MYANMORE : Weekly Guide to Yangon - 20th April 2018

20 - 26 APRIL 2018

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What’s On - april 15TH - 22ND Splash Brunch @ the Square Restaurant | Dining Book your ‘Splash Brunch’ either on April 15 or 22 and get a chance to win a return ticket to Dubai for one person—50 percent deposit is required to be given before 12pm, April 12. Get started to make a reservation now @ 09-251185989. ? The Square Restaurant - 5th Floor, Novotel Yangon Max | P 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

FRIDAY 20TH Seafood Night | Dining All time favorite Thai-style fish cake with coconut cream, deep-fried soft shell crab with Asian spices, and mint white chocolate panna cotta. Book quickly at 09251185989 for 20 percent off in the early bird promotion. | RSVP: 01 230 5858. ? Novotel Yangon Max - 459, Pyay Rd, Kamayut Tsp | P 6:00 pm - 10:30 pm

SATURDAY 21ST Sound Circus | Nightlife A collection of Yangon-based DJs spinning their favorite electronic music tracks. Join the circus. Happy hour 5pm to 7pm. | RSVP: 01 255 131. ? Yangon Yangon - 339,Bo Gyoke Aung San Rd, Kyauktada Tsp | P 6:00 pm - 11:30 pm

SUNDAY 22ND Sunday Brunch at Melia Yangon | Dining From this week onwards, Sunday Brunch can be pre-purchased at the Myanmore Tickets website with a discounted price of $42 (instead of $48). Secure your table and enjoy the best brunch in town! Limited tickets will be available to purchase weekly from Monday to Friday prior to the Sunday Brunch. | RSVP: 01 934 5000. ? Melia Yangon - 192, Kaba Aye Pagoda Rd, Bahan Tsp | P 11:30 am - 3:00 pm

WCS Myanmar 2018 with MMOtaku | Activities This cosplay event includes Japanese cosplayers Sakuya, Tokumaru Oguri and Konnichi Kurenai. Come and join them. Ticket price is 5,000 kyats. ? MICT Park - Hlaing University, Hlaing Tsp | P 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

MONDAY 23RD Wine Upon A Time | Nightlife Every Monday Ô’Thentic will make you discover an exceptional wine. Ô’Thentic will bring you to France for one of its best selections. “Wine Upon A Time” is 25,000 kyats and for four hours. | RSVP: 09 44952 9557. ? Ô’Thentic Crêperie & Wine Bar - 45 Yaw Min Gyi St, Dagon Tsp | P 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Lemonade - An Independent Ladies Night | Nightlife Get together with friends and hopefully make some new ones, while enjoying passed canapés & two of bar manager Puias famous cocktails for 12,000++ or canapés and two glasses of wine or Prosecco for 15,000++.

They will be spinning music by Blondie, Stevie Nicks, Beyonce, Janis Joplin, Pink, Sia, Cardi B and more ground-breaking female artists. | RSVP: 09 769 292439. ? Gekko Restaurant Yangon - 535, Merchants St, BoTahtaung Tsp | P From 7:00 pm

What’s On - april TUESDAY 24TH BritCham Operational Excellence: Success With Presentations | Business This highly practical workshop provides you with an understanding of how to prepare, organize and deliver presentations. This workshop is also useful for speaking in less formal situations such as meetings. | RSVP: https://britishchambermyanmar.eventbank.com/event/6891/ ? British Chamber of Commerce Myanmar Office - Junction City Tower, Pabedan Tsp | P 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Friend’s Tuesday | Nightlife Friend’s Tuesday is Only On TUESDAY and Only at O’THENTIC Because having friend is important - Ô’Thentic has decided to dedicate Tuesday to friends. If you are new in Yangon or if you want to make new friends, join Friend’s Tuesday at Ô’Thentic and make it your night. Playlist will be your selection. See you on Tuesday, same day, same place, same time. | RSVP : 09 44952 9557. ? Ô’Thentic Crêperie & Wine Bar - 45 Yaw Min Gyi St, Dagon Tsp | P 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

WEDNESDAY 25TH ANZAC Day 2018 | Social AustCham Myanmar and New Zealand Myanmar Chamber of Commerce invite you to join them for a buffet dinner with free flow Australian and New Zealand wine in remembrance of their ANZACs. Cost: US$30 per member of AustCham or NZMCC and US$35 per non member. For more information and RSVP contact thiri@a-mcc.com or connect@nzmcc.org ? Novotel - 459, Pyay Rd, Kamaryut Tsp | P From 6:00 pm

Open mic night with Brian Eviston | Nightlife Acoustic Open Mic Wednesdays @ 50th, from 8.30pm and all performers welcome.

Come one, come all. | RSVP: 09 459195407. ? 50 Street Bar - 9/13, 50th St, Botahtaung Tsp | P From 8:30 pm

Hip Hop & Trap Night | Nightlife Hip Hop & Trap Night! Dishing out the freshest tracks, our resident DJs are here to please. Grab your friends, get some drinks. For table reservations, kindly call 09258835885. Music starts at 10pm till late. ? PYRITE - No.37, Kabaraye Pagoda Rd, near Inya Lake Hotel | P From 10:00 pm

