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Our Dear Leader Kim Jong‑il is a world-class foodie! In this episode, we peel back the curtains on the solitary gourmet (or, gourmand) of North Korea, the one who imported international chefs and crammed his underground wine cellar with more than ten thousand bottles of French wine. From his strange culinary diplomacy to his Michel Picard wine collection, this video has them all. You’ll see why this man, who had a nation on starvation rations, was rumored to be Hennessy’s biggest customer and why he flew in chefs from Italy and Japan to perfect his pizza and sushi.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:12 A Gourmet in the Shadows
08:17 The Dear Leader’s Secret Menu
14:57 Feasting Amid Famine
18:53 Diplomacy at the Dinner Table
22:53 The Logistics of Culinary Indulgence
27:27 Food as Power and Propaganda
30:22 Final Thoughts

35 Comments

  1. Obviously, he may have been a leader and a powerful one of That, but it was nothing more than a little fat boy barbarian

  2. Nobody eats anchovies on pizza. You don't have to be a picky eater to refuse that. Just about anyone would refuse to eat anchovies on pizza.

  3. Why is it the worst men our world has to offer gain the ability to oppress most of us, and rape whatever they want from the planet while starving and killing so many? The self-importance of throwing away food while your people starve, so you can have perfectly uniform rice grains…these bloated monsters shouldn't exist.

  4. I was so worried this was gonna be AI, I was so ready to click off if I heard a bs AI narrator 😂

  5. Oh right one person eat so much that it cost entire nations budget and still people fall for such videos without even using common sense.

  6. 9:16 donkey meat is enjoyed by a whole lot of people all around the world; if you’re curious about its taste, it’s very similar to beef and it’s friggin delicious I have to tell you. It’s a tough kind of meat though, where I’m from It’s usually stewed for hours with carrots celery onions and herbs, and then served with a sauce made with the braised vegetables. It’s so so good

  7. Communism and hypocrisy goes hand in hand. Just another bs ideology for power grab. "Dictatorship of the proletariat" my a**. Why don't they just call it a monarchy already!? What a load of nothing!

  8. It’s so funny to me that americans who eat beef that routinely gets recalled for E. Coli (= tainted with shit) without batting an eye, act so disgusted at other people’s preference for donkey meat

  9. The ultimate irony of this situation, is that deep down every single person who criticizes his behavior would want to be him deep down.

    Because I sure as hell would!

  10. "You will need to answer some questions. You were not grieving hard enough at Dear Leader's funeral cortege."
    Poor bastards.

  11. Honestly i don't find NK to be much different from other countries. Leaders live in opulence, peasants barely scraping by.

  12. Evil leaders living like kings whilst millions are going hungry. Well, there will be a warm welcoming presence for them after their death……..

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