NOBODY expects the food on a long-haul flight to be a mouthwatering meal.
But the one item served up on North Korea’s state-run airline looks far from appetising.
All passengers travelling on Air Koryo are served the Koryo burger – an unidentifiable slice of processed meat between a stale bun.
The burger is always served stone cold on a paper doily and also includes a slice of rubbery-looking cheese, a few wispy slices of shredded cabbage or a single lettuce leaf.
Some say the mystery sauce is red, some say it’s brown, but most generally agree it’s too watery to be blood left over from the animal that became the patty.
But despite its how disgusting it looks, it has gained almost a cult-level following around the world.
Journalist Jamie Fullerton wrote for Vice that, like many others on his Air Koryo flight, he didn’t finish his burger, “but this was largely due to the chewy blandness rather than revulsion.”
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He said: “The meat was inoffensively dull and, true to the intrigue that surrounds it, even tougher to identify than it was to chew.”
Jamie added that the weirdness only added to the sense of confusion he felt watching the bizarre propaganda videos that played the whole two hours from Beijing to Pyongyang.
His theory is that the bland meat is actually chicken, although others have claimed that it is pork.
Earlier this week we told you about the foodies tucking into a fine dining experience at a trendy pop-up restaurant that only serves airline food.
While a food expert also revealed which airlines do the best and worst meals and what to order on your next flight.