12 Top Foods to Eat In Myanmar
1. Nangyi thoke
The Burmese love "dry" noodle dishes-- basically noodle-based "salads" with broth served on the side-- as well as maybe the tastiest and most ubiquitous is nangyi thoke.
The recipe takes the form of thick, rounded rice noodles with chicken, slim slices of fish cake, par-boiled bean sprouts and also slices of hard-boiled egg.
The ingredients are seasoned with a mixture of roasted chickpea flour and turmeric and also chili oil, thrown by hand and also served with sides of pickled greens and a bowl of broth.
2. Shan-style rice
Nga htamin's essential parts: turmeric rice and fish.
Known in Burmese as nga htamin (fish rice), this Shan (one of the country's major Buddhist ethnic groups) dish combines rice that's been cooked with turmeric and also squashed into a disk with a topping of flakes of freshwater fish and garlic oil.
Oily and also savory, when offered with sides of leek roots, cloves of raw garlic and also deep-fried pork rinds, nga htamin ends up being a treat that runs the gamut from pungent to spicy.
3. Tea leaf salad
Lephet thoke can be a meal, snack or appetizer.
Probably the most famous Burmese food is lephet-- fermented tea leaves.
The tea leaves are eaten on their own, normally as a treat, but they're also served in the form of lephet thoke, a salad of pickled tea leaves. To make the dish, the sour, slightly bitter leaves are blended by hand with shredded cabbage, chopped tomatoes, crispy deep-fried beans, nuts and peas, a dash of garlic oil as well as pungent pieces of chili as well as garlic.
4. Myanmar Curry-Rice meal
The local set-meal is not just home cooking but an experience by itself. It includes a somewhat oily curry (pick from chicken, fish, mutton, beef, veggie or pork), rice, a dish of lentil soup as well as six veggie side dishes (anticipate to find potatoes, pumpkin, okra, broad beans, leafy vegetables, tomato salad, and so on) as well as a garlic chili dip. The variety of side dishes and also spice levels might differ from place to area however this culinary experience remains the very same.
5. Grilled Fish at Chinatown
Fresh charcoal barbequed fish which just costs much less than USD3.50 (3500 KYT). The fish is fresh as well as the meat is juicy.
Loaded with spices to excuse the pungent odor of fish stomach, this is without a doubt among the most scrumptious fish ever before. So good that you can consume it plain or with white rice as well as absolutely nothing else.
6. Burmese Pancakes
Burmese Pancakes, or Bain Mont, are chewy, crunchy, light, nutty and fluffy. The sweet variation is a glutinous rice flour pancake topped with white poppy seeds, silvered almonds as well as fresh coconut slices.
7. Shan Noodles
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8. Mont Lin Ma Yar
Mandalay, like Yangon, has a respectable food scene also. It is like the Penang of Malaysia. Street food is a must-try. These small bites can be discovered anywhere in Myanmar but Mandalay is one of the best.
These "couple snacks" are simple globs of rice flour batter added to a crackling muffin-like cast iron frying pan with quail eggs, scallions, or roasted chickpeas included in them. The Mandalay night market at 31st street is a must-go.
9. Tea store meal
From morning meal to mid-day snack, tea stores are the locations to rest if you require a break in a busy sightseeing day or if you simply {want to|wish to rest and have a relaxing afternoon.
What makes the tea shops so special is the Burmese tea or lahpet-yeh. This tasty, traditional drink contains black tea combined with condensed milk and also evaporated milk. As basic as it appears, the preparation is really an art as well as is fairly entertaining to view!
The "tea master" gets a huge pot of steaming dark tea on the cooktop and puts the hot beverage in a smaller sized pot including condensed milk and also evaporated milk for the sweet taste. With dexterity, he after that moves the mix to another receptacle, then back right into the initial pot and also repeats numerous times to make sure it is flawlessly blended. He then fills up a number of small cups and also begins once more with an additional batch as the very first mugs are already taken away by the waiters. The outcome is an extra sweet, caramel-colored beverage that will make you desire extra!
Tea shops are terrific locations to take pleasure in cups of milky tea and additionally different cuisines of Myanmar. They offer baked sweets along with meat steamed buns and dim sum. The commonly served meals are deep-fried tasty snacks, deep-fried bread offered with here a potato curry or baked breads.
10. Mohinga
Mohinga is a comforting rice noodle as well as fish soup. It is an important part of Burmese cuisine and considered to be Myanmar's national dish by several people. Normally eaten in the early morning, Mohinga is budget-friendly and also conveniently available.
Sold by hawkers as well as street stall proprietors, this meal is definitely slurp worthy. Different cities have their own variations so don't be afraid to try one whenever you most likely to another Burmese city.
11. Burmese Paratha
Burmese paratha with sweet pea pyote (sweet bean paste) is a special mix of Burmese and lndian influences.
Palata is a furl of the tongue away from Indian paratha, yet closer in texture to Malaysian roti canai. The dough is swung up and also slapped down repeatedly up until it can't be extended any thinner.
12. Burmese Sweet Snacks
Burmese sweet snacks somehow always include grated coconut. It is essentially grated coconut with coconut milk wrapped in rice paper.
Coconut milk is likewise used in Thai cuisine. You might additionally include strands of noodles in it for a textural contrast or simply to make it an extra filling treat. For a dessert, this isn't excessively sweet.
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