Seoul-bound Geoncheon Rest Area Selected as 'ex-Food' by Daegu-Gyeongbuk Headquarters of Korea Expressway Corporation
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] The Geoncheon Rest Area on the Seoul-bound side of the Gyeongbu Expressway announced on the 7th that it participated in the '2020 Practical ex Food' competition hosted by the Korea Expressway Corporation Daegu-Gyeongbuk Headquarters and won an excellence award.
The 'ex Food' of the Seoul-bound Geoncheon Rest Area is the 'Chadol Mushroom Doenjang Jjigae' introduced last June. The selection criteria for Practical EX-FOOD require the price to be under 5,500 KRW and to use local specialty products.
The Korea Expressway Corporation Daegu-Gyeongbuk Headquarters held a contest for foods that rest area customers can enjoy, and the Geoncheon Rest Area (Seoul-bound) submitted 'Chadol Mushroom Doenjang Jjigae,' a popular doenjang stew enhanced with mushrooms, a local specialty of Geoncheon-eup, at an affordable price of 4,900 KRW, and was selected as a 'Practical ex Food.'
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Since 2016, the Expressway Corporation has established the 'ex Food' system and annually entrusts experts in food culture, such as culinary professors, to select practical and premium foods submitted by rest facilities nationwide on expressways.
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