A New Bottled Beer in DPRK

A New Bottled Beer in DPRK

We're always pleased to find the availability and selection of our favorite beverages - coffee and beer - increasing in the DPRK. Sorry, did I say "always"? Because this new offering from the Rajin Beverage Company, "Triangle Beer" tasted like peanut shells and gasoline. It was probably the worst commercially produced bottle of beer I've ever had.

A Taxonomy of Yanji's Culinary Curiosities

A Taxonomy of Yanji's Culinary Curiosities

Here is one place to visit and three to skip next time you're in Yanji. Yanji, most travelers' gateway to Rason, in North Korea's far Northeast, is strange city. What other fourth tier Chinese city of less than 1 million people (equivalent to a 'city' of 50,000, if scaled to US relative importance) has its own international airport, world-class coffeeshops and at least 3 craft beer bars? Answer: none, probably.