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…
I was not pleased at all that the train from Sinuiju to Pyongyang no longer had a restaurant cart. There are though pretty food vendor girls offering scran. So, when I was offered rice and noodles I responded in the positive. What I was presented with namely “North Korean Instant Rice and Chicken” though somewhat…
If you end up at the Hyangsan Hotel at Mt Myohyang then there are two main restaurants, the main one on the second floor of the hotel and a hidden gem simply called “The Restaurant” in Korean. What those in the know call it is the “Rainbow Trout Restaurant”. As you’d expect it is because…
While Pyongyang is now awash with bright sparkling new restaurants there are still a few gems from back in the day that get us excited. Chief among them being Moranbong Fried Chicken. Located by Moran Hill and next to the Arch of Triumph (bigger than Paris), this chicken restaurant was famously known as the North…
Formerly one of the most spartan cities on earth, things are a changing in Pyongyang, with a nightlife that is not just eclectic, but buzzing. And nowhere epitomizes this more than the newly built Hwasong District and its flagship Taedonggang Beer Hall. For the uninitiated Taedonggang is THE beer of North Korea, what you will…
