Gourmet festival offers Chengdu flavor

The giant panda, the iconic image of Sichuan province, will lend its name to a food festival to be held in Chengdu.

The Chengdu Panda Asian Gourmet Festival will draw representatives of famous restaurants, chefs, food writers and researchers from Thailand, Singapore, Israel, Pakistan, South Korea, Japan and Turkey.

Zhang Yingming, head of the office of the festival's planning committee, said the festival will consist of an international food culture exhibition, a Chinese menu and food-related exhibition and an international culinary forum.