Typical of them are Pyongyang Catfish Soup Restaurant and Saenal Catfish Soup Restaurant, which are well known among citizens for its scores of varieties like catfish soup, raw catfish slices and smoked catfish.

Catfish has been mass-produced by catfish farms in different parts of the country, including the Pyongyang Catfish Farm.

In recent years alone, many catfish dishes have been put on a scientific and standardized basis.