North Korea Acquires Western Pizza Technology

North Korea has opened its first pizzeria after a decade of clandestine international research. The mission? To make the first "authentic" Italian pizzeria for its supreme commander and lover of "authentic" Italian pizza, Kim Jong-il. Last year a delegation of local chefs was sent by supreme commander Kim Jong-il to Naples and Rome to learn the proper Italian techniques after their homegrown efforts to mimic Italian cuisine were found by Kim to contain "errors."

"Our people should be also allowed to enjoy the world-famous food," the manager of the Pyongyang eatery quoted Kim as saying, according to the Tokyo-based Choson Sinbo newspaper.

... "I've learned through TV and books that pizza and spaghetti are among the world's famous dishes, but this is the first time that I've tasted it," Jung Un-Suk, 42, told the newspaper, "They have unique flavours," she said.  [UK Telegraph via PizzaMarketplace.com]