N. Korea: Kim Jong-il 30 favorite dishes(he eats like a king)

The Daily NK ^ | 06/05/05 | Shin Ju-hyon

[TigerLikesRooster]

prices listed below are likely the estimates they could charge at a first-class hotel in Seoul. 1. coconut & shark's fin soup $300 (Kim's favorite) 2. another shark's fin soup $250 3. shark's fin and conch soup $300 4. another shark's fin dish $300 5. fried flying fish eggs and shrimp $30 6. skewered goat meat $50 7. Laclette(?): cheese and potato dish $40 8. roasted baby pig $30 9. fish laced with green tea aroma $50 10. steamed pigeon marinated in soy sauce $100 11. tuna sushi (Kim's favorite) $400 12. steaks (rare or medium) $100 13. chicken and ginseng stew $10 14. beef rice stew $10 15. roasted pheasant $10  16. dog stew $30 (Kim always eats one on the hot days of summer.) 17. Eel and Caviar sushi $2,000 18. mushroom (Kim loved rice cooked with mushroom in it) $200 (the premium) 19. local fish dish(Mackerel pike and the other) $100 20. raw jumbo shrimp $200 21. borshch $30 22. potato noodle $10 23. coffee(srong) $5 24. fruit and pickled clams $50 25. salted and fermented pork fat $40 26. a fish soup $20 27. lightly boiled seafood $20 28. dandelion leaves $10 29. fresh seaweed $5 30. Johnny Walker Swing and Hennessey XO $200 (700ml bottle)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[fatnotlazy]

I guess none of this surprises me. Like most dictators, he lives high on the hog while his people suffer.

[Cicero]

"I'm so ronery!"

[investigateworld]

Number 16, "Dog Stew" Euuuewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

[ScreamingFist]

Darn now I'm hungry, I would probably skip the dog soup though.

[MikefromOhio]

[Tijeras_Slim]

Mostly meat.....


I guess my Mom was right about vegetables making you grow up tall and strong.

[exDemMom]

20. raw jumbo shrimp $200

I wonder about the prices listed. Never in my life have I seen $200 shrimp.

[BipolarBob]

While the peasants starve. Liberals love these tyrants. I am surprised Hanoi Jane hasn't flown over for a photo-op with this monster.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #7

I have something better:

[Alouette]

So does he really keep his own private shark tank for shark fin soup and disposing of nosy UN weapons inspectors?

[MikefromOhio]

it doesnt come in on this side :(

[CarrotAndStick]

A programme on BBC World once had this American who was in N Korea, for some UN work, had jokingly asked a citizen why, if N Korea was really starving, the 'Great Leader' is so fat?

Guess what happened next? The guy was in prison for a year, IIRC.

[MikefromOhio]

hahahahaa Hans Brix!!!!

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #9

Some kind of premium shrimp(alive up to the last moment?), I suppose. Prices are way above American norm, I suspect. This could be what they charge at one of the fanciest hotels in S. Korea.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #12

We would never know until we storm into his palace and dachas.

[solitas]

A link to the music: http://www.smokecds.com/play/166098

[nuconvert]

borshch?? How did THAT get in there?

And how come the roasted pheasant is so cheap?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #19

Maybe it is not a whole bird, but some slice of it.