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…
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…
