Posted on 04/27/2017 4:16:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
NORTH Koreas state-run airline serves its passengers only one item of food.
The Koryo Burger is always served stone cold straight from the fridge on a paper doily with an unidenfitied slice of processed meat in the middle. The bun is stale, theres a slice of processed cheese, a few wispy slices of shredded cabbage or a single lettuce leaf (but usually not both).
Some say the mystery sauce is red, some say its brown, but most generally agree its too watery to be blood left over from the animal that became the patty.
Its pretty much exactly what youd expect from an airline named as one of the worst in the world, according to review website Skytrax.
And yet, its repulsiveness has gained an almost cult-level following around the world.
Journalist Jamie Fullerton wrote for Vice that, like many others on the flight, he didnt finish his burger, but this was largely due to the chewy blandness rather than revulsion.
The meat was inoffensively dull and, true to the intrigue that surrounds it, even tougher to identify than it was to chew.
He said the weirdness only added to the sense of confusion he felt watching the bizarre propaganda videos that played the whole two hours from Beijing to Pyongyang.
However, thats not to say all North Korean burgers are bad.
The nations staples are kimchi (a kind of fermented cabbage) and noodles, but tour operator Simon Cockerell said plenty of places serve decent patties. His theory is that the bland meat is actually chicken.
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I wouldn’t be caught dead on Air Koryo, much less it the food they serve..
much less EAT the food THEY serve..
The only thing worse than flying on a North Korean airline is knowing that you’re going to North Korea
Worse than that is knowing you might not come back.
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