N. Korea: Kim Jong-il 30 favorite dishes(he eats like a king)

The Daily NK ^ | 06/05/05 | Shin Ju-hyon

[TigerLikesRooster]

prices listed below are likely the estimates they could charge at a first-class hotel in Seoul. 1. coconut & shark's fin soup $300 (Kim's favorite) 2. another shark's fin soup $250 3. shark's fin and conch soup $300 4. another shark's fin dish $300 5. fried flying fish eggs and shrimp $30 6. skewered goat meat $50 7. Laclette(?): cheese and potato dish $40 8. roasted baby pig $30 9. fish laced with green tea aroma $50 10. steamed pigeon marinated in soy sauce $100 11. tuna sushi (Kim's favorite) $400 12. steaks (rare or medium) $100 13. chicken and ginseng stew $10 14. beef rice stew $10 15. roasted pheasant $10  16. dog stew $30 (Kim always eats one on the hot days of summer.) 17. Eel and Caviar sushi $2,000 18. mushroom (Kim loved rice cooked with mushroom in it) $200 (the premium) 19. local fish dish(Mackerel pike and the other) $100 20. raw jumbo shrimp $200 21. borshch $30 22. potato noodle $10 23. coffee(srong) $5 24. fruit and pickled clams $50 25. salted and fermented pork fat $40 26. a fish soup $20 27. lightly boiled seafood $20 28. dandelion leaves $10 29. fresh seaweed $5 30. Johnny Walker Swing and Hennessey XO $200 (700ml bottle)

[tet68]

Well, no wonder, any one who would pay $5 for a cup of
coffee is out of their mind!!

[tet68]

I wonder about the prices listed. Never in my life have I seen $200 shrimp.


Remember those are the "JUMBO" shrimp
Oxymorons cost more.

[spinestein]

When Kim Jong-il was told that the peasants had no bread, he replied "Let them eat dirt".

:^)

[spinestein]

[I've always considered raw fish to be one of those things that you eat when you are lost at sea and the only thing left in the boat is a can of brussel sprouts.]



LOL!

Good one.

[Old Professer]

From Google (Quotes theirs):

"For those of you who haven't a clue, perhaps I'd better explain what it is. Raclette is essentially melted cheese, served over boiled potatoes with lots of ground black pepper, accompanied by small pickled onions and gherkins. The name comes from the French verb "racler", to scrape, because of the way the melted cheese is scraped off the block."

[ApplegateRanch]

when you are lost at sea and the only thing left in the boat is a can of brussel sprouts.

Highest and best use of canned brussel sprouts: bait to catch raw fish.

[Polybius]

I wonder about the prices listed. Never in my life have I seen $200 shrimp.

I buy $200 shrimp from a local shrimper all the time.

I pay for them by bringing him twenty $10 servings of dandelion leaves.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Yikes - I'd take the Johnny Walker over everything listed!

[wyattearp]

Highest and best use of canned brussel sprouts: bait to catch raw fish.

I'd think that brussel sprouts would even be too nasty for fish to eat. I tried to pawn mine off to our golden lab when I was a kid. He had the same reaction that I did. Looked at them, sniffed, then gave a dirty look, wondering why I was trying to feed him fermented sewage. ;-)

I was given a choice by my dad; eat them, or wear them. I wore them.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

My son and I just watched the movie this past week - it was hilarious! My son does a good job of imitating voices and has been sounding like Kim Jong-il all week!

[MikefromOhio]

hehe ask your son if he is ronery :)

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Well he's homeschooled Mike - so he's a weird kid with no social skills.......... of COURSE he's ronery........! lol

[MikefromOhio]

LOL

between home school kids and church school kids....jeez!! LOL

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

It's really a wonder he can even communicate, shut off from the world as he is.......... ;^)

[MikefromOhio]

hehe never know :)

Most of the kids I knew who were home schooled were just fine. However, and this was a very rare case, one guy I knew turned really dark and was very very interested in death stuff.

but that is one out of 20....

[snowsislander]

I guess none of this surprises me. Like most dictators, he lives high on the hog while his people suffer.

For what it is worth, I believe that you will find that most heads of countries live very well, whether or not the country is rich or poor, and whether or not the people suffer or thrive.

I would be unsurprised to see such similarly expensive fare served to the heads of the most dirt-poor countries on earth whether or not they are elected.

[SevenofNine]

Rack itt ROFL

So what Combo that is

One shark bitten UN inspector with fried rice

[Dan from Michigan]

ROFL!

"Don't you know how busy I am Hans Brix?!"

[SevenofNine]

OMG this thread turn from Kim Jong 11 eating habits to one of Freepers kids doing Kim Jong 11 impression

Get away from Team America DVD NOWWWW

[SevenofNine]

You breaking my balls Hans I told I don't have World Mass direstion OKAYYYY ROFL