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Map of Korean Restaurants in Manhattan

by Stef on June 2nd, 2006

Mr. Ji Lee of the Korean Cultural Service in New York, in a press release issued today, announced that the first and exclusive map of Korean restaurants in Manhattan will be distributed starting June 5th, at the 3rd UN Korean Food Festival at the Delegates’ Dining Room in the United Nations’ Headquarters. The full text of the press release appears below:

For Immediate Release
Release Date: June 2, 2006
press contact: Ji Lee
jilee@koreanculture.org
(212)759-9550

The First and Exclusive Map of Korean Restaurants in Manhattan!

The Map of Korean Restaurants will be first released at:
3rd UN Korean Food Festival
June 5th – June 16th at the United Nations’
Delegates’ Dining Room
United Nations’ Headquarters (1st Avenue & 46th Street)

Map of Korean Restaurants in Manhattan is the first of its kind to fully list the top Korean restaurants in Manhattan, as the map lists 28 traditional, modern and specialty Korean Restaurants which has been compiled by the New York offices of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Korea, Korea Broadcasting Advertising Corporation in New York, and Korea Agro-Trade Center New York. The list of the featured Korean restaurants in this map has also been approved by the Korean-American Association of Greater New York.

Chung Moo Ro, Han Ga Wi, Kori, Woo Rae Oak are some of the most representative Korean restaurants in this city, and few of the specialty dishes of each restaurants and prices are also listed. This map is easy to navigate, and definitely a must guide for Korean food lovers and adventurous cuisine seekers! This map not only features Korean restaurants in K-Town (32nd Street) but also the more popular Korean restaurants throughout midtown and downtown Manhattan. Korean restaurants first appeared in New York in the early 1960s, and today, after more than 45 years, New York is home to over 250 Korean Restaurants.

Map of Korean Restaurants in Manhattan will be exclusively distributed starting June 5th, at the 3rd UN Korean Food Festival at the Delegates’ Dining Room in the United Nations’ Headquarters. “The purpose of distributing the Map of Korean Restaurants in Manhattan at the UN Korean Food Festival is to encourage the continuity of exploration in the Korean Cuisine,” said Mr. Sung Wook Jo, the president of Korea Tourism Organization in New York. The map will be available for download (in .pdf format) from our website (www.koreanculture.org) beginning on Monday, June 5th. For two weeks only, the delegates at the UN will be treated with one of Korea’s most internationally renowned chefs, Mr. Gi Ho Yim—and best of all, New Yorkers are also invited to the Delegates’ Dining Room for this feast!

The festival will consist of an elaborate lunch buffet that will be open to the public from Monday to Friday, 11:30AM to 2:30PM. [Reservations are required and can be made by calling (212) 963-7625/7626 or delegatesdiningroom@earthlink.net.]

For more information, please contact Ji Lee (jilee@koreanculture.org), the PR Manager, at the Korean Cultural Service New York at (212) 759-9550. The Korean Cultural Service is located at the sixth floor of 460 Park Ave. (at 57th Street), New York, NY, 10022.

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