‘Wando Jeonbok Street’ Selected as 2020 National Excellent Dining Street

Excellence Award Winner at the 3rd 'Leading Food Service District Competition' Hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] Wando Abalone Street, a representative food specialty street in Korea, was selected as an excellent dining street nationwide in 2020.

According to Wando County on the 1st, at the 3rd National Leading Dining District Competition held annually by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to promote consumption of local specialties and revitalize the dining industry, Wando Abalone Street received the Excellence Award.

The excellent dining streets are selected through a comprehensive evaluation including document review, presentation evaluation, customer satisfaction, and on-site inspection in areas such as street competitiveness, use of excellent ingredients, service, and environment and hygiene management.

This year, among 270 food specialty streets from local governments, 6 districts that passed the regional preliminaries competed, and finally 3 locations (Grand Prize, Excellence Award, Encouragement Award) were selected.

In particular, Wando Abalone Street received high marks for developing specialized menus such as abalone single dishes and abalone sauces using the local specialty abalone, operating various abalone tasting events to promote abalone consumption during local festivals, and promoting projects to improve restaurant rooms, kitchen environments, and street environments.

Also, the COVID-19 daily quarantine promotion case, which operated a one-on-one system where public officials visit businesses at least once a week to check quarantine rules, received great praise.

Wando Abalone Street has optimal conditions to lead the dining industry as it can receive fresh and inexpensive ingredients from the nearby seafood market, and there are many tourist attractions nearby such as Wando Tower, Jangbogo Historic Site, and Myeongsasimni Beach.

Meanwhile, as a pledge project of the 7th local government term, the county promoted the Wando Abalone Street landmark project, improving restaurant facilities, providing service and hygiene consulting, applying for restaurant hygiene grading, and designating model restaurants.

A county official said, “Wando Abalone Street’s greatest strengths are the supply of fresh and inexpensive ingredients, many nearby tourist attractions, and the generosity of merchants. Going forward, we will nurture it as the nation’s best dining street by providing a higher level of taste and service to customers as well as continuing daily quarantine activities to overcome COVID-19.”

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