Misc. Myanmar Eats and Drinks

Burmese meatball curry set at Too Too in Mandalay.

Fried chicken thigh set at small joint, straight across from Hotel Yadanarbon in Mandalay.

Quick and self-composed breakfast of local fruits and the classic 3-in-1 Nescafe.

Black bean pork at Hotel Yadanarbon in Mandalay.

Asian breakfast option at Amazing Bagan Resort in Nyaung-U, Bagan.

Fish curry and fermented tea leaf salad at Amazing Bagan Resort in Nyaung-U, Bagan.

Grilled prawns with cilantro sauce at Amazing Bagan Resort in Nyaung-U, Bagan.

Lunch spread at Golden Myanmar in Old Bagan. 

Lunch spread at Golden Myanmar in Old Bagan.

Beef salad at Beyond Taste in Nyaung Shwe by Inle Lake.

Grilled fish at Green Chili in Nyaung Shwe by Inle Lake.

Fermented tea leaf salad at Green Chili in Nyaung Shwe by Inle Lake.

Breakfast at Inle ViewPoint Fine Lodges & Cuisines incl. Shan style noodle soup and locally produced yogurt with mango puree.

Another breakfast set at Inle ViewPoint, the selection changes every day.

Tea and htamanei (Burmese sweet rice cake) at Inle ViewPoint.

Shan style chicken noodle soup featuing plenty of fried garlic, cilantro, peanuts and spring onions.

Shan tapas at Inle ViewPoint incl. rice cakes, fish ball on sugarcane, baby shrimp pattiers, pumpkin dumpling with pork, crispy fish fry with lemon soy sauce and peanuts.

Shan tapas at Inle ViewPoint incl. chicken and young coconut, asparagus and stoneflower mushroom salad, cucumber sesame salad, butterfly beans with spring onions. Also banana leaf baked butterfish and soon htam soup (not pictured).

Pumpkin custard with watermelon sauce at Inle ViewPoint.

Innovative minibar at Inle ViewPoint. 

"Dry-fried chicken" or just plan fried chicken fat and onions at Motherland Inn in Yangon.

Market purchases, clockwise from left: fried broad beans, fermented tea leafs, raw peanuts and assorted fried beans.

Mandalay necessities and peculiarities: sunblock, Anti-malaria herbal rum, ABC stout, Pop Soda club soda and apple/cinnamon Fisherman's Friend. 

Recommended adresses: 

Too Too
27th Street, between 74th and 75thClassic Burmese kitchen. Go to the counter and have your pick of dish, and the staff will the serve the entire set at your table. A meal and a bottle of water costs approx. 3,000 kyats (3USD).

Amazing Bagan Resort
Nyang-U, Bagan
Due to its isolated location, I had quite a few meals here. The fish curry was excellent, the laphet tea leaf salad the best during the entire trip, and the selection of food quite large. Dishes range from 3,000-12,000 kyats (3-12USD), the fish curry and salad set me back 5,000 (5USD).

Golden Myanmar
Nyaung Rd., Bagan
Classic Burmese. You will be served your own little "buffet", which will be refilled, featuring many of Myanmar's traditional dishes. A meal and a bottle of water costs 3,500 kyats (3.5USD).

Beyond Taste
No.10,Phaung Daw Pyan Street, Nyaung Shwe

Burmese and "continental" food. Service was excellent and wifi is free. My beef salad was tasty and cheap (2,500 kyats aka 2.5USD) and to my delight they even had Diet Coke, which is a rarity in Myanmar.

Green ChiliHospital Rd, Nyaung Shwe
Burmese and Thai food. While the food I had here was fine, I was slightly disturbed by being served a glass of "wine", which tasted like water but smelled like sewer, though even more so as the staff did not acknowledge that it wasn't wine until after a 10 min. discussion and a talk to the manager. Stick to the beer, and you will be fine. Dishes range from 2,000-10,000 kyats (2-10USD), and the place is furthermore a popular tourist hang-out.

Inle ViewPoint - Lodge & Fine Cuisines
Near Talk Nan Bridge and Canal, Nyaung Shwe

I stayed at Inle ViewPoint, which not only is one of the most lovely hotels I have stayed at, but also one of the best eating options in the area. The breakfast spread is impressive and changes daily. The restaurant serves "tapas" inspired by the Shan cuisine, which was both challenging and tasty. A three course serving and half a bottle of wine set me back only 30,000 (30USD). Finally, the hotel is a Taittinger ambassador, and a glass of champagne will set you back a mere 12,000 kyats (12USD). Highly recommended.