Seocho-gu's New Concept Senior Restaurant 'Seoripul Senior Restaurant' Renovated
Yangjae, Bangbae, and Seocho Jungang Senior Welfare Centers' 3 Senior Cafeterias Complete High-End Remodeling... Selected by 2020 Resident Participation Budget, Upgraded to Hotel Restaurant-Quality Dining, Preparing for Reopening
[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seocho-gu (Mayor Eunhee Cho) has completed the remodeling of the senior cafeterias at three district-run senior welfare centers (Yangjae, Bangbae, Seochojungang), transforming them into high-quality 'Seoripul Senior Restaurants' and is ready to welcome the elderly.
Selected as a resident participation budget project in 2020, the 'Seoripul Senior Restaurant' was planned to improve the dining halls of local senior welfare centers into elegant restaurants comparable to hotel restaurants, creating a twofold space where seniors can regain health and find friends.
The district secured a total budget of about 700 million KRW through the resident participation budget and the Seoul City senior welfare center function enhancement project to carry out the remodeling.
To become a dining space tailored for seniors, surveys were conducted in advance at each welfare center, and the design reflected improvements in structure suited to seniors' movement lines and a pleasant, hygienic cooking environment.
The 'Seoripul Senior Restaurant' has transformed from the image of a mass meal service that merely satisfies hunger to providing home-cooked style meals prepared with care, using soft yet bright lighting and high-quality tableware.
The district can now offer proper meals to seniors in a more refined restaurant setting, contributing to their healthy and happy senior lives.
Currently, due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, the 'Seoripul Senior Restaurant' maintains an emergency care system that prepares and delivers meals and side dishes to low-income seniors, and is awaiting reopening to serve delicious meals made with care in a dignified and cozy space for seniors weary in body and mind as soon as the pandemic subsides.
Mr. Kim, a senior living in Yangjae-dong who receives free meals, expressed gratitude, saying, “With the welfare center dining halls closed due to COVID-19, I was worried about how to manage each meal alone, but receiving various meals and side dishes every week made me feel ‘I have not been forgotten by people yet,’ which gave me strength.”
Additionally, Seochojungang Senior Welfare Center is preparing a pilot project called the 'Good! Evening Project' in 2021.
They plan to operate evening meals consisting of healthy and convenient foods at the 'Seoripul Senior Restaurant,' along with various leisure, cultural, and educational evening programs for seniors’ lives with health, smart technology, and humanities themes.
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Seocho-gu Mayor Eunhee Cho stated, “I hope COVID-19 will end soon so that we can warmly serve delicious meals at the newly transformed restaurant,” and added, “We will continue to carefully support seniors so they can enjoy healthy and happy senior lives and work even harder to honor them.”
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