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[FDNY]

New Songdo is touting that it has spent US$35billion on the New Songdo City. This is supposed to be a place where foreigners will want to live, where businesses will want to locate to. So, I thought if they dropped thirty five big ones on the thing, then one of their first festivals should be pretty good.

The webpage wasn't bad: http://www.ilovebeer.kr/

Unfortunately the webpage is FALSE advertising, if not an outright lie.

There were about a hundred booths there. One booth had a few warm bottles of overpriced craft brew. Bottles were 10,000 and 20,000 won each and, like I said, warm. Another booth had bottles of equally warm Tsingtao, Bud and some Turkish beer. There was NO draft beer except for OB. I couldn't believe it. There was also NO foreign food whatsoever. I felt offended that I had actually expended energy to come to this place for such an amateurish, badly organized event. Moving on there was no foreign entertainment or music whatsoever. Lastly, all signs were in English only. (World Cultural festival???)

So, after 30 minutes of this garbage we crossed the street to the 7/11 where they hade about fifteen different beers and it was cold. You're average E-Mart would be a better World Beer Festival than that dump.

Korea still has a LONG way to go. $35billion wasted. I certainly wouldn't want to live there.

[northway]

[FloridaGator314]

As a resident of Yeonsu-gu, I had no idea that New Songdo City was there in order to bring more brands of beer to Korea. Might be a little over, but it's still cool.

[isisaredead]

i think FDNY was arguing that this world beer festival was supposed to be something of an advertisement for the potential of new songdo. that the event was a flop could be seen as proof that new songdo, too, will fail to meet even the most basic of expectations, considering the amount of money that's been pumped into it.

or i could be way off.

[FDNY]

[Stan Rogers]

FDNY at his drunk and surliest.

[NYC_Gal 2.0]

My Korean boss was disappointed with the festival. She had been looking forward to foreign beer, and told me that she could have gotten the few that they had at E-mart or Homeplus for less, and not have wasted the drive.

My boss is awesome.

[Jake_Kim]

Just another example of pet projects of the previous administration gone south. I'm talking about Songdo itself, not the self-proclaimed 'festival.'
Korean beer advocates have used harsher expressions regarding the event, BTW.

[sojusucks]

You would think Koreans would know how to put on a boozefest since they are such experts at drinking down the firewater.

[Landros]

have the St. Patrick's day parade there next year and let the Irish show them how's it is done or invite the germans. If they want an international festival they had better invite some international groups to do their thing. amateurs.

[isisaredead]

[nukeday]

[FDNY]

[brento1138]

Just go to WA Bar. At least the beer is cold!

[jvalmer]