K-Food served at university canteen
K-Food served at university canteen
University students and staff now have a wide choice of Asian dishes after Korean companies began serving Korean food at their campus.
Indoko Co., Ltd., in cooperation with aT Korean Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp, has invested in a store at the National University of Laos' food court to serve traditional, original meals from the Republic of Korea.
K- Food embarked on the venture to introduce students at the National University of Laos to Korean food and bring them into contact with genuine Korean meals and culture.
The company selected a menu of popular and representative Korean foods to serve up at the university's food court. They are Bibimbab, Kimbap, Japchae, Korean instant noodle, Jjajang and Tteokboki.
Students said they liked the Korean food served at the food court and that it tasted good and was inexpensive, making it suitable for students.
Prices are very reasonable, ranging from 10,000 kip to 15,000 kip depending on the dish. The food is affordable and is as cheap as the Lao food served in the canteen.
A master's degree student said this was the first time he had tried Bibimbap. The main ingredients are rice, egg and meat which are mixed together to create a flavourful plateful.
The store is open from Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm.
“This is first restaurant in Laos run by our company. We plan to open other branches in other places where there are large groups of Lao people,” said President and CEO of K-Mart/Indoko Co., Ltd., Mr Kyu-Suk Han.
The company wants to create K-Food as a business franchise in Laos. Lao people interested in opening a Korean restaurant can discuss the matter with the company. The startup cost is not high.
The company hopes that many Lao people will enjoy Korean food and learn to cook it themselves.
The opening of the K-Food restaurant at the university canteen was supported by aT Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp.
In August this year, Indoko Co., Ltd. organised the Korean Food Festival at the Talat Sao Shopping Mall and cooked the country's biggest ever Bibimbab, a traditional Korean food.
Cooking Bibimbab was a highlight of the opening ceremony and drew a lot of tourists and shoppers to the mall to participate and try the Korean cuisine.
Some 150 kg of rice was used to make the giant dish, and was put in a 1.8m diameter wooden container with the rice 50 cm deep inside.
The other ingredients weighed 80kg, including boiled bean sprouts mixed with salt, young pumpkins, mushrooms, carrots, meat, eggs, Korean chilli sauce and sesame oil.
The chefs took about 15 minutes to mix all the ingredients and rice together to make enough Bibimbab to serve up to 500 people.
Currently, some Korean investors are opening restaurants in Vientiane. They are introducing many kinds of Korean foods to people in Laos. Kimchi and BBQ are among well known foods for Lao people.
vientiane times
