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Bars and Restaurants Open During Thingyan
What’s On - april FRIDAY 13TH Infinity indoor music festival | Art & Stage New trance festival with headliners Aly and Fila. ? The ONE Entertainment Park - Paw San Hmwe St, ThinganGyun Tsp | P From 3:00 pm
13TH - 16TH Coca-Cola Summer Oasis 2018 | Activities Sing and dance along with Ar-T, Eaint Chit, Nay Min Eain, Poe Mie, and several DJs. Activities to enjoy include Sand Pitch Bump Ball, Foam Pitch, Face Painting and many other games. ? People’s Park - Pyay Rd, Sanchaung Tsp | P 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Water Festival at Vintage Luxury Hotel | Activities Entertainment at Vintage Car Parking Area plus buffet dinners at 9,000 kyats per person every day. | RSVP: 09 258819911~55, 01 9010532555, 09-250846974 and 09- 459949993. ? Vintage Luxury Yacht - 6, Botahtaung Jetty, Near Botahtaung Pagoda, Seikkan Tsp | P 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Thingyan Music Festival TMF | Art & Stage TMF is back on Pyay Road, where it all began for the team, and headliners include Dutch-Turkish, DJ Ummet Ozcan, Amsterdam-duo Yellow Claw, and internationally renowned DJ Sophie Francis. All access tickets for the four days cost 200,000 kyats, while single day tickets are also available : day one for 40,000 kyats, day two for 60,000 kyats, day three and four for 80,000 kyats. ? Pyay Rd, Near Inya Kan Baung, Kamayut Tsp | P All day
Blackjack Water Festival | Art & Stage Ever since pavilions were allowed on Yangon’s roads, Blackjack has been up there with the biggest stages. This Thingyan revelers celebrate its 11th anniversary with regular allday passes for 60,000 kyats and VIP all day passes for 100,000 kyats. Table and bottle services can be booked via 09 43174433. ? Pyay Rd, Near Inya Kan Baung, Kamayut Tsp | P All day
Barrack Water Festival | Art & Stage Barrack debuted on Kabar Aye Pagoda Road three years ago and made quite a splash. Now it returns with a packed line-up of local and international artists. Look out for the Barong Family, Double U, EMJ, S Logic, OU J, Biggy Wyne, Burmese Smash, Mike Haider, Roxa and more. Tickets cost is 45,000 kyats for regular day access, hiked up to 90,000 kyats for VIPs. ? Pyay Rd, Near Inya Kan Baung, Kamayut Tsp | P All day
Savage Water Festival | Art & Stage The VIBE and Yote Tay entertainment bring you the first ever hip hop music pavilion in Yangon. Tickets cost 50,000 kyats for regular day access and 90,000 kyats for VIPs. Table and bottle reservations are available. Artists lineup : J Me, MC Young P.A, MD Mochio, Beasts, Mr.Y, DJ Master Dee and more. For more information contact to 09 7996 38939. ? Pyay Rd, Near Inya Kan Baung, Kamayut Tsp | P All day
What’s On - april Exodus Myanmar Water Festival | Art & Stage Exodus celebrates it their anniversary with DJ performances from S Logic, Emj, KZ, Chacky, BG and more. Ticket prices are all days : 42,000 kyats, Day 1: 10,000 kyats, Day 2: 15,000 kyats, Day 3: 20,000 kyats and Day 4: 25,000 kyats. Contact 09 4480 06296 for ticket information. ? Pyay Rd, Near Inya Kan Baung, Kamayut Tsp | P All day
Thingyan Happy Hour | Promotion Ô’Thentic will be open during Thingyan holidays (13th/17th April) every day starting from 5pm to 11pm. Happy hour will be extended until 11pm for this special occasion. Draft carlberg at US$1 (1,350 kyats), French wine glass and all cocktails at $2 (2.700 kyats). ? Ô’Thentic Crêperie & Wine Bar - 45 Yaw Min Gyi St, Dagon Tsp | P 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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Best places to spend Thingyan
