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…
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…
