Bein mont

Rice flour pancake topped with nuts and seeds

Burmese briyani

Burmese curry

Burmese paratha with sweet pea pyote

Pan-fried flatbread served with sweet bean paste

Burmese thali

An assortment of rice, curries, vegetables, soups and chutneys

Hinto

Steamed banana-leaf parcels of rice, onion, leek and cabbage

Hsa nwin ma kin

Small cakes made with semolina flour, coconut milk, ghee/butter and raisins

Karyanchintheet thoke

Tomato salad

Kausuetho

Burmese rice noodles with masala spices and lemon juice

Kyay oh

Dry or soup rice noodles with meat balls or seafood

Laphet thoke

One of Myanmar’s most famous dishes, this salad comprises fermented tea leaves (laphet) mixed with cabbage, tomatoes, deep-fried beans, nuts, dried shrimp and peas, and tossed with garlic oil, chili slices and garlic.

Meeshay

Rice noodles with pork, vegetables and soup

Mohinga

A rice noodle dish served in a fish-based broth, mohinga is regarded as the national dish of Myanmar

Moun pyit thalet

Burmese-style pancakes

Myae oh myee shae

Claypot noodles

Myin kwa yuet thoke

Pennywort salad

Nangyi thoke

The Burmese version of spaghetti, this rice noodle salad is made up of thick round rice noodles tossed in curry chicken gravy, mixed with chicken, fish cake, bean sprouts, hard-boiled eggs, onions, coriander, cabbage, chilli oil and crispy fritters, served with lime wedges and toasted chickpea flour.

Nga htamin

Shan-style turmeric rice topped with fish

Ngapi

Fermented fish or shrimp paste

Ohn no khao swe

Egg noodles in a coconut-based chicken curry soup

Pone yay gyi

Pork curry

Shan-style noodles

Rice noodles in clear peppery broth with chicken or pork, sprinkled with toasted sesame and garlic oil, served with pickled vegetables on the side

Shan tofu

Soy-free tofu made with chickpea flour

Shwe yin aye

Dessert of rice flour jelly, sticky rice, sago, bread crusts in coconut milk/cream

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Bagan

• Shwe Ou Food Garden

Mandalay

• 16th Street Myee Shay (16th Street between 81st and 82nd streets)
• 26th Street Tea Salad (26th street between 65th and 64th streets)
• Night Market on 76th Street
• Saya Gyi (28th Street between 70th and 71st streets)
• Shan Tofu (71st street between 34th and 35th streets)
• Shwe Pyi Moe Tea Shop (66th Street between 26th and 27th streets)
• Shwe Taung Tan (66th Street between 26th and 27th streets)
• Yadanarpon Night Market

Nyaung Shwe/Inle Lake

• Mingalar Market food stalls (Nyaung Shwe Market)
• Night Market (off Kyauk Taing Ah Shae Street)

Yangon

• 19th Street (Chinatown between Mahabandoola and Anawrahta Street)
• Little India
• Maha Bandula Park
• Street Food Night Market (Strand Road)

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