12 Top Foods to Eat In Myanmar – Why Visit Myanmar
1. Nangyi thoke
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The Burmese love “dry” noodle recipes– essentially noodle-based “salads” with broth offered on the side– and perhaps the tastiest and most ubiquitous is nangyi thoke.
The dish takes the form of thick, round rice noodles with chicken, slim pieces of fish cake, par-boiled bean sprouts and slices of hard-boiled egg.
The ingredients are seasoned with a mixture of roasted chickpea flour and turmeric extract and also chili oil, tossed by hand as well as offered with sides of pickled greens and a bowl of broth.
2. Shan-style rice
Nga htamin’s vital elements: turmeric rice and also fish.
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Known in Burmese as nga htamin (fish rice), this Shan (among the nation’s major Buddhist ethnic groups) dish combines rice that’s been prepared with turmeric and also compressed right into a disk with a covering of flakes of freshwater fish and also garlic oil.
Oily and also savory, when served with sides of leek roots, cloves of raw garlic and deep-fried pork rinds, nga htamin becomes a treat that runs the range from pungent to spicy.
3. Tea leaf salad
Lephet thoke can be a meal, snack or appetizer.
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Perhaps the most famous Burmese food is lephet– fermented tea leaves.
The tea leaves are eaten by themselves, commonly as a treat, but they’re likewise served in the form of lephet thoke, a salad of pickled tea leaves. To make the dish, the sour, a little bitter leaves are blended by hand with shredded cabbage, chopped tomatoes, crispy deep-fried beans, nuts as well as peas, a dash of garlic oil and pungent pieces of chili and also garlic.
4. Myanmar Curry-Rice meal
The local set-meal is not simply home cooking yet an experience by itself. It comes with a somewhat oily curry (pick from chicken, fish, mutton, beef, veggie or pork), rice, a dish of lentil soup and 6 vegetable side dishes (anticipate to find potatoes, pumpkin, okra, broad beans, leafy vegetables, tomato salad, etc.) and also a garlic chili dip. The range of side dishes and spice levels may vary from area to area yet this cooking experience remains the exact same.
5. Grilled Fish at Chinatown
Fresh charcoal grilled fish which only sets you back less than USD3.50 (3500 KYT). The fish is fresh as well as the meat is juicy.
Loaded with spices to excuse the pungent smell of fish stomach, this is by far among the most scrumptious fish ever before. So excellent that you can eat it plain or with white rice and absolutely nothing else.
6. Burmese Pancakes
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Burmese Pancakes, or Bain Mont, are chewy, crispy, light, nutty and also fluffy. The sweet variation is a glutinous rice flour pancake topped with white poppy seeds, silvered almonds and fresh coconut slices.
7. Shan Noodles
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8. Mont Lin Ma Yar
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Mandalay, like Yangon, has a respectable food scene too. It is like the Penang of Malaysia. Street food is a must-try. These small bites can be found throughout Myanmar but Mandalay is one of the best.
These “husband and wife snacks” are simple dollops of rice flour batter contributed to a crackling muffin-like cast iron pan with quail eggs, scallions, or roasted chickpeas added to them. The Mandalay night market at 31st street is a must-go.
9. Tea shop meal
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From breakfast to mid-day snack, tea stores are the locations to sit if you require a break in an active sightseeing day or if you just {want to|wish to rest and also have a relaxing mid-day.
What makes the tea stores so unique is the Burmese tea or lahpet-yeh. This delicious, traditional drink includes black tea blended with condensed milk and evaporated milk. As straightforward as it appears, the prep work is actually an art and is rather amusing to view!
The “tea master” gets hold of a big pot of boiling dark tea on the oven and pours the hot beverage in a smaller pot adding condensed milk and also evaporated milk for the sweetness. With dexterity, he then moves the mix to another receptacle, after that back right into the initial pot as well as repeats numerous times to make certain it is completely combined. He after that fills up a number of tiny mugs and starts again with an additional batch as the first cups are currently taken away by the waiters. The outcome is an extra sweet, caramel-colored drink that will certainly make you want more!
Tea stores are terrific locations to take pleasure in cups of milky tea as well as additionally various foods of Myanmar. They offer baked desserts in addition to meat steamed buns and dim sum. The often served meals are deep-fried savory snacks, deep-fried bread served with a potato curry or baked breads.
10. Mohinga
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Mohinga is a comforting rice noodle as well as fish soup. It is an essential part of Burmese cuisine and considered to be Myanmar’s national meal by lots of people. Typically consumed in the morning, Mohinga is budget-friendly and also easily offered.
Sold by hawkers and also street stall proprietors, this meal is absolutely slurp worthy. Various cities have their very own variations so do not hesitate to try one whenever you go to another Burmese city.
11. Burmese Paratha
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Burmese paratha with sweet pea pyote (sweet bean paste) is an one-of-a-kind blend of Burmese and lndian influences.
Palata is a furl of the tongue far from Indian paratha, however closer in texture to Malaysian roti canai. The dough is swung up and slapped down repeatedly until it can’t be stretched any thinner.
12. Burmese Sweet Snacks
Burmese sweet snacks in some way always include grated coconut. It is essentially grated coconut with coconut milk covered in rice paper.
Coconut milk is similarly utilized in Thai cuisine. You might also add strands of noodles in it for a textural contrast or just to make it an extra filling snack. For a dessert, this isn’t extremely sweet.
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