$7,000 Hennessy brandy, Parma ham: Inside Kim Jong Un’s kingly food regimen
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By India Today News Desk: At a time when North Korea is battling a meals disaster, the nation’s supreme chief Kim Jong Un is indulging in his style for the finer issues in life — effective liquor, costly cigarettes and imported meat.
According to a UK defence professional who spoke to the Daily Star, Kim Jong Un is an “inveterate boozer” who loves sipping on Black label scotch whiskey, and Hennessy brandy, which may price as much as $7,000 for a high-end bottle.
The 40-year-old spends $30 million a 12 months importing high-quality spirits into the hermit nation, as per commerce information made public by the Chinese General Administration of Customs a number of years in the past.
Besides booze, Kim enjoys connoisseur meals, splurging on Parma ham, a sort of prosciutto from Italy’s Parma area, and Swiss Emmental cheese. His former sushi chef had advised a UK tabloid that previously, Kim and his father would typically dine collectively on Kobe steaks (the most costly and sought-after beef on this planet) and Cristal champagne.
The North Korean autocrat additionally has a love for junk meals; in truth, an Italian chef was employed in 1997 to make pizza solely for the Kim household.
He additionally indulges in costly Brazilian espresso, on which he allegedly spent about $967,051 in only one 12 months, and Yves Saint Laurent black cigarettes that come wrapped in gold foil.
A report by the UK’s Metro in 2014 acknowledged that Kim recurrently consumes “snake wine,” which is rumoured to extend masculine efficiency and enhance probabilities of being pregnant.
The glimpses into Kim Jong Un’s luxurious food regimen come after South Korean intelligence studies revealed that the North Korean dictator is indulging in “heavy boozing and smoking” and his weight has surpassed 300 kilos (136 kg).
The report additionally acknowledged that Kim has been hoarding imports from the United States, together with Marlboro cigarettes, and medicines reminiscent of zolpidem, generally used to deal with insomnia.
