All about Seoul Food 2012 - Part 2

As I promised in mylast post, today I will walk you through the booths in the International hall at Seoul Food 2012. The International hall was so much fun as I could see and taste all types of authentic food from countries covering six continents. It reminded me of how far Korea has come in appreciation of cuisines from around the world and how cosmopolitan Koreans' tastes have become.

Seoul Food 2012 was certainly a world food festival and all the countries made their booth quite distinctive so visitors could easily tell to which country the booth belongs. Let's take a look at the country booths.

When I think of Norway, the first thing that comes to mind is fresh seafood. Norway's booth was easily noticeable with its dark blue, ocean-like booth. The better part was that visitors could taste fresh Norwegian salmon along with cucumbers and delicious sauce. The line was long but it was certainly worth the wait!

France had a very pretty blue, white, red booth reflecting the colors of its national flag. According to other visitors that I briefly chatted with, France usually has a similarly designed booth for other food shows as well. I thought that this was a smart idea as people could easily spot the booth! As you might imagine, the French booth mainly focused on chocolates and wine. As the chocolates were so pretty (and delicious), I wanted to purchase some to share with my colleagues. Unfortunately none were for sale. SAD but you can check out the pictures ontheir website!

Photo Credit:Lupe website

Australia distinguished its booth from others by having giant flowing balloons with Victoria written on them. At this booth, I found a cool wine product calledLupe, which conveniently keeps the wine in a sealed glass. Picnicing couldn't be easier!

Mexico, Thailand and the Philippines all had very colorful booths in red and orange color schemes. I sampled sweet juicy pineapples from Thailand, two pieces of cooked Mexican pork and some dried fruit from the Philippines. This place was heaven!

The USA booth was distinctive not only because of its bright national flagdesignbut also because it was the only booth that provided free internet service! While there was Wi-Fi available everywhere, still it was good to have a computer that you can use for free. It. This helped to gather visitors so I say it's a very smart strategy.

Taiwan was the only foreign country I saw that used Korean writing on its booth, which most certainly made it stand out among its peers. Taiwan also made a pavilion directory for its booths so you could check out other booths more easily.

While there are many other booths that were successful and worth mentioning, I would like to end the virtual tour with the booth where the most people gathered: Poland! This booth showed that people gather where there is free high-quality food. It had chefs cooking traditional a Polish meal with a sliced beef, brothy soup and a type of vegetable I didn't recognize. People were really lining up to get a taste. Poland also displayed a specially made Sekacz (traditional cake). It's unique pine cone shape and large size attracted hoards of photographers.

About the author by Sophie Choi

Born in Korea and raised on three different continents, I have always been enthusiastic to share the uniqueness of Korean culture and design. On top of that, the advanced level of Korean technology makes me proud to call myself Korean and motivates me to spread technology related news to more people around the world. The list of things I like (and like to do) is endless: Shopping, Gummy jellies, Lilies... and it goes on

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