“Ginseng sweets, certainly there was enough sugar content to leave a kid running around in circles for 20 minutes but there is also a strong taste of ginseng, so you can add another 20 minutes from the energy supplied by ginseng. The best ginseng is known to come from the Kaesong area but these sweets […]
“Since 1993, we have run a travel company taking in tourists to the DPRK (North Korea) and this was the best sweet to buy on long journeys from Pyongyang down to Kaesong. They are the type your granny gave you with that isoamyl acetate flavor that tastes like pear or apple drops.”— Curated and contributed by […]
“A tin of apricots dressed out in its Korean and Russian attire – just after the break up of the Soviet Union and this label design was made for both the local and the Soviet market. The label was more tasteful in design than its contents.”— Curated and contributed by Nick Bonner, Founder of Koryo […]
