“Ask a North Korean” is an NK News series featuring interviews with North Korean defectors, most of whom left the DPRK within the last few years.

Readers may submit their questions for defectors by emailing [email protected] and including their first name and city of residence.

Today’s question is from Sukhpal in Slough, U.K., who asks about the typical daily diet of North Koreans.

Hyun-seung Lee — who comes from an elite North Korean family and defected in 2014 — spoke with NK Newsabout the monotony of Army meals, different types of street food and the best place to