Kim Jong Un And Moon Jae In Dined Together For The First Time, Here’s What They Ate

The president of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, and South Korean president Moon Jae In will sit down to a meal together for the first time during their peace talk summit in South Korea, and even the menu is political.

The special banquet menu “reflects the leaders that contributed to the history of the peninsula” and includes dishes from the hometown of two former South Korean presidents.

The menu will showcase traditional Korean cooking, such as Jjim, a Korean cuisine term referring to dishes made by steaming or boiling meat.

A spokesperson from the Blue House (The home of the South Korean president) said the menu “embodies the meaning of the two Koreas working together”.

Dumplings with sea croker and cucumber is a traditional dish from Gageo Island, Shinan county, where former South Korean president Kim Dae Jung was born. Kim Dae Jung coined the “Sunshine Policy” and was the first president to meet a North Korean leader in a peace summit when he traveled to Pyongyang in 2000 to meet Kim Jong Un’s father, Kim Jong Il.

He was also Korea’s only ever Nobel Peace laureate.

Traditional bibimbap with organic rice produced using trained ducks for weeding and pest control is featured to showcase the special rice farming method.

The unique rice farming process involving ducks originated in Bonghwa county, South Gyeongsang Province, where former South Korean president Roh Moo Hyun was born. Roh Moo Hyun carried on the Sunshine Policy, meeting Kim Jong Il in 2007.