Thanks for sharing. Very interesting indeed.
It seems like the link is behind the paywall. Google ‘Eating in North Korea: ‘We were being fed a story’’ and enter the article from the search result.
Petrol over clams? I thought it would be a bad idea and sure enough 'The chewy molluscs reeked of soot and gasoline. ’ How can that be the ‘famous clam barbeque’?!
The royal pangsanggi lunch sounds like the type of banquet meal that @Lethe2020 had at Yong Su Sang in LA.
I wonder if the kimchi Fuchsia had in North Korea, has a more mellow taste than South Korea’s version as Lethe2020 noted in the banquet discussion