We all know North Korea it's not a rich country many of the people in it have no
money and no food but one guy who clearly does have money in food is the
leader of the country kim jong hoon but what exactly does Kim jong-un eat in a
day he has unlimited resources and money but seeing is pretty much every country
on Earth has sanctions on North Korea what does he eat today we're going to
find out and some of the things are pretty funny and shocking I'm Charlie
and today we're going to look at what does Kim jong-un actually eat Before we
jump into it why not subscribe and press as a notification bail shark fin soup
this one is a controversial thing around the world shark fishing is illegal in
most countries that's because if the Sharks were often captured and their
fins cut off harming the Sharks but it's said to be one of the favorite foods of
the North Korean dictator we know that Kim jong-un loves shark fin soup that's
because it was told to the Western press by Kenji Fujimoto Kenji is Kim jong-un's
personal chef Kenji has said that Kim jong-un loves booty banquets with shark
fin soup the Japanese delicacy is said to be one
of Kim's most favorite foods Kenji said that at the big banquets Kim
jong-in has everyone gets super drunk and apparently Kim jong-un sometimes
eats so much of this he can't eat anymore
that's because of people mainly in Vietnam China and Japan loving this soup
so much it has made sharks nearly extinct snake wine Kim jong-un is very
rich and like many rich people he enjoys fine wines in Kim's Palace he has a wine
cellar and according to the Metro Kim regularly drinks snake wine this is a
wine which comes with the body of a cobra in the bottle this is thought to
increase the vitality of whoever drinks it apparently Kim wanted to have a
second child with his wife but because of a biological problem he couldn't
that's why he began drinking snake wine to increase his virility and vitality
one South Korean expat said the elite in North Korea make jokes about Kim jong-un
they say he's too big to please his wife and that's why you can't have more kids
so maybe Kim drinking this snake wine it will help him in the bedroom department
snake wine is actually pretty popular all across Southeast Asia especially in
China it tastes similar to rice wine and it's
also very expensive as an entire cobra comes inside the bottle Russian vodka
Kim jong-un does not have many friends around the world but one friend he does
have is Vladimir Putin from Russia in fact many sanctioned items are shipped
into North Korea from Russia and one thing that kim giman loves is russian
vodka in 2019 Dutch authorities seized 90,000 bottles of Russian vodka these
were heading for Pyongyang in North Korea but they had to be seized due to
sanctions previously officials from around the world have seized champagnes
cheeses and TVs going to North Korea however the ninety thousand seized
bottles of vodka were found underneath an aircraft fuel age officials say that
they believe the vodka was going to be enjoyed by Kim and his military
commanders it said that Russian vodka is one of Kim's favorites and when they
have their boozy banquets everyone gets very drunk Emmental cheese a mental
Cheese is a delicious holy cheese from Switzerland it's complex to make as an
iconic appearance and is pretty expensive too a lot of people don't know
this but Kim actually spent his school days in Switzerland that's where he
picked up his love for Emmental cheese he is said to eat more of this than any
other food and this may explain his obesity and also why he had to step out
of public eye in 2014 and 2020 for health reasons
Yonhap a South Korea newspaper even said he was obsessed with cheese in 2014
North Korean officials visited a French dairy college this was to try and get
better cheeses for their country and for Kim they even proposed to the French
dairy college that some could come to North Korea and become Kim's personal
cheese makers but they turned down the offer after all if you visit North Korea
you may never make it back Hennessy if you think it's only American rappers who
like drinking Hennessy then you'd be wrong world leaders or at least one
world leader also loves it Kim jong-un's father is said to have spent a million
dollars a year on Hennessy this is a brand of cognac from France costing
around $700 per bottle so Kim jong-un's father loved Hennessy but so does Kim in
2013 he ordered the execution of two of his uncle's political aides and sources
say that when he did this he was drunk on Hennessy
Alexander the first was also said to love Hennessy and authorities say that
thousands of bottles of the stuff are shipped into North Korea every year
considering that one of these bottles would cost the average annual salary of
