My Experience at a North Korean Restaurant in China

我在中国一家朝鲜餐馆的经历

There is a street in Shenyang called "ita Street", where Korean characters are everywhere instead of Chinese characters. There are three kind of Korean restaurants: South Korea, North Korean, and Chinese Korean (Korean living in Northeastern China with Chinese nationality) restaurants. It is a famous spy center.

沈阳有一条叫“西塔街”的街道，到处都是韩文，而不是汉字。韩国餐厅有三种：韩国餐厅、朝鲜餐厅和中国朝鲜餐厅(居住在中国东北的具有中国国籍的朝鲜人)。这是一个著名的间谍中心。

I have been to South Korean and Chinese Korean restaurants many times, so I decided to try a North Korean restaurant. After entering, the waiter gave me a menu, and I saw that the tomato scrambled eggs were priced at 120 yuan per dish, about 20 US dollars. Although this is a normal price in New York Manhattan, it is way too expensive for second- or third-tier cities in China.

我去过韩国餐厅和中国的朝鲜餐厅很多次，所以我决定试试朝鲜餐厅。进去后，服务员给了我一份菜单，我看到番茄炒蛋的价格是每盘120元，约合20美元。虽然在纽约曼哈顿这是正常价格，但对于中国的二三线城市来说，这个价格还是太贵了。

Many people still went upstairs, and North Korean female college students performed dances for them. It is possible that this place is a spy center, otherwise nobody will pay for the Manhattan price. It is said that the North Korean servers here are children of high-ranking officials, so they will not run away like other defectors.

很多人上楼，朝鲜女大学生为他们表演舞蹈。这个地方很可能是间谍中心，否则没人会为这曼哈顿的价格买单。据悉，这里的服务员都是朝鲜官员的子女，因此不会像其他逃北者一样逃跑。

However, there is a South Korean restaurant just 20 yards across the street from this restaurant, with the South Korean flag hanging outside. I don't know if they will communicate with each other.

然而，这家餐厅在街对面20码的地方就有一家韩国餐厅，外面悬挂着韩国国旗。我不知道他们是否会相互沟通。

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KW_ExpatEgg

They gave you the foreigner's menu.

他们给你看的是外国人的菜单。

tiempo90

Worst restaurant review ever.

How's the food? The service?

史上最差餐厅评价。菜品怎么样？服务呢?

34TH_ST_BROADWAY

tomato scrambled eggs were priced at 120 yuan per dish, about 20 US dollars.

Oh hell nah...

番茄炒蛋120元一盘，约合20美元， 哦，见鬼，

baconperogies

That's the most expensive xhongshichaojidan I've ever heard of in my life.

这是我这辈子听过的最贵的西红柿炒鸡蛋。

Exokiel

It's obviously a spy center... bruh

You definitely got either a menu for foreigners or something else, because the North Korean restaurants I went to are nothing like you described in terms of price.

Yeah, there are people dancing, but usually, they aren't college students. The ones I saw dancing before were probably 40+ and they get sent from NK for cultural assignments, rotate between restaurants, and get sent home every few months.

People go to these restaurants not for the food (it's usually shit) but for the entertainment.

这显然是一个间谍中心

你肯定拿的是外国人的菜单，我去过的朝鲜餐馆在价格方面不会那么贵的。是的，有人跳舞，但通常他们都不是大学生。我以前看过跳舞的人可能有40多岁，他们被朝鲜派去做文化任务，在餐馆之间轮换，每隔几个月就会被遣送回家。人们去这些餐馆不是为了吃东西，而是为了娱乐。

stormythecatxoxo

There's North Korean restaurants in Dandong, Shanghai and Beiing as well. They're not cheap and the food is a mixed bag. However, you get the typical accordeon / dance show, the same thing you'll be treated to when you visit North Korea as a tourist.

