'City of Flavor Mokpo' Designates 143 Regional Top Restaurants for Next Year

Selected 8 New Sites Through Document Review, On-Site Evaluation, and Committee Deliberation

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seung-hyun Jeong] Mokpo City, Jeollanam-do announced on the 21st that it has designated 143 establishments as the ‘2022 Mokpo Euddeum Matjip’ (Top Taste Restaurants).

The city selected the Euddeum Matjip based on strict criteria including clean and delicious food made with fresh ingredients, distinctive specialty dishes, and hygiene management status.

To enhance transparency in the process, the Mokpo Euddeum Matjip Selection Committee was formed, consisting of experts from the food, dining, and tourism academic fields as well as private specialists, and a selection plan was established involving a first round of document screening and a second round of on-site evaluation.

For this purpose, among the total of 40 establishments that applied through an open recruitment in September, 30 businesses that passed the first document screening, which included checks for administrative sanctions or disqualification of application eligibility, underwent a second on-site evaluation based on six criteria: taste, local authenticity, service, hygiene, atmosphere, and business philosophy. After committee deliberation, 8 new establishments were finally selected.

Additionally, to ensure the solid operation of the Euddeum Matjip, follow-up inspections of existing Euddeum Matjip establishments were conducted from October to December.

To ensure fairness and transparency, the inspections were conducted jointly with professional food hygiene inspectors, and through comprehensive surveys and re-inspections, 2 establishments were excluded from the Euddeum Matjip list.

The city plans to strictly manage the Euddeum Matjip through annual follow-up inspections and support these restaurants to become representative dining establishments that promote Mokpo’s flavors nationwide and lead the establishment of a high-quality food culture.

A city official stated, “Euddeum Matjip represents the taste of Mokpo. We will manage them systematically and thoroughly so that taste can become a core content of Mokpo tourism.”

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