PRESS RELEASE

ASEAN Ladies Circle Holds ASEAN Noodles Festival

in line with 41st Anniversary of ASEAN

The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ladies Circle in Tehran  in cooperation with ASEAN Embassies organized a “Noodles Festival” held at Royal Thai Embassy grounds on 26 August 2008.

 Philippine Embassy’s Cultural Attache, Ms. Emelyn M. Cosino and presently the President of ASEAN Ladies Circle lead in planning this Noodles Festival.

 The event is one of the activities of ASEAN in line with the commemoration of its 41^st Anniversary, which aimed awareness on ASEAN foods especially its noodles.

 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok by the five original Member Countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.  Brunei Darussalam joined on 8 January 1984, Vietnam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999.

 Madam Sheik Attar, wife of Deputy Foreign Minister and one of the officers of Iranian Diplomatic Ladies Association, opened the festival with Madammes of ASEAN Embassies.

 ASEAN members countries represented in Tehran namely Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam participated in the event. The participating countries showcased their popular noodles with some native handicrafts and products including fashion accessories, home decors, clothes and food.

 Philippine  Embassy prepared “pancit palabok” and “chicken sotanghon soup” for food tasting; and among items on sale in the booth were pearl accessories , shell capiz products and Universal Robina Corporation’s Nissin noodles products.

Royal Thai Embassy, host of the event, also prepared different types of Thai food and delicacies for the guests. Diplomats from different Embassies, ASEAN communities, expats and Iranians attended the event.