There is a myth that the only two countries you can’t get Coke in are Cuba and North Korea. In fact you can get it in both. In North Korea though, at least recently it has gotten harder to get the “real thing”, or even North Korean Coke. This void has seemingly been filled by…
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…
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…
