12 Top Foods to Eat In Myanmar
1. Nangyi thoke
The Burmese love "dry" noodle meals-- basically noodle-based "salads" with broth served on the side-- and probably the tastiest and also most ubiquitous is nangyi thoke.
The recipe 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 blend of roasted chickpea flour and turmeric and also chili oil, thrown by hand and served with sides of pickled greens as well as a bowl of broth.
2. Shan-style rice
Nga htamin's essential elements: turmeric rice and also fish.
Known in Burmese as nga htamin (fish rice), this Shan (one of the country's main Buddhist ethnic groups) dish combines rice that's been cooked with turmeric and also squashed right into a disk with a covering of flakes of freshwater fish as well as garlic oil.
Oily and also savory, when served with sides of leek roots, cloves of raw garlic as well as deep-fried pork rinds, nga htamin comes to be a treat that runs the range from pungent to spicy.
3. Tea leaf salad
Lephet thoke can be a meal, snack or appetiser.
Perhaps the most well known Burmese food is lephet-- fermented tea leaves.
The tea leaves are consumed by themselves, typically as a treat, yet they're additionally served in the form of lephet thoke, a salad of pickled tea leaves. To make the meal, the sour, a little bitter leaves are mixed by hand with shredded cabbage, sliced up tomatoes, crunchy deep-fried beans, nuts and peas, a splash of garlic oil and also pungent pieces of chili and garlic.
4. Myanmar Curry-Rice dish
The local set-meal is not simply home cooking yet an experience by itself. It features a slightly oily curry (choose from chicken, fish, mutton, beef, veggie or pork), rice, a dish of lentil soup as well as six vegetable side dishes (anticipate to find potatoes, pumpkin, okra, broad beans, leafy veggies, tomato salad, and so on) and a garlic chili dip. The variety of side dishes and spice levels might vary from place to place yet this cooking experience continues to be the same.
5. Grilled Fish at Chinatown
Fresh charcoal smoked fish which just costs less than USD3.50 (3500 KYT). The fish is fresh as well as the meat is succulent.
Loaded with spices to excuse the pungent odor of fish stomach, this is without a doubt one of one of the most tasty fish ever. So excellent that you can eat it on its own or with white rice and nothing else.
6. Burmese Pancakes
Burmese Pancakes, or Bain Mont, are chewy, crunchy, light, nutty and also 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 too. It is like the Penang of Malaysia. Street food is a must-try. These small bites can be found anywhere in Myanmar but Mandalay is one of the best.
These "husband and wife snacks" are simple blobs of rice flour batter contributed to a crackling muffin-like cast iron frying pan with quail eggs, scallions, or roasted chickpeas included in them. The Mandalay evening market at 31st road is a must-go.
9. Tea shop meal
From breakfast to afternoon snack, tea stores are the places to sit if you require a break in a hectic sightseeing and tour day or if you just {want to|wish to sit as well as have a relaxing afternoon.
What makes the tea stores so special is the Burmese tea or lahpet-yeh. This delicious, traditional drink contains black tea mixed with condensed milk and evaporated milk. As basic as it appears, the prep work is actually an art and is quite amusing to watch!
The "tea master" gets a huge pot of steaming dark tea on the range and pours the hot beverage in a smaller sized pot adding condensed milk and evaporated milk for the sweetness. With dexterity, he after that transfers the mix website to an additional receptacle, then back into the very first pot as well as repeats a number of times to make certain it is flawlessly combined. He then fills a lot of small mugs and also begins once again with another set as the very first cups are already taken away by the waiters. The outcome is an extra sweet, caramel-colored beverage that will certainly make you want much more!
Tea stores are wonderful locations to enjoy mugs of milky tea as well as likewise numerous cuisines of Myanmar. They offer baked sweets along with meat steamed buns and also dim sum. The frequently served dishes are deep-fried full-flavored snacks, deep-fried bread served with a potato curry or baked breads.
10. Mohinga
Mohinga is a comforting rice noodle and also fish soup. It is a vital part of Burmese food as well as considered to be Myanmar's national meal by lots of people. Typically consumed in the morning, Mohinga is inexpensive and also conveniently offered.
Sold by hawkers and also street stall owners, this meal is definitely slurp worthy. Various cities have their very own variants 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 an unique blend of Burmese and lndian influences.
Palata is a furl of the tongue away from Indian paratha, but closer in texture to Malaysian roti canai. The dough is swung up and also slapped down consistently till it can not be stretched any thinner.
12. Burmese Sweet Snacks
Burmese sweet snacks somehow always include grated coconut. It is basically grated coconut with coconut milk covered in rice paper.
Coconut milk is likewise used in Thai food. You could likewise add strands of noodles in it for a textural contrast or just to make it a more filling treat. For a dessert, this isn't extremely sweet.
Thanks for reading my guide to Top 12 Foods to Try in Myanmar.