Burmese Food Is Not Talked About Enough

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Burmese food is not talked about enough so I got a whole table full of Burmese dishes I’ve never had before. I was told about this Burmese food event that sold many traditional and uncommon Burmese foods so I had to check it out. As I entered the event, it reminded me a lot of the Lao community gatherings with aunties selling the most delicious foods that you can only find at the temple. One of the unique dishes was this salad made from crumbling up shrimp vegetable fritters and tossing the salad with a red dressing. I also got the popular tofu salad and a Burmese pizza covered with a type of bean and herbs. My favorite dish was nan gyi thoke and its a thick noodle salad mixed with chicken curry, chili oil, chickpea flour, herbs, and a squeeze of lemon. What are your favorite Burmese dishes?

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ABOUT SAENG
Saeng Douangdara is a professional chef and cooking instructor that advocates and raises awareness for Lao food through food videos and cooking classes. He is Lao American and was born in a refugee camp. He lives in Los Angeles.

[SaengsKitchen]

Help me boost the visibility of Burmese food! What is your favorite Burmese dish?

[G-man]

The Burmese guy that lived below me showed me how to make a salad with raw beef, mint, cilantro, basil, fish sauce and lime juice .... it was 🤤

[TheSaintMinLwin]

Thank you so much for coming and sharing the Burmese food event! Your support means a lot, and your video was fantastic—I couldn’t agree more that Burmese cuisine deserves more attention.

As for my favorite Burmese dish, it has to be the Burmese rice pizza! Also known as 'Street Ghost pancake, ' 'Water crepe, ' 'Thin-water Dosa, ' or 'Beehive cake, ' depending on the city or state. You can choose thick or thin crust, and the toppings are endless—chickpeas, tomato, onion, cabbage, bean sprouts, conima leaves, coconut meat, egg, ground sesame seeds, bell pepper, chili, cilantro, spring onion, masala, pepper, potato chips, or even jaggery. For dipping, tamarind, jaggery, ginger, cabbage, cilantro, and chili sauces are perfect. It’s a flavor explosion!

[sabrinaburch]

Wow this Burmese food looks delicious!!!

[spiderfox]

Ive never even seen Burmese food before but from what I saw here it's now on my list of food to try

[SpanglyMoss]

Stop making me hungry every time i see the food at school i think of this and i shed a tiny tear 😭

[anna]

I had the best lentil broth of my life (and I come from a country where lentil soup is a staple) in Myanmar by the coast. I have tried to recreate it many times and never have been able to. It was so simple but flavourful and I wish I could have it again!

[wurple]

i love khow suey/khao suey, it's Burmese but ended up here in Pakistan also and it is so delicious!

[alysoffoxdale]

I once traveled to a friend's birthday party at a Burmese restaurant in a city, where I discovered gin thoke (ginger salad). That was probably 20 years ago, but I've been jonesing for that salad ever since.

[Wwccpp]

Burmese food is seriously underrated! I love their national dish Mohinga 🍜

[Alden-Drezzler]

Tea leaf salad is great as others have mentioned, but my favorite dish is called oh noh kauswer. Not sure if that's the proper name in Myanmar, but it's how the shop I go to spells it. It's a spicy coconut chicken noodle soup with an egg and bean sprouts.

[xoxobubonicbaddiebimbo]

I adore the fact that it was aunties cooking the meals and that the proceeds go back to the community ❤❤❤❤

[ellenko]

My favorite burmese food is exactly those noodles! And their deep fried fritters with the dips 🤤

[-Viva-Cristo-Rey]

One thing that's always constant in Asian cuisine Aunty's, grandmom's and mothers will always be the best cook

[wewenang]

Burmese cuisine is a mystery for me even thought im south eats asian and live my whole life here. Its like the combinations of Indian and Chinese food with a touch of Thai.

[jenniferlala]

Thank you for putting the spotlight on this cuisine, it’s fun to learn about other cultures and food is a huge part of that ❤

[shweyiwinko]

Nan-gyi thoke is definitely the best! I've been away from my home country, definitely miss all the food 😭

[lyhs]

I made them at home
The fermented tea leaf salad

[StoryinEnglish]

As a burmese person i honestly love them and my favorite dish is Nan gyi thoet ( thick spicy noodles with herbs, lime, chicken and soy sauce)

[skrunglywungkus]

i used to go to a Burmese place in the last city i lived; really incredible food! i made the chickpea “tofu” salad once myself recently, went really well. i would love to have more of the fermented tea leaf salad but i can’t handle too much caffeine 😅