Due to the state run nature of North Korea and well the private enterprise element of street dining, the Street Food Pyongyang scene was previously almost non-existent. This though has slowly started to change as the nation has slowly loosened the constraints on state ownership of everything. Combine this with the newfound riches of the…
OK almost anyone that claims to know the best restaurants in Pyongyang right now is lying! This is because over the last 6 years the culinary scene in the capital of North Korea has frankly exploded with new joints offering some great scran. And I now this because just recently I was one of the…
On my most recent visit to Pyongyang as part of a delegation to the 24th Pyongyang Spring Trade Fair I was afforded the chance to visit a bunch of great restaurants, new and old. One of the gems of this was the iconic Taedonggang Seafood Restaurant. Why iconic you ask? Because at the 2018 inter-Korean…
I have just come back from attending the 24th Pyongyang Spring Trade Fair and not to put too fine a point on it, but it was epic. And were that not enough it also allowed me to visit Pyongyang for the first time in 6 whole years. Now before the haters start hating I will…
Getting into North Korea at all in 2026 is not straightforward, and getting out to Mount Myohyang and the Hyangsan Hotel is even more of a logistical hurdle. It is a long drive from Pyongyang, usually around three hours depending on checkpoints and road conditions, and it sits right in the middle of what North…
A journey I had previously taken close to a hundred times, but one I had not embarked on for 6 years. Well I was just part of the first Western group to take the train from Beijing to Pyongyang and it was as epic as ever. So, how do you take the train from Beijing…
