One of his former chefs, writing under a pseudonym, recalled travelling to Iran and Uzbekistan to fetch caviar, flying to Denmark for bacon and China for melons and grapes.

• 据一位用假名写作的前“御用大厨”回忆，他曾受金正日之命到伊朗和乌兹别克斯坦购买鱼子酱，飞往丹麦购买熏肉，还为了买瓜和葡萄到过中国。