NORTH KOREA: DUMPLING SOUP WITH PULLED BRISKET, RICE CAKE, EGG PANCAKE, STICKY RICE AND GREEN LAVAR SEAWEED SIDES
North Korea (officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea), is a country in East Asia bordered by China, Russia and South Korea. North Korean food practices are rooted in ancient culinary traditions that reflect the region’s agricultural history. Staples include short grain rice, maize, and noodles, which are often served with blonde kimchi, pickled vegetables and seaweed. With influences from Chinese and Russian food cultures, the flavours in North Korean cooking today are bold yet balanced, emphasising delicious savory tastes of brothy, meaty umami and pleasantly tangy fermentation. Cooking in North Korea leans into the natural flavours of foods, letting individual ingredients speak for themselves. It is typically less spicy-hot than South Korean food and often marries a sweet and sour flavour palette with crisp or subtly pungent spice aromas. Hearty stews and soups are popular, and meals often feature simple, locally sourced ingred...