Sri Lankan Food Festival in Millennium Seoul Hilton Hotel – South Korea

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The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Korea, in collaboration with the Millennium Seoul Hilton and the Colombo Hilton, organised a Sri Lankan food festival at the Orangerie Restaurant of the Millennium Hilton Hotel in Seoul.

Two experienced Sri Lankan chefs from the Colombo Hilton were specially flown to Seoul to prepare authentic and traditional Sri Lankan cuisine for the festival, providing a chance for food lovers from all regions to taste foods such as hoppers, kottu roti, curries, coconut sambol and watalappan. The festival commenced with a press luncheon at the Orangerie Restaurant last week. Over 150 guests were in attendance including leading Korean press, VIPs and the chief guest, Tissa Wijeratne, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Korea. The luncheon officially opened the festival to the public and publicised Sri Lanka’s food festival in Korea. In organising these events, the Embassy of Sri Lanka hoped to promote Sri Lankan food and culture, strengthen bilateral relations

between Korea and Sri Lanka and present Sri Lanka as a key tourist destination for Koreans. In fact, in 2013, Korean tourist arrivals increased by approximately 43% as compared to the previous year. These numbers were expected not only because of Sri Lanka’s popularity for its natural beauty, rich culture, heritage and religion but also due to successful promotional tourism activities. The festival will continue until 28 February 2014.