"This is it!" The crowd at the unique ramen festival...As a representative festival in the region, "Utuk".

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With the global Korean Wave, Korean ramen has also become popular and emerged as a profitable export product.

This ramen-themed festival was held in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and people who came to taste unique ramen gathered.

Reporter Lee Yoon-jae is back.

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All the famous "ramen restaurants" gathered around Gumi Station and on the 500m-long road.

There are also various ingredients combined with ramen, such as pork belly, tacos, and tripe.

Crowds trying to taste the unusual ramen filled the road.

When the food you've been waiting for comes out, your smile spreads on your face, and your chopsticks move busily with a taste that exceeds your expectations.

[Kim Min-ji / Okgye-dong, Gumi-si, Gyeongbuk: Steak ramen was delicious, but there are many other ramen dishes, and I want to try a variety of dishes.]

The child who buried his head in the bowl doesn't even know that the sauce is on his face.

[Jang Yoo-yeol / Daegu Bisan-dong: My firstborn loves ramen so much that he asks me to make ramen every evening.... There are many kinds of toppings, so I'm enjoying it well.

[Ki-Woo / Daegu Bisan-dong: It's very delicious. [Which one is the best?] Black bean noodles are the best. The line was the longest, too.]

The festival began in Gumi with the fact that there is the largest ramen factory in Korea with an annual production of 800 billion won.

It has created new things to enjoy by connecting the industry with the festival.

It is expected that 150,000 people will visit, 70% more than last year, as it is based on food that everyone likes to eat and accessibility improves because it is in front of the old city center and the train station.

Gumi City plans to use this response as a stepping stone to develop it into a global festival.

[Kim Jang-ho / Gumi Market in North Gyeongsang Province: This year, noodles and ramen dishes from other countries such as Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Indonesia are being served. In the future, we will make it a global cotton festival.]

In the chilly fall, festivalgoers fell in love with the unique ingredients and unique ramen charms.

I'm YTN Lee Yunjae.

Photograph: VJ Yoon Ye-on