Asian gastronomy and culture to be presented in Bucharest

Newsroom 11/10/2013 | 09:39

The first Asian festival organized in Romania have the purpose to promote the cultural values and cuisines specific to Asian countries, everything under the name of Asian Gastronomy and Culture Festival, ASIA FEST.

Shows, presentations and cultural workshops, as well as a fair of culinary products from Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam, India and Turkey are prepared for the interested public. Industrial and handmade items, food products, art objects, clothing items and ornaments – these are only a few of the attractions of this year’s edition of the fair.

Moreover, the visitors will have the chance to attend cooking demonstrations and taste Asian food from India, Vietnam, Turkey, South Korea, Japan and China. There will be also presentations of Japanese kimonos, Chinese folk costumes, Korean regional costumes (hanbok), Indian costumes (saris), as well as calligraphy workshops (Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi), workshops of cosplay (costume play) and Asiatic-style makeup.

The exhibition of products and services brings together importers and manufacturers from the Asian part of the world, from countries such as Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey but also restaurants and travel agencies that have these countries as destinations.

Visitors are expected between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. and the entrance is free of charge, over October 18-20, 2013 at the Dalles Gallery. More information about this festival here.