Yes, This Is the Taste!... Uljin-gun Opens Its First 'Farmhouse Restaurant'

Uljin-gun Fresh Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Ingredients, Inheriting Traditional Fermented Foods

On April 29, Uljin-gun, Gyeongbuk Province, opened the farmhouse restaurant ‘Jinmiga’ in Nagok-ri, Buk-myeon, with support from the Gyeongbuk Agricultural Research and Extension Services and the Agricultural Technology Center.

Uljin-gun's No.1 Farmhouse Restaurant 'Jinmiga'.

The farmhouse restaurant development project is a food culture space creation initiative aimed at discovering local dishes and commercializing and preserving them for future generations.

‘Jinmiga,’ Uljin-gun’s first farmhouse restaurant, is expected to contribute to the preservation of food culture and the economic development of the local community by using fresh agricultural, forestry, and fishery products from Uljin and differentiated fermented foods.

Representatives Kim Seong-ui and Jo Yujin of Jinmiga have experience such as winning the grand prize at a healing food competition. They plan to develop diverse menus using fresh local agricultural specialties and fermented sauces aged for three years to provide healthy meals.

Various set menus including Korean beef barbecue and grilled fish hot pot rice, as well as the special recommended menu, seafood jang hot pot rice set, utilize traditional Korean fermentation techniques to maximize the freshness of five types of seafood and the flavor of jang, aiming to captivate consumers’ tastes.

Opening of the First Farmhouse Restaurant.

County Governor Son Byeong-bok said, “Jinmiga is a farmhouse restaurant that preserves Uljin-gun’s unique ingredients through fermented foods and is expected to become a distinctive tourist resource,” adding, “Uljin-gun will continue to discover excellent local resources and foster them into competitive specialized projects.”