My first taste of North Korean food came soon after crossing the border into the country from the Chinese city of Dandong. The train had pulled into the station at Sinuiju, and ranks of customs officers were meticulously checking paperwork and going through our luggage. The Chinese woman sitting opposite me, born in North Korea but now splitting her time between Dandong and Pyongyang, had received a package of food from her brother-in-law, who had picked it up from a Sinuiju restaurant.
從中國邊境城市丹東(Dandong)入境朝鮮后不久,我就第一次品嘗到了朝鮮美食。火車在新義州(Sinuiju)停靠后,一大群朝鮮海關(guān)官員仔細查看了我們的各種證件及隨身行李。坐在我對面的中國籍女人(出生于朝鮮,但如今居住在丹東與平壤兩地)收下了她丈夫的哥哥購自新義州某餐館的一大包吃的東西。