"Is this 30,000 won?" "Don't you know the price of vegetables?"At the kimchi festival, there's another controversy.

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Recently, controversy over rip-off charges arose over the price of food sold at the 'Gwangju Kimchi Festival'.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City, the 31st Gwangju Kimchi Festival, which was held for three days from the 18th to the 20th, received great response, with 68,000 visitors.

The successful festival was embroiled in a controversy over 'rip-off charges' immediately after it ended. Complaints poured out that the "Kimchi Bossam" menu sold by some stores was poor for the price at the "Table of the Thousand People," a representative program of the festival and a collection of food booths online.The photos of food spread around the

online community show that about 20 pieces of bossam meat, kimchi, and salted shrimp were sold for 30,000 won.

A visitor who posted another photo said about 10 pieces of boiled pork, three pieces of tofu and a plate of kimchi were sold for 10,000 won under the name of "Tofu Kimchi Bossam."

Internet users are divided over this. Many Internet users said, "I still haven't come to my senses. That's why we don't go to local festivals." "Can't we crack down?" "It's not just once or twice, but it keeps popping," and "I'm the winner because I just watch the festival and eat the food at a nearby franchise restaurant."

On the other hand, they voiced, "People who criticize don't seem to know the market price of vegetables," "Even if you buy ingredi

ents at home, that's 20,000 won," and "It's not a bad price."

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Meanwhile, Choi Hyun-suk, Yeo Kyung-rae, Fabrizio Ferrari chef, and temple food master Jeong Kwan, who appeared in Netflix entertainment show "Black and White Chef: The War of Cooking Classes," which recently became a hot topic, attended the kimchi festival as a food show host and attracted attention.

According to organizers, kimchi worth 401 million won was sold during the kimchi festival, and sales of more than 30 kinds of kimchi dishes topped 190 million won, resulting in total sales of 820 million won.

Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team