.

Governor Kang Jin-won also participated and urged the business representatives attending the education, "Please thoroughly learn the recipes and take the lead in achieving high sales for your restaurants as well as creating a delicious tourist city, Gangjin."

The creation of the Gangjin-eup Food Town is one of Governor Kang Jin-won's '5 Major Fields, 60 Projects,' and is evaluated as a fruitful result after a long-term effort, including commissioning feasibility and basic plan establishment contracts since August last year.

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