Not everybody enjoys the big cities during Thingyan. Civil servants clock off, highway buses stop or are fully booked, and most businesses close. You can either stay in or go out and endure the drunks, the dousing and the deafening music. Or why not just escape altogether? Hotel prices can be much higher this time of year, and transport is often difficult, but any one of the following destinations offers some respite from the usual Thingyan shenanigans. Dawei Fly into Tanintharyi Region capital Dawei for Thingyan and watch a traditional new year dance on the beach that involves dancers balancing jars of water on their heads. Expect some water-throwing downtown but travel to the surrounding beaches of the Myeik Archipelago and all you will find is pristine sands and tranquility. Ngapali Beach This popular beach in southern Rakhine State has an array of top hotels, though rooms can be pricey at this time of the year and need advance booking. The bay itself is an ideal and comfortable place to spend the holidays, and Thandwe town, seven kilometers away, has an airport. Mt Popa Spending Thingyan in Bagan for one day is a great experience, but after that it’s worth heading an hour’s drive away to Popa Mountain Resort, where each room overlooks the surrounding hills and plains, and guests can dip into a spring-fed infinity pool. Hpa An About a six hours’ drive or train ride from Yangon is the lush Kayin State capital Hpa-an, whose Thingyan celebrations are muted compared to other cities. Hpa An Lodge has an inviting swimming pool that offers somewhere to cool off after a day of cycling and exploring the wonderful countryside. Kyauk Me and Hsipaw Fly into Lashion or travel from Mandalay to these hiking hubs. Out of the towns there is little chance of getting drenched. Try Riverside Resort in Hsipaw, which has balconies overlooking the Dokhtawady River, and One Love in Kyauk Me, a stayover that can help arrange treks to surrounding ethnic communities.
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We are Bars and Restaurants Open During Thingyan Esperado Rooftop Bar & Restaurant
? Esperado Hotel, Kan Yeik Thar Road, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township P 6.30am-11pm, every day
Min Lann Seafood Restaurant
? Outlets: Bahan, San Chaung, Mayangone, South Okkalapa, Kamaryut townships P 11am-7pm and 11am-10pm, Thingyan eve and New Year day
DIY Hotpot
? Wai Za Yan Tar Road, South Okkalapa P 11am-11pm, every day
Gallery Cafe
? 98 Inya Road, Kamaryut Township P 9am-12am, all day
365 Cafe
? Ahlon Road, Ahlon Township P 8am-12am, every day
Rangoon Tea House
? 77-79 Pansodan Rd (Lower Middle Block), Kyauktada Township P 8am-10pm, Thingyan Eve and Myanmar New Year Day
Sorabol Restaurant
? 15, Kanbawza Street, Bahan Township P 10am-10pm, every day
Da Nu Phyu Daw Saw Yee Restaurant
? Bldg S/1, West Race Course Rd., U Chit Maung Housing, Tamwe Township P 9am-9pm, Myanmar New Year Day
O-Shabu Hot Pot
? 8(A), Parami Road, Kamayut Township P 10.30am-10pm, every day
Marina Indian Restaurant
? No 63, Taw Win Road, Dagon Township P 7:30 am - 2 pm, 6 pm - 10 pm, everyday
Restaurants @ Sule Shangri-la
? 223 Sule Pagoda Road, Kyauktada Township P 24-hours, every day
Restaurants @ Melia Hotel
? 192 Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Township P 24-hours, every day
Restaurants @ Park Royal Hotel ? 33 Alan Pya Phaya Road, Dagon Township P 24-hours, every day
Restaurants @ Summit Park View Hotel ? 350 Ahlone Road, Dagon Township P 24-hours, every day
Mañana Mexican Restaurant
? Building C, Pearl Condo, Bahan Township and Bo Myat Htun Tower, Maha Bandoola Road, Botahtaung Township P 10am-10pm, every day
The Strand Cafe
? 92 Strand Road, Botahtaung Township P 6am-10:30pm, every day
Sarkies Bar at the Strand
? 92 Strand Road, Botahtaung Township P 10am-12am, every day
AJ’s Bar and Grill
? 132 Anawrahta Road, Botahtaung Township P 4pm-11pm, every day
KK Pot
? 132 Anawrahta Road, Botahtaung Township P 5pm-10pm, every day
The Coriander Leaf
? Road Bldg-12 Ahlone Road, Ahlone Township P 11am-11pm, every day
Babett Bar
? 5 Alan Pya Pagoda Street, Dagon Township P 24-hours, every day
Restaurants @ Chatrium Royal Lake Yangon
? Chatrium Hotel Royal Lake Hotel, Tamwe Township P 5:30am-10:30am, 11:30am-2:30pm, 6pm-10:30pm, every day
Shwe Sa Bwe
? No. 20 Malikha Road, Mayangone Township P 6.30 pm - 9.30 pm, 13-15 April (dinner only), 17th April - all day
The Bar BurDubai - Inya Rd.
