A North Korean government mouthpiece has claimed Kim Jong-il created burritos in 2011.
The Rodong Sinmun newspaper said the father of current leader Kim Jong-un invented the 'wheat wrap' and claimed their sales are booming despite a food shortage.
The street food also made an appearance in a recent propaganda broadcast, saying Kim Jong-un has a 'meticulous interest' in the Mexican dish.
A North Korean government mouthpiece has claimed Kim Jong-il created burritos in 2011 and their sales are now booming. Pictured: a woman buying the 'wheat wraps' in Pyongyang
In newsreel footage, North Koreans can be seen devouring the burritos at a stand outside the Kumsong Food Factory in Pyongyang.
The broadcast also showed a mural of Kim Jong-il grinning in a kitchen where burritos were being prepared.
But North Koreans who have escaped the secretive state insist such dishes are virtually non-existent there.
The food shortage has left people 'at risk of starvation' according to a UN human rights expert, with Kim warning it could last until 2025.
Hyun-seung Lee, who was born into an elite North Korean family but fled the country in 2014, said most of his countrymen couldn't even dream of eating a burrito.
State broadcast showed a mural of Kim Jong-il grinning in a kitchen where burritos were being prepared (pictured)
The street food made an appearance in a recent propaganda broadcast, saying Kim Jong-un has a 'meticulous interest' in the Mexican dish
'This is because they are not even given an opportunity to encounter it,' he said.
'The majority of citizens do not have money to buy the foreign food. Even if they have money, there is no place to eat it.
'In the 1990s, bread and butter lovers were satirised and criticised as socialist traitors.'
In many cases, he added, there simply weren't the ingredients to recreate foreign foods.
'I have never seen any burritos or wraps on sale in North Korea,' he said.
'Perhaps there were no restaurants where you can eat burritos and wraps until now.
'The penetration rate of Western food in North Korea is extremely low, because there are very few restaurants where you can eat it and the food
