Kimchi Burgers Bring Sweet Taste of Freedom to Pyongyang

Travel Blog  •  Alicia Imbody  •  07.31.09 | 10:41 AM ET

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Just when we were beginning to think that isolated North Koreans might never enjoy the greasy spillover of the expanding McWorld, the first-fast food restaurant in Pyongyang opened yesterday. The Daily Press reports that the Samtaeseong Restaurant—which serves burgers, fries, beer and, of course, kimchi—is already proving a runaway hit with locals and foreigners, and plans to expand are in the works.

Tags: Food, Asia, North Korea, Shrinking Planet

Alicia Imbody is a former World Hum intern and an international development consulant based out of Washington D.C.


2 Comments for Kimchi Burgers Bring Sweet Taste of Freedom to Pyongyang

Hal Amen 07.31.09 | 2:35 PM ET

Kimchi burgers are the best! I used to be hooked on the one served by national chain Loteria in Seoul.

JackieB 08.04.09 | 3:21 PM ET

how lovely! maybe now North Korea could get to feeding its millions of people suffering from starvation and malnutrition.

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