? Inya Road, beside the Street of Emerald Traditional Cuisine, Kamayut Township P 4 pm - 11 pm, everyday
Beauty in the Pot MM
? No. 42(A), SayarSan Road, Bahan Township P 12 pm - 9 pm, everyday
Alex’s Gastro Bar
? No. 33 Yaw Min Gyi Street, Dagon Township P 6:30 am - 10 pm, everyday
new menu
Business lunch Exciting new lunchat Yangon’s Rose Sa Garden courses at Shwe Bwe
RoseLake Garden doing its bit the waistlines the city’s JustYangon’s north of Inya is theisrefurbished villafor of Shwe Sa Bwe, aof catering businesspeople with newasuperfood business Monday to Friday school and restaurant thatits offers charming fine dininglunch. experience. Making different light and20 healthy salad, main,from and disadvantaged dessert on offer. and there’s serving athe cuisine are about young apprentices Two courses threeacross courses $14. Rose Garden’s foyer bistro backgrounds. Theyfor areUS$11, chosen from Myanmar through the restaurant’s is perfect for a and business meeting; largecourse well-spaced tables overlook the sprawling network start the 11-month in August. hotels unfathomably spacious lobby. The food arrives swiftly but there’s Wi-Fi and decent coffee should youand wish to linger. Nowfree we’re in March and the fledgling chefs staff are truly getting into the swing of things. Since Shwe Sa Bwe began in 2011, it has trained over The menu focuses on light dishes using fresh, locally-grown ingredients 100 students, and this batch are slated to join their alumni in top restaurants. that won’t leave you feeling weighed down and sluggish once back to The lunch menu costs 21,000 kyats for two courses, 25,000 kyats for three your desk. We tried three of the starters. The carrot and ginger soup was courses, and 7,000 kyats for a mini cheese plate. Each course has a choice of light with strong ginger notes. Rose Garden have gone for a little bit of four dishes that rate well in variety. There’s also the ever-changing ‘Special tableside drama by pouring the soup over a large bread tweel topped with of the Day’ tailored to business lunches that include two or three courses thin slices of dried ginger. The rocket salad came with a sweet dressing for 19,000 kyats or 21,000 kyats plus a cup of hot beverage. of honey, olive oil and home-made yoghurt. The tomatoes, both big and small, were succulent and fresh while the sprinkling of pumpkin seeds Among the starters is a salad of grilled chicken drizzled in honey mustard gave a good bite. The fresh orange salad was served with a homemade and bunched with slices of apple and grape—like the salmon rillettes with orange mayonnaise, walnuts, and locally-grown gooseberries. toast and salad, it is a light dish that sets up the diner nicely for the mains. For mains, the fresh Norwegian salmon comes with a delicious pistachio A rich, hearty choice for the next course is the Geneva-style pork stew with crust. It’s served with creamy sweet potato mash, buttery and juicy pearl onions and—in a pot on the side—spatzle, a Swiss kind of soft egg asparagus and a punchy tomato concasse. The roasted chicken is served noodle. A colorful, creamy and vegetarian choice is the sautéed spinach in with an aromatic gravy infused with thyme and rosemary flavours on a vol-au-vent, turned zucchini and capsicum coulis. To wipe the plates clean bed of brown rice fricassee with cream, carrot, and shallots. The Shan is refillable baskets of homemade bread. Desserts include roasted pineapple state brown rice has a healthy bite. The grain-fed beef tenderloin is and cream tartlet, and choux-filled with ice cream and salted caramel. pushing the boundaries of a light lunch. The beef itself was incredibly meaty andare tender andevery as a good a steakand as lunch you can get are for changed the price in Dinner menus changed three weeks menus Yangon. Shan potato smashed with garlic olive is aoften lighter every monthThe at Shwe Sa Bwe, but although the and dishes may betake on a buttery mash. Myo Min Soe gravy was inspired, he revamped, what creamy stays the sameChef is the worthy goalOo’s of the non-profit—and fresh raspberry to a contributes slow-cookedtobeef the adds fact that every customer it. bone glaze. The Address: desserts20were also a treat, theAmerican sweet potato Malikha Street, near the Club off chocolate Parami Road,pudding was like a mousse without the cream and butter. The banana yoghurt mousse Mayangone Township cameOpening with three banana and honey a frozen hours:layers—a 12pm to 2.30 pm and 6.30pm togelatin, 9.30pm (last order) yoghurt and Closedand Mondays. are dinners only. cream cheese layer, a lightSundays sponge.
