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The Food of Myanmar

The cuisine of Myanmar (formerly Burma) has been influenced by the respective cuisines of China, India and Thailand.  However, in spite of this, Burmese cuisine has unique preparation techniques and distinct flavours unlike any other.  You could also find variations of it in some top  french cuisine london restaurants but Burmese cuisine is still best tasted on its mother land - Myanmar. Different regions of Myanmar have different variations of "standard" dishes. Use of seafood is more prevalent along coastal cities such as Sittwe, Kyaukpyu, Mawlamyaing (formerly Moulmein), Mergui and Dawei, while meat and poultry are more commonly used in landlocked cities like Mandalay.  Fish and shrimp from rivers, lakes and streams, however, have traditionally been the main source of protein in a variety of ways, fresh, salted whole or filleted, salted and dried, made into a salty paste, or fermented sour and pressed. Beef and pork, although certainly not ...

A Touch to Myanmar Food

The cuisine of Myanmar consists of many gastronomic delicacies which take an individual to an unforgettable culinary experience. There is great diversity in the  food  because of the countless ethnic groups and regions. Though, primarily the cuisine of Myanmar is influenced by Thailand, China and India. But Burmese cuisine is unique due to the preparation methods, flavors and regional variations. The most staple  food  is the rice. It is usually served with curry. In fact, Myanmar is the sixth largest producer of rice in the world and many rice varieties are grown here. The main rice growing region is the Ayeyarwaddy division. It is the rice bowl of the country and much of the rice produced here is imported to other countries as well. The rice planted in the upper regions of Myanmar tends to be glutinous and thus less preferred. The long grain varieties of rice are expensive to  buy  in Burma but are for higher quality. A typical Burmese meal consists of r...

Chin Baung Gyaw, Nga Tha Lauk U & Be Thway Hinn

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FOODS OF MYANMAR

Myanmar food can be delicious: mohinga, the traditional breakfast, ohn no khaukswe and lapet rank with some of Asia’ best dishes. For a short - term visitor to Myanmar, however, it can be difficult to sample the real thing. Most restaurant serve Chinese food and the hotel British Raj – style curries. The Myanmar eat their food seriously, Myanmar food is or eating mainly just before morning’s pleasantness is lost to the heat of noon, and again as the cool of evening falls. A breakfast of mohinga is pleasure indeed; a gentle aroma of bananas stem and lemon grass rises, from a bowl of steaming fish soup and rice noodles, topped by coriander leaf, fried garlic, chilli powder, fried corn crackers and a squeeze of lime, wash down with Myanmar tea. Ohm no kayaks, the other “national” dish is again a noodle and soup affair- in Western terminology it might be termed a casserole, for there are chicken chunks in the soup. This time the noodles are of wheat, and the soup is strongly flav...

Myanmar Laphet Thoke လက္ဖက္သုတ္

Pickled Tea Leaves Salad (Laphet Thote) One of the famous side-dishes of Myanmar is la phet thote (လက္ဖက္သုတ္). La Phet means pickled tea leaves and thote means salad. So if you translate in English, it’ll be “Pickled Tea Leaves Salad”. Lahpet, also spelt laphet, is Burmese for fermented or pickled tea. Burma is one of very few countries where tea is eaten as well as drunk. Its pickled tea is unique in the region, and is not only regarded as the national delicacy but plays a significant role in Burmese society. Laphet or pickled tea leaves with a dash  of oil and served with sesame seeds, fried garlic and roasted peanuts, is another popular snack typical of Myanmar. It has a mixed taste of light sweet and bitter. These tealeaves are also a kind of herbal leaves and largely grown in Palaung Hills in North east of Myanmar. The tea leaves like cool weather thriving at a place of high and shady trees at a place of 4 thousand feet high above sea level. The tea sprouts a...

On birthdays, beaches and burmese

Burmese food. Here's a green tea leaf salad. Cabbage, tomatoes, sesame seeds, peanuts, and crispy garlic in a tangy green tea dressing. The flavor is very hard to describe- it hits you first as almost like pesto, but then a deep, woodsy flavor lingers. The flavors played nicely off of one another, and each bite delivered something crisp, something crunchy, something chewy, and something nutty all at the same time. I decided to go for a jackfruit curry. I'd never tried jackfruit before, and I thought it was good! I'm glad I didn't go for something familiar as I so often do. The jack fruit reminded me of artichokes in flavor. The curry was unusual if you're used to any other type (Indian, Thai, etc.)- it was a tomato-based broth, with a nice acidic edge. Jackfruit is made of all kinds of awesome, as you can see by this close-up photo. Here is a plate of rice and curry, topped with some intensely hot chili flakes. The thing about Burmese cuisine that stood ...

Myanmar Food

Roasted Duck ▶ Myanmar food includes aspects of the cuisine of its three neighbors, China, Thailand and India