When traveling to North Korea, what can you eat for three meals a day?

During the trip to North Korea, many of the group members brought snacks. In many people's minds, food is tight in North Korea, so everyone brings enough snacks to nip things in the bud. In fact, we ate quite a lot during our few days in North Korea. First, let’s talk about what we have for breakfast? The breakfast you eat is different depending on the hotel you stay in. The breakfast at Yanggakdo Hotel is a buffet, including bread, porridge and eggs.

Youth Hotel is not a buffet, and the breakfast is very rich. The staple food is white porridge and steamed buns, and there are a lot of vegetables. Paired with a small amount of meat and eggs, there will be two servings of each dish for eight people per table. Cold dishes will be provided for breakfast. What impressed me most was the cold chrysanthemum, cold bean sprouts and cucumber. Of course kimchi is a must. We had kimchi every morning and breakfast was pretty much the same every day.

Twice we had lunch in North Korea on the train. Although it cannot be compared with the food at Zhengerbajing restaurant, the lunch boxes on North Korean trains are quite conscientious. There are eggs, fish pieces and pickles, and a bottle of mineral water is provided. Snacks and beer are also provided on the bus, but you need to pay for them yourself. The lunch that impressed me most in North Korea was copper bowl rice. It is said that copper bowl rice was the dining standard of the ancient Korean royal family. Nine copper bowls of the same size are filled with different side dishes, and then paired with a bowl of soup and a bowl of rice.

Although there are many dishes at Copper Bowl Rice, they are mainly vegetarian dishes and cold dishes, which may not be suitable for those who like meat. However, North Korean rice tastes good. There was a big guy in the group who had a big appetite. During the meal, I added two bowls of rice in a row. When I asked the waiter for more rice for the third time, the waiter looked embarrassed and refused directly. It can be seen from these details that North Korea is relatively short of food. Lunch is usually a combination of meat and vegetables, with seven or eight dishes, two servings of each dish.

Dinner is richer than lunch and has more variety. For dinner we had Korean roast duck and Korean hot pot. The dining area is a bit like a karaoke room, because the waiters will sing and perform for us while we eat. During my few days in North Korea, I enjoyed North Korean kimchi, wine-steamed clams, quail egg-roasted sausages, and pollack. Of course, everyone has different tastes and likes different foods. But North Korea’s Daedonggang Beer is generally recognized to be delicious.