Address: 171 Upper Pansodan Rd, Yangon Phone: +95 1 371 992
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yama rooftop bar The bar atop Yama Hotel on Bo Myat Htun was, apparently, a fixture of low-cost Yangon watering holes popular among local students with a relaxed vibe. Some old Burma hands had been awaiting its reopening after it closed more than two years ago, missing a rooftop bar on West of downtown. It reopened, as part of a revamp by Yama, last month with a more up-market vibe, offering a decent range of bar snacks, main meals, draft beers and even a few bottles of fancy imported ciders, beers, and wines. Yama has gone for that standard Yangon urban vibe with the décor. There’s a lot of black metal, some wood, and a substantial amount of greenery. The views are not breathtaking, looking South and West over a non-historic area of downtown with barely a pagoda in sight, but still provide pleasant environs nine floors above the city’s streets. The staff are incredibly enthusiastic and good at communicating. I took advantage of the bar’s three for two on draft beer (3,500 kyats for a half litre of Kirin) and ordered three plates of bar snacks, which were hit and miss. The highlight was the potato wedges (3,000 kyats)—deliciously crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside and served with ketchup. The edamame (3,000 kyats) were overcooked from frozen to the point of being virtually inedible—soggy and a depressing grey colour. The meat on the satay (4,200 kyats) was dry and tough but had a good spice and heat. The satay sauce was creamy, nutty, tangy and almost did enough do elevate the skewers. The menu features other classic bar mains as well as cold cuts and cheese platters—I wasn’t brave enough to see if they were worth the 20,000 kyats investment. Overall, the Yama rooftop is a good, relatively inexpensive, option for al fresco drinking on that side of downtown and definitely somewhere to consider after eating at one of the nearby restaurants on Maha Bandoola and Bo Myat Htun. Regular punters of its old iteration will be disappointed to discover that the life-size Spiderman mannequin was not retained in the makeover. Address: No.195 Bo Myat Htun Road, Botataung Township, Yangon Opening Hours: 5:30 pm to 11pm Phone: +95 1 203 712
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MIX TAPE @ ALFA HOTEL ROOFTOP 7TH APRIL 2018 PHOTOS BY LEO JACKSON
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Now showing in Yangon cinemas from 17th-19th April 2018. RAMPAGE Rampage is a 2018 American science fiction monster film. It follows a primatologist who must team-up with George, an albino gorilla who turns into a raging creature of enormous size following a rogue experiment, in order to stop an invasion of monsters. Mingalar Cinema 2(Dagon Centre (II), Nay Pyi Daw, Mingalar Sanpya Cineplex, Mingalar Cineplex (Gamone Pwint)
REFLECTION Reflection is a Burmese Action Movie directed by Lu Min with actress : Htun Eindra Bo, Eindra Kyaw Zin, Wut Hmone Shwe Yi and Pactria. Thamada Cinema, Thwin, Mingalar, Mingalar Sanpya Cineplex, Mingalar Cineplex (Gamone Pwint)
THAYAL SO DAR GYO NAE LAR Thayal So Dar Gyo Nae Lar is a Burmese Comedy Horror Movie
directed by Ei Ei Khine with Stars : Yan Aung, Min Maw Gyun and Moh Moh Myint Aung. Mingalar Sanpya Cineplex, Mingalar Cineplex (Gamone Pwint), Shae Saung Cinema
MHWAY CHAT KA TOT LON LOON DAL Mhway Chat Ka Tot Lon Loon Dal is a Burmese Comedy Movie directed by Kyaw Zaw Lin with Stars : Nay Toe and Thet Mon Myint. Shae Saung Cinema
SHWE KYAR Shwe Kyar is a Burmese Drama Movie directed by Wine(own creation) with stars : A Lin Yaung, Phway Phway and Thinzar Wint Kyaw. Shae Saung Cinema
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