Giant hot dog and 40 food spots: inside Shymkent's Street Food Fest

Forty places to taste the city

Shymkent’s Street Food Fest brought together 40 food locations. Visitors sampled menus from restaurants and street-food projects and visited an ethnic village and concert area. An attempt to enter Kazakhstan’s record book with a giant hot dog became the event’s main visual attraction.

Food as an urban route

For small cafés and producers, a festival is a shop window before a large audience. For the city, it can combine food, music and local culture into a reason to visit. Singer Ziruza was the programme’s featured musical guest.

Turning a spectacle into lasting value

A record attracts attention, while repeat visits create economic value. Clear navigation, food-safety controls, accessible prices, waste sorting and strong local participation all matter. Publishing attendance and sales results would make it easier to judge how much the festival contributed to tourism and small businesses.

Photo: Shymkent city administration / Visit Shymkent.

Source: Shymkent city administration