By: Vickie J. Rubinson
You still can't get a hamburger in Pyongyang, but the suspicious similar "minced beef and bread" is for sale at the North Korean capital's first fast-food restaurant, a news report said today.
The Samtaeseong restaurant opened in the isolated communist country last month, according to the Tokyo based Choson Sinbo. The restaurant's interior appears to be styled after fast-food joints the world over, but the menu is careful not to call its signature fare a burger--lest it give the impression North Koreans have embraced the American icon.
This is not the government's first foray into foreign food. In March, the Chosen Sinbo, widely considered a mouthpiece for the North Korean government, reported that Kim--a noted gourmand--had ordered the opening of the country's first Italian restaurant. The chefs there were trained in Italy and food made with imported ingredients was served.
The minced beef and bread at the new fast-food restaurant costs only $1.70, the newspaper said, but that would eat up more than half of the average North Korean's daily income.
The restaurant also offers Kimchi--Korean pickled cabbage--as well as waffles and draft beer and plans to add croissants and hot dogs to its menu in the coming months but with Korean names.
You still can't get a hamburger in Pyongyang, but the suspicious similar "minced beef and bread" is for sale at the North Korean capital's first fast-food restaurant, a news report said today.
The Samtaeseong restaurant opened in the isolated communist country last month, according to the Tokyo based Choson Sinbo. The restaurant's interior appears to be styled after fast-food joints the world over, but the menu is careful not to call its signature fare a burger--lest it give the impression North Koreans have embraced the American icon.
This is not the government's first foray into foreign food. In March, the Chosen Sinbo, widely considered a mouthpiece for the North Korean government, reported that Kim--a noted gourmand--had ordered the opening of the country's first Italian restaurant. The chefs there were trained in Italy and food made with imported ingredients was served.
The minced beef and bread at the new fast-food restaurant costs only $1.70, the newspaper said, but that would eat up more than half of the average North Korean's daily income.
The restaurant also offers Kimchi--Korean pickled cabbage--as well as waffles and draft beer and plans to add croissants and hot dogs to its menu in the coming months but with Korean names.
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