Dangjin City to Host National Rice Cake Competition in 2025

Published 2025년 5월 15일

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Dangjin City (Mayor Oh Seong-hwan) announced on the 15th that it has been finally selected as the host city for the '2025 National Rice Cake Competition'. This competition will be hosted by Chungcheongnam-do and organized by the Korea Rice Cake Food Processing Association, and will be promoted in conjunction with the 'Dangjin Haenaru Sweet Potato Festival' on September 27th. The National Rice Cake Competition aims to modernize traditional rice cakes, popularize them, and develop them as tourism products by utilizing local specialties, with 20 teams of rice cake masters and general participants competing in real-time. The competition theme is to develop representative rice cakes using Dangjin City's specialty sweet potatoes and Haenaru rice, focusing on local agricultural products.

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Dangjin City announced on the 15th that it has been finally selected as the host city for the '2025 National Rice Cake Competition'. The competition will be hosted by Chungcheongnam-do and organized by the Korea Rice Cake Food Processing Association, and will be carried out in conjunction with the 'Dangjin Haenaru Loess Sweet Potato Festival' on September 27th. The National Rice Cake Competition aims to modernize traditional rice cakes, popularize them, and develop them as tourism products by utilizing local specialties, with 20 teams of rice cake masters and general participants competing in real-time. The competition theme is developing a representative rice cake using Dangjin's specialty loess sweet potatoes and Haenaru rice, seeking to discover rice cakes with creativity and commercial potential using local agricultural products. In addition to the competition, the event plans to provide a five-sensory food experience to tourists and citizens by offering free tastings of ...

Source: Aflnews