在丹东、上海和北京也有朝鲜餐馆。价格也不便宜，食物也是鱼龙混杂。然而，你会看到典型的手风琴和舞蹈表演，和你去朝鲜旅游时看到的是一样的。

3ULL

I went to a Mexcan place in the US yesterday. The name of the restaurant was Taco Bell. The entertainment was a drunk guy trying to argue with the employees and trying to pay with a bag full of change.

It cost me $20.

我昨天去了美国的一家墨西哥餐馆。这家餐厅的名字叫塔可钟。娱乐节目是一个喝醉了的家伙在和员工争论，并用一个装满零钱的袋子付款。

花了我20美元。

eye_of_gnon

did they have food? lul

他们有食物吗？哈哈

Yakassa

Went to one aswell in northern china years ago. The food was terrible, there where some folks doing a "Show" with the loudest music i have ever had to experience in my entire life. Thats saying actually alot, it was so horrendously loud we left halfway through the (Terrible) dinner. Do not recommend.

几年前在中国北方我也去了一家，那里的食物很糟糕，有些人“表演”，音乐的音量是我一生中从未感受过的。我们吃到一半就离开了，声音太大了，不推荐。

TaiwanNiao

Many years ago I stayed at a North Korean owned hotel in Shenyang. Forgotten the name. Felt a lot like an upper end Chinese run hotel that did have managers who knew how to run a fancy hotel but with DPRK characteristics. I remember they still had advertising for dodgy “massages” as did most Chinese hotels then. No idea if they were Korean or Chinese I always wondered were the North Koreans running a prostitution business in China???

很多年前，我在沈阳住过一家朝鲜人开的酒店，忘记名字了。感觉很像一家中国人经营的高端酒店，那的经理知道如何经营一家有朝鲜特色的高档酒店。我记得他们还像当时大多数中国酒店一样，有欺骗性的“按摩”广告。不知道他们是朝鲜人还是中国人，我一直在想朝鲜人是不是在中国做皮条生意？

CarotSmoker

I think you suffered a severe case of 骗老外. You paid more because you're a foreigner.

我觉得你是被骗了。你多付钱是因为你是外国人。

LiaoningLaowai

Man xta street has the best lamb chuar in Shenyang, yes more expensive than chuar usually is but well worth it.

西塔街有沈阳最好吃的羊扒，比一般的羊扒贵，但是物有所值。

AnotherAnonymo

I wonder if it's something like that for those really expensive Russian restaurants. Never went myself. Wouldn't waste my money like that.

我想知道那些非常昂贵的俄罗斯餐厅是否也会这样。我自己从来没有去过。不会那样浪费我的钱。

YeTensTavern

i was nearly kidnapped by north korea security at a north korean restaurant in beiing

followed me and tried to take me

我在北京的一家朝鲜餐厅差点被朝鲜安保人员绑架，跟踪我，想带走我

Medical-Strength-154

isn't shenyang labelled as a first tier city now?

沈阳现在不是被列为一线城市了吗?

papaya_banana

No? It's second tier at best. In any case first tiers are always Beiing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou.

没有。充其量是二线城市。无论如何，一线总是北京、上海、深圳、广州。

wu_yanzhi

I went to the similar restaurant in Beiing like 10 years ago. It was huge and empty, food was decent and definitely not overpriced (being a student I was pretty sensitive about prices)

大概十年前我在北京去过一家类似的餐厅。餐厅又大又空，食物很不错，而且绝对不贵。作为一名学生，我对价格很敏感

bluebagger1972

Sounds like a 'front business ' for some nefarious DPR Korean government activities. Possibly money laundering.

Put in a hidden microphone and camera to see what goes on there the rest of the time.

听起来像是朝鲜一些活动的“幌子”。可能是洗钱。装上一个隐藏的麦克风和摄像头，看看会发生什么。

PreviousSubject251

You are probably not an ethnic Chinese, that's why.

I ve been there a couple of times, never seen such prices.

你可能不是华裔，这就是原因。

我去过那里几次，从来没见过这么贵的价格。

Styrofoam_Snake

Best city in China.

中国最好的城市。