US and North Korea for Bun-upmanship?

Given the well-documented ill-effects of fast food, the US could actually exact a diabolical indirect victory in its cat-andmouse game with North Korea even though Kim Jong-Un has taken nuclear weapons off the table — with burgers.

All-American burgers are notoriously addictive, high-salt, high-fat bombs with insidious but devastating consequences. Whether it is wishful thinking by the CIA or a clever North Korean ploy to tempt the cheeseburger-loving US President back to the table, the enormity of this possible concession by the podgyEast Asian dictator cannot be ignored.

After all, one of the countless inventions attributed to his father and predecessor Kim Jong-il is the gogigyeopbbang, or ‘double bread with meat’, a.k.a. burgers.


In fact, though his former chef claimed in a book that the idea came to the ‘Dear Leader’ after quaffing cold burgers flownin from a McDonald’s outlet in Beijing, North Koreans firmly credit him with the concoction.

For nearly two decades, rubbery mystery-meat patties, wilted greens and sauce ensconced in mushy buns — eaten cold — have gained cult status in North Korea, even among the few foreigners who frequent that nation. If the real thing now comes courtesy an American chain as is being rumoured, the late leader’s boundless ingenuity will come into question for the very first time.