First North Korean pizzeria opens

BBC ^ | 3-16-09 | unattributed

[dynachrome]

North Korea's first pizzeria has opened in the capital Pyongyang, according to a Japan-based newspaper.

Chefs were sent to Italy for training by leader Kim Jong-il, who said North Koreans should be able to try the world's best foods, said Choson Sinbo.

Most people in the secretive communist state live on an income of about $1,800 (£1,265) a year, but a wealthy elite can afford a more luxurious lifestyle.

An estimated two million North Koreans have died in famines since the 1990s.

Mr Kim's expensive tastes in food have often been commented on by those who have met him. He is believed to have a fondness for caviar, French wines, shark fin soup and cognac.

But the new restaurant's manager, Kim Sang-soon, said Mr Kim believed all North Koreans should "also be allowed access to the world's famous dishes".

I knew well from television and publications that pizza and spaghetti are world famous food, but it is the first time that I've tasted it

Jong Un-suk, customer

Making pizza for Kim Jong-il

"He then called for the establishment of a restaurant specialising in Italian food," Kim Sang-soon told the Choson Sinbo.

[dynachrome]

There is lots of blood on those pizzas. The people are starving and dying for chiahead and his minions.

[Tamar1973]

Do you think they have my version of kimchi pizza on the menu?

[null and void]

Grass root and sawdust pizza, yum

[SolidWood]

Bizarre. North Korea is Communism in it’s fullest blossom.

[dynachrome]

Ya beat me to it. I was gonna ping ya.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Tree bark pizza? Yummmmm!

[fishtank]

Maybe you could get some stimulus bucks for a fellowship to go over there to teach it in NK!!!

Ya’ never know!!!!!!!

:-)

[dynachrome]

A tidbit from the “Zimbabwe of the Orient”. Or is Zimbabwe the “North Korea of Africa”?

[Post Toasties]

Featured toppings: Kimchee and Soylent Green.

[ari-freedom]

Mr Kim believed all North Koreans should “also be allowed access to the world’s famous dishes”.

they can now look and smell but can’t touch

[Tamar1973]

Maybe you could get some stimulus bucks for a fellowship to go over there to teach it in NK!!!

Only our "messiah" Obama would think that was a worthwhile expenditure of US $$$$.

I'd rather live in South Korea where the men are good looking and the women don't cook tree bark soup for dinner.

[razorback-bert]

I was sure that Chiahead had invented Pizzia.

[Semper Mark]

“Grass root and sawdust pizza”...

They will, add a little mystery meat.

[Tamar1973]

Apparently, Mugabe of Zimbabwe was an eager student of the late Kim Il Sung. Surprised?

[Tamar1973]

Yeah....I did! LOL!

[backhoe]

Wonder what they are going to do for power?

Communism vs. Capitalism:

[dynachrome]

That’s “Dearly Beloved Maximum Leader Papa Jong” to you. :)

Follow up story will be how he makes the best pizza ever, no doubt.

[dynachrome]

I understand pizza is very good roasted over “nightsoil” Adds that special tang to the product. No electricity needed.

[Squantos]

Piazza con Kimshi !