Burmese Food Videos

In Bogyoke Zay (Scott's Market), Yangon, this little stall sells sweet chewy coconut-strewn snacks made from fruit from the Asian palm tree known as Palmyra

Burmese Salad

A salad is not just a salad in Burma. Forget lettuce leaves with a drizzle of oil - like salads in Thailand and Laos, Burmese salads (known as a-thohk) can be hot or cold, leafy or not, mild or spicy, a dainty side dish or a whacking great meal of its ..

Burmese Pig On A Stick

Pavement food stall at night bazaar, Yangon, Burma (Myanmar) selling bits of broiled pig on a stick - real nose-to-tail eating! (take that Fergus Henderson). At the end, they charge you by totting up the number of sticks piled up in front of you (bent ..

Burmese Shan Tofu Variations

Variations in Burmese Shan tofu cuisine. Shan Tofu is made from yellow split pea flour rather than soy beans like the tofu familiar from Japan, China and Korea. It's more like polenta in terms of texture, taste and consistency and also in the way it can be ..

Burmese Snack Stalls

Snack stalls on the eve of a neighbourhood pagoda festival in Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar). Mohnt yay bah (savoury crepe), mohnt thine chohn (sweet pancakes), mohnt lay myar (husband and wife snacks - cos you join two halves - geddit?) and mohnt sein baun ..

Burmese Street Hawkers

Street-hawkers of Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar), who bring a variety of goods to your doorstep. From breakfast to brunch, from sweet and savoury snacks to sour fruit salad, from brooms to bamboo deckchairs and hats, from flowers to fresh vegetables, starting at ..

Mohinga - National Dish Of Burma

Mohinga is Burmese catfish chowder, specifically rice vermicelli in fish soup with banana stems, sprinkled with fried split peas, chilli flakes, coriander and a squeeze of lime - the favourite all-day breakfast of Myanmar and considered the national dish. I ..

Kachin Ethnic Restaurant In Burma

Ethnic Kachin traditional food served at U Ru Hka restaurant in Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar). This is the only time I've ever been to a Kachin restaurant and I know next to nothing about Kachin food - my uncle took us to this place as it's one of his ..

Khantoke Dinner In Chiang Mai Thailand

For an excellent Thai dinning experience, a traditional Lanna Khantoke dinner is a must. Many believe this north Thailand dinner with music and dance was invented for tourists, but the Khantoke dinner dates back many centuries. Locals celebrate festivals and ..

Sour Tea Leaf Salad

Burma is a country which eats Laphet - sour tea leaf salad. The tea is processed as a green tea and then left in underground wells for months where it

Pancake Stall In Burma

Savoury rice pancakes called "mohnt yay bah" - a traditional all-time favourite snack of Burma (Myanmar). The first time my niece went to Burma, she was tiny and what with the heat and the upheaval, she completely lost her appetite. But the smell of these ..

Burmese-chinese Fusion Cuisine

Depictions of Chinese food as rendered in Burma

Burmese Samosa Salad & Mutton Kebabs

Indian samosas made into a Burmese "samusa" salad and goat mutton kebabs at Kuthodaw Pagoda and chick pea fritters at Mandalay Hill, Mandalay, Burma

Burmese Fried Snack

Burmese people adore fried snacks (a-jaw zohn) at any time of the day, whether at a pavement stall with a sour chilli dip on the side and a cup of green tea or at home as a side dish in a main meal. This video shows gourd fritters (boothee jaw), tofu ..

Burmese Breakfast Menu: Part 1

Various Burmese, Indian and Chinese breakfast items at a busy Mandalay restaurant in Burma

Burmese Noodles

Mogok Meeshay noodles, pickled pork (like Vietnamese nem chua), wheat noodles and rice noodles in Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar). I make Mogok Meeshay once a week at home - I love it that much

Burmese Pickled Fruits

Sour green fruits tossed with salt, liquorice, chilli and ginger are a popular snack in Burma, used by students as a kind of Red Bull/Pro Plus for staying awake during revision time for exams. Pickle sellers bang small gongs as they push their carts along ..

Burmese Breakfast Menu: Part 2

More breakfast goodies from Burma including the fried doughy breadstick ee-jah gway (Chinese you-tiao) and Burmese-style crispy

Burmese Paratha

The Burmese love having their own spin on Indian foods and one of their favourites is the flaky bread paratha which they either call palata or htat ta-ya ("a hundred

Burmese Buffet Restaurant

Fixed-charge full menu of "all you can eat" traditional Burmese dishes at Toe Toe Win restaurant in Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar). They have another branch in Bagan, the land of temples. You don't get up to help yourself - you just sit there and dish after dish ..

Burmese Special Sticky Rice

I'll let my dad speak here: "The full moon of Tabodwè in February celebrates a festival of a special kind of sticky rice called Htamanè in Myanmar. Daw Shi's htamanè has been around for decades in Mandalay. See how her family still makes this traditional ..

Burmese Kho-daong Mohntee Noodles

Kho-daong mohntee are gorgeous fishy rice noodles eaten for breakfast at a busy stall near the central market (Zegyo) in Mandalay. Vendors come from Khodaong village across the Irrawaddy river, with their wares balanced on their baskets. Also featuring ..