If you have not been to Uzbekistan then you are seriously missing out. Sure, the Silk Road cities are every bit as stunning as people say they are, but what really surprised me was just how bloody good the food was. Uzbekistan might well have the best cuisine in Central Asia, with influences from Persia,…
If you have not been to Kyrgyzstan then you are truly missing out. The people are great, the scenery is stunning, and there is more communist tack than you can shake a shitty stick at. And then there is Kyrghiz food. Kyrghiz food, or Kyrgyzstani cuisine, is bloody awesome! And despite what you might think,…
While the street food Tianjin scene is actually not all that bad, it is extremely far from being an “underrated gem” as many have stated. Also pretty much all of the information that you see online is either wrong or very out of date. For example, Tianjin Food Street, or Tianjin Cuisine Street, the fake…
There might be new sparkling shiny restaurants popping in Pyongyang, but for veterans of the country there are some foods dining options that are still unbeatable. Chief among them, Gasoline Clams in Nampho. Now, I know what you are thinking! This sounds insane, unsafe and not very nice. I also thought these things before I…
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…
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…
