Dish features pine mushrooms, a specialty in Korean cuisine.
Songi Mushroom Cooked in Peppered Bean Paste
Spotlight: Chongnyu Restaurant
Famous Korean restaurant built on the bank of the Potong River in 1982.
Myongthae Peppery Soup
Attractive with a fine blend of colours, aroma, and hot, this soup is well known as a health food in Korea.
Tea Culture Encouraged
Tea is gaining popularity in the DPRK where many new teahouses are springing up.
Pub Enhances Flavour of Traditional Liquor
The Chonghyang Makkolli Pub is known for its light liquors including traditional Korean makkolli, a cloudy fermented rice liquor with a long history.
Spotlight: Pyongyang Duck Restaurant
Restaurant on Tongil Street serves a variety of Korean duck dishes.
Spotlight: Restaurant Boat ‘Taedonggang’
Floating modern restaurant in Pyongyang is now an iconic part of the Taedong River.
Kimchi-Making Season at its Height
The winter kimchi-making season is in full swing in innumerable kitchens across the DPRK.
Edifice for the People
The Okryu Restaurant is one of the greatest culinary spots in the DPRK, serving sometimes upwards of 10,000 people every day.
Traditional Fruit Beverage – Hwachae
Koreans have been preparing and enjoying hwachae since the Koryo Kingdom.
Watery Radish Kimchi
Watery radish kimchi has been enjoyed by Koreans for well over 1500 years since the Three Kingdoms period.
Loach Soup, Popular Health-Promoting Dish in Autumn
Koreans have enjoyed loach soup since ancient times both for its good taste and high nutritional value.
Fermented Bean
The Korean people have long used fermented bean in their dietary life.
Chef Good at Cooking Oxtail Soup
Head chef Pak Yon Ok (middle) teaches other cooks how to cook oxtail soup. The Ullim Restaurant, located in Kyonghung-dong of Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, is renowned for beef dishes. “Oxtail soup is […]
Fermented Rice Cake
Fermented rice cakes have been enjoyed by the Korean people for hundreds upon hundreds of years originating in the Koryo Kingdom period.
DPRK Recipe: Fried Bean Curd and Lobster
Okryu Restaurant Overflows With National Flavor
The Okryu Restaurant has been serving traditional dishes loved by the Korean people for now over 60 years.
Unjong Tea
Unjong tea cultivated in South Hwanghae and Kangwon Provinces are more frequently being enjoyed at countless tea houses.
Traditional Dishes In Midsummer
Restaurants in the DPRK are serving dishes special to the summer months and which have excellent nutritive values.
Special Dishes of the Hamgyong Provincial Area
Dishes originating from Hamgyong Province are now spreading in popularity all over the country.
Info Clip: Pyongyang Taedonggang Fish Restaurant
Inaugurated in 2018, the restaurant at a picturesque spot beside the Taedong river is supplying fresh delicious fish to citizens.
Info Clip: “Hwanggumisak” Brand Foodstuffs
Products of the Pyongyang Corn Processing Factory are gaining increasing popularity among working people.
A Factory to Benefit the People
The Pyongyang Terrapin Farm is producing hundreds of thousands of terrapins to be used for traditional Koryo medicine and nutritious Korean dishes.
Four Typical Dishes of Pyongyang
Four iconic dishes of the Pyongyang area perfectly represent the culinary culture of the region.
Foodstuff Production Increased
The Songyo Foodstuff Factory is working hard to diversify foodstuffs increasingly enjoyed by the people.