a North Korean I assume no citizens drink this but I'm sure Kim's entourage
his military personnel and politicians definitely do Kobe steak
according to Kenji Fujimoto Kim jong-un's personal chef kim loves Kobe
steak kenji revealed that Kim eats this often during banquets it's one of the
most expensive types of beef on the planet and to qualify as Kobe the beef
must meet a lot of criteria it needs to be very good quality weigh a certain
amount and come from a certain location a pound of this beef can cost around
$200 birds at Kim's luxury banquets he spares no expense sushi sushi originated
in Japan but is popular now all around the world especially in Asia but if
you've ever been to a sushi restaurant you know things can get pretty pricey
but luckily for Kim he has his own personal sushi chef Kenji Fujimoto his
personal chef studied sushi preparation in culinary school Kenji Fujimoto was
also Kim's good friend and playmate during their childhood years he says Kim
jong-un loves the fatty part of tuna this is the same part his father Kim
jong-il loved Kenji is originally from Japan but went to North Korea in 1982 in
2013 GQ interviewed Kenji he said that in
2017 he'd opened a sushi restaurant in Pyongyang but it's not known whether Kim
is a regular at the restaurant or not Brazilian coffee import data from 2016
revealed that in one year North Korea has imported over a million dollars
worth of Brazilian coffee this wasn't for the entire country but instead Kim
jong-un and his military commanders Brazil is said to be the home of the
best coffee in the world in recent years Brazil has overtaken
Colombia as the largest exporter of coffee
Brazil's soft soil and hot climate makes it the ideal conditions to grow coffee
beans in and it said that Kim only drinks the most expensive coffee from
Brazil it said his favorite brand is for Center Santa in this just one pound of
this can set you back 50 dollars other brands chemists editing can cost
as much as $500 for one pound I guess after all of that vodka and Hennessy you
need something to make you recover when you wake up the next day caviar and
lobster caviar and lobster is pretty much a cliche at this point every fat
cat around the world seems to love these two very expensive foods we gained an
insight as to how much Kim likes this stuff in 2019 that was when Kim stayed
at a five-star hotel in Vietnam the legend metropoli hallow hotel this was
when Kim jong-un and Donald Trump at a summit Kim's stuff apparently tasted
every dish he was about to eat one hour before to check it was safe Trump asked
for his steak to be well-done while Kim said he wanted his very rare hotel staff
also said Kim loved the caviar and lobster these two foods are considered
luxury items and thus every UN country is not allowed to ship them into North
Korea Christa after successfully launching a missile into the air what
are you supposed to celebrate with but champagne you may think of Cristal
peeing at some kind of trendy LA club but it's also in North Korea's palaces
Kenji Fujimoto has said that Kim love's Cristal champagne
apparently he would drink around two bottles in one city Cristal was also a
favorite of alexander ii of russia bottles of this stuff can go from around
$1,000 to $10,000 only the most rich and extravagant
people around the world drink it and Kim falls into that criteria one bottle of
this stuff is 500 calories alone and seeing as Kim is said to drink two in
one sitting if that's an additional 1,000 calories every day yeah all of a
sudden those health problems are starting to make sense
Bordeaux wines it seems Kim jong-un can't get enough of
luxury alcohol we've already gone over how Kim jong-un has his own wine cellar
with snake wine but he also has some of the world's finest wines from France
Kenji said that Kim once drank 10 bottles of Port au wine in one night
because Bordeaux is a very broad range of wines we don't know exactly what once
he drinks but bottles of the finest Bordeaux wines can sell for tens of
thousands of dollars if Kim really does sometimes drink 10 bottles tonight this
is very bad for his health but judging by the rest of the stuff Kim eats I
don't think that's a concern to him we all know that recently Kim jong-un was
rumoured to not be alive some South Korean officials said they were 99% sure
the leader was no longer alive and so did the US Republican Senator Lindsey
Graham in recent photos it does appear that Kim jong-un is in fact alive but it
wouldn't be a surprise if he had more health problems down the line because of
how much he eats most people in this country don't have basic foods but he
has pretty much access to anything this may be nice for him but probably bad for
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