Shilla Duty Free Sells 'Kyakgwa' at Gimpo Airport

Shilla Duty Free, operated by Hotel Shilla, announced on the 19th that it will launch ‘Gimpo Airport K-Yakgwa,’ a product utilizing the traditional Korean dessert Yakgwa, and designate it as a Gimpo Airport specialty product for sale.

Jung Dong-seong, the manager of Shilla Duty Free Gimpo Airport branch (right in the photo), is taking a photo with Jeong Sang-beom, deputy general manager of the Concession Business Division at Korea Airports Corporation, to commemorate the launch of 'Gimpo Airport K Yakgwa'.
[Photo by Shilla Duty Free]

Shilla Duty Free won the airport representative specialty product contest for resident businesses at Gimpo, Jeju, and Gimhae airports, hosted by Korea Airports Corporation, by proposing a fusion Yakgwa product.

In collaboration with ‘Misong Hangwa,’ the product combines the popular Yakgwa with pound cake. Gimpo Airport K-Yakgwa features a hexagonal butter cake topped with mini Yakgwa, available in two flavors?brownie and butter?individually packaged in a gold case, making it suitable as a gift. Yakgwa will be released on the 20th of this month and can be found at Shilla Duty Free in Gimpo Airport.

Jung Dong-sung, head of Shilla Duty Free Gimpo Airport branch, said, “We are pleased to have the opportunity to promote K-food in cooperation with Korea Airports Corporation,” and added, “We will continue to promote the excellence of K-food to both domestic and international customers.”

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