Hwacheon County to Upgrade "Sancheoneo Cuisine" and "Street Snacks" for 2026 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Festival

Nara Foundation Invites Culinary Researcher Boeun Lee for Food Stall Recipe Training
Tasting Event to Select Food Stall Groups at Mulbitnuri Restaurant on December 12

The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Festival is set to become even more delicious.

The 2026 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Festival street food recipe training was held on the 9th at the Hwacheon Healing Center in Sannaemyeon, with cooking researcher Boeun Lee and groups applying for participation attending. Provided by Hwacheon County

Hwacheon County and the Nara Foundation are actively developing new food menus to be featured at the 2026 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Festival, which will open on January 10 next year.

The Nara Foundation conducted specialized street food recipe training for groups applying to operate food stalls on December 5 and 9 at the Hwacheon Healing Center in Sannaemyeon.

Participants included the Hwacheon Chapter of the Korea Freedom Federation, the County Council for Nature Conservation, the Environmental Guardians Movement Headquarters, the Korean Traditional Music Association, HwacheonON, the Hwacheon Young Small Business Owners Association, the County Women's Association, and Jangsu Restaurant, all of whom hope to operate stalls at the festival.

Unlike previous years, this training attracted attention by inviting renowned culinary researcher Boeun Lee as a special instructor.

Boeun Lee has a strong connection to Hwacheon, having showcased a variety of dishes using sancheoneo (mountain trout) on television programs.

The training introduced snacks such as chicken skewers, sandwiches, and hot dogs, which festival visitors can easily purchase and enjoy at food stalls.

After completing the training, the Nara Foundation will hold a tasting event for the applicant groups at 2 p.m. on December 12 at the Mulbitnuri Restaurant next to the festival venue, where the street foods will be evaluated.

Based on the results of this evaluation, the Nara Foundation plans to select the groups that will operate stalls at the festival.

In addition to street food, the Nara Foundation is also preparing a variety of dishes to be served at the Mulbitnuri Restaurant during the festival period, including sancheoneo sashimi, sancheoneo sashimi rice bowls, spicy sancheoneo stew, sancheoneo fish cake soup, and fried sancheoneo.

Choi Moonsun, Governor of Hwacheon County and Chairman of the Nara Foundation, stated, "We are making great efforts to serve safe and delicious food to visitors coming to the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Festival."

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