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Hosted by the state-run Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation on Sunday, the "K-Food Cooking Class" was attended by 100 Iranians. The participants were selected from more than 350 applicants, organizers said, Yonhap news agency reported on Monday.
According to the report, the Iranians learned how to make kimchi, a spicy, fermented cabbage dish, and kimbap, a seaweed-wrapped rice roll filled with a variety of ingredients, during the event.
"Can we really eat this after putting all this pepper into this?" Maryam, a 34-year-old participant, said as she mixed various vegetables together with pepper powder to make kimchi, which seemed to be too spicy a dish for her.
She added that she got interested in Korean food due to the popular Korean TV drama "Jewel in the Palace."
"I once saw the process of making kimchi on the Internet, but applied to attend this event to learn how to make it directly from Koreans," she said.
With her hands covered with spicy red pepper sauce, Paniz, a 22-year-old college student, also said that she enjoyed the kimchi-making event.
"It is very hot, but quite tasty. I think it is healthy too," she said.
The cooking event came as South Korean President Park Geun-hye embarked on her three-day visit to the Middle East country, which is now a crucial business partner for Seoul after the removal of anti-Tehran sanctions.
Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) on July 14, 2015 reached a conclusion over the text of a comprehensive 159-page deal on Tehran’s nuclear program and started implementing it on January 16.
The comprehensive nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has terminated all the nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran.
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