N. Korea: Kim Jong-il's 30 Favorite Dishes(many of them targeted by UN sanction)

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)

[TigerLikesRooster]

This is from the article posted by me in 06/05/05. It shows in detail Kim Jong-il's favorite dishes.

I guess many of them would be harder to come by, due to UN sanction, even though there is a lingering question on how effective the sanction would be.

The living standard of N. Korean top elites would still come down. N. Koreans will be forced to import far less than they used to. No more Mercedez S600's, and Hennessey Cognac.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[montag813]

Two things one can conclude from those examples:

(1) Mr. Il has horrendous teeth
(2) Mr. Il is about 5x more likely than the average American to be stricken with stomach cancer.

[LibWhacker]

I'd like to serve him a plate of 20 mirrion degree mushroom.

[ferri]

LOL!!! took me a minute to figure that out...what the heck is a mirrion mushr....OOOOOOOOOOOH! lol too funny!

[Gothael 777]

You owe me a new keyboard for that one :-)

[Jaysun]

How come, if we can find out all of this, we can't manage to get some strychnine into his shark's fin soup or cyanide in is dog stew? Why can't we pay Cho the Chef $5 Million to do this for us?

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

I am guessing PeTA is not going to use him as a spokesman any time soon.

[onyx]

Of course his starving people have no idea how well he eats.

[Jaysun]

Mr. Il is about 5x more likely than the average American to be stricken with stomach cancer.

Which of these foods might increase the likelihood of stomach cancer (or are you just kidding)?

[Carry_Okie]

I saw bottles of pre-World War I Hennessey at Alberstone (a LA liquor distribution house), going for over $2,500 a bottle in the late 80s. I wonder how many were lost in the Northridge quake?

I guess Hollywood entertainment lawyers drink better booze than ol' Kim. Poor baby.

[Thunder90]

How about giving Kim Il a serving of Pershing 2's, hot and fresh with Nuclear warheads? And make sure that they detonate on arrival.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #11

That is why he works so hard to incinerate them with his nuke-tipped ICBM.:)

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

KJI born in 1941. Does he look 65 ?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #12

How about a shark's fin soup sprinkled with deadly radioactive isotopes?

[Dallas59]

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Re #14

His health deteriorated recently. He looks like a guy in 60's who is sick.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Why does steak cost $200?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #20

Local price(in S. Korea or Japan)

Outrageous, right?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Sorry my reply in #19 is supposed to be for #18, not #20.:(