Bun Moc is one of those Saigon street food dishes that never really gets the same global attention as pho, but in reality it is exactly the kind of thing you end up eating if you spend any real time in the city. It is simple, fast, unpretentious food that exists purely because people are…
Bánh bột lọc is not something you really go looking for. It is one of those Vietnamese dishes that tends to appear on a menu when you are already slightly confused, slightly hungry, and not in the mood to decode every single line in front of you. That was exactly the situation in Phnom Penh,…
By recommendation we boarded our bus to head to the new Clock Tower Restaurant down in the Pyonghattan Hwasong district of Pyongyang. The reason? Because we were told it was the best restaurant in Pyongyang. They did not let us down at all. Not only was this the most deluxe and exclusive restaurant that I…
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…
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…