THURSDAY 26TH PwC 2018 Tax Update | Business PwC Myanmar in collaboration with AustCham Myanmar is hosting a breakfast round-table on the Draft Union Taxation Law 2018 and other proposed tax changes. Join them to hear PwC experts, Paul Cornelius ,Tax Practice Lead, Tax Partner and Suk Peng Ding, Director, Tax, share their thoughts on the recently proposed tax changes/ reforms and how they may impact your business in Myanmar. Cost: US$10 for member/ US$15 for non-member. RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/ 1FAIpQLScOw6GNhcfXI9KkATznfANFiKBd7u7I2wrMVqCqQq445b_1 dA/viewform ? Sule Shangri-La - 223, Sule Pagoda Rd, Pabedan Tsp | P 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

What’s On - april 50th Street Pub Quiz | Nightlife Come and show off your general knowledge, and potentially drinking abilities at the 50th Street Pub Quiz every thursday. Winners of each round get 50% off their next round of drinks, and overall winners get a 30,000MMK bar tab. | RSVP : 01 397 060. ? 50th Street Cafe Restaurant Bar - 9/13, 50th St, Botataung Tsp | P 8:30 pm - 11:00 pm

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Guide to PostThingyan Pamper

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Street Snacks

Despite being rather small, the tempura stall on middle block 40th Street catches the eyes of passersby because of a consistent stream of customers buzzing around it.

The stall’s owner U Maung Kyan is humble about his snacks’ popularity, instead focusing on the quality of the tempura, cutting fresh vegetables and mixing new batter everyday.

“I don’t hide anything from my customers,” said the 35-year-old vendor as he patiently sliced corn. “I make the food in front of them and they can see the state of our shop’s hygiene with their own eyes. I wouldn’t serve them something that I, myself, wouldn’t eat. It’s all a matter of trust.”

U Maung Kyan has a rotating choice of over 10 types of tempura depending on the seasons. Two sizzling pots of oil set at the front of the stall deep fry the vegetables that have been dipped into the batter, which includes pounded sticky rice, baking soda, salt, and sugar.

Owning the street side stall has come with its problems, as though U Maung Kyan says he has the consent of 40th Street residents, Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) asked him a few months ago to relocate to the night market on the Strand.

“The place was only 4 foot by 8 foot! The only thing that could fit into that tiny stall was my two frying pots. It was impossible to make business there so I had to move out. I am so grateful that the people in this street are so understanding. I won’t be able sell here if it wasn’t for them,” he said.

U Maung Kyan who moved from the Ayeyarwady Region to Yangon previously ran a betel nut stand and worked in a tea shop before setting up his tempura stall.

“The teashop that I used to work at closed down. I decided to open up my shop right in front of my old workplace because I’m familiar with that place. Now look how far we have come! My shop will turn six years old this year,” he said.

Customers can buy as many tempura pieces as they like although the usual purchase is 10 pieces for 700 kyats—with that comes dipping sauce and lettuce. The deep fried part of the snack may not be embraced by health enthusiasts, but the crispy texture, cheap price and warm owner make these tempuras worth a try.

Address: 40th Street Lower Block, Kyauktada Township, Yangon Opening hours: Monday- Saturday (12pm-6pm), Closes on public days and Sunday

new menu

Sushi Tei’s new Exciting ‘Scrumptious new lunch Summer’ courses at Shwe Sa Bwe

Since opening on Dhammazedi Road one year ago, Sushi Tei has brought a wide-ranging Japanese menu to a mix of locals and foreigners that tellingly Justinclude north of InyaJapanese.

Lake is the refurbished villa ofits Shwe Bwe, a catering many Recently it launched newSa ‘Scrumptious Summer school and menu—30 restaurant plus that offers a charming dining experience.

Making Treats’ new dishes to addfine to its whopping 300 plus arsenal. and serving the cuisine are about 20 young apprentices from disadvantaged Every season drops some old offerings and brings special new additions. backgrounds. They are chosen from across Myanmar through the restaurant’s The emphasis new is light and in healthy fare suited to the sprawling networkon andthis start theline-up 11-month course August. soaring temperature, including sashimi, tempura, and a Kobe beef section.

NowAlso we’re in March andbento the fledgling chefs(around and staff are truly getting popular are the box lunches 10,000 kyats each into plus tax the swing of things.

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Among the starters is a salad grilledwith chicken drizzled in honey mustardLike steak,with the slices vegetables were in a sweet teriyaki sauce.with On the and the bunched of apple andglazed grape—like the salmon rillettes menu too is it Kobe beef dish ($35that per sets 100 up grams). toast and salad, is a light the diner nicely for the mains.

Presented on icefor is the a selection of three sashimi (19,000 salmon, A rich, hearty choice next course is the Geneva-style porkkyats): stew with hamachi tatako (seared skipjack tuna). pearl onions (yellowtail), and—in a potand on katsuo the side—spatzle, a Swiss kind of softMost egg of Sushi fish iscreamy sourced from Singapore and Japan, doesn’t disappoint. noodle.

ATei’s colorful, and vegetarian choice is the and sautéed spinach in vol-au-vent, turned zucchini and capsicum coulis. To wipe the plates clean Jumping from the sashimi to bread. the deep-fried with eel was interesting. is refillable baskets of homemade Desserts tofu include roasted pineapple dish cost 9,500 kyats and was in the sweet sauce, with and The cream tartlet, and choux-filled withcoated ice cream andsame salted caramel. the agedashi tofu soaked in tempura sauce, the tender, flavorful eel rested on top.

Then to the cold ramen noodles vinegar dressing kyats): Dinner menus are changed every three weeks in and lunch menus are(9,500 changed arguably thealthough lot. Topped with garnishes vegetables every monththe at most Shwesummery Sa Bwe,ofbut the dishes may of often be and dashed a vinegar dressing, dish is refreshing and light. revamped, whatinstays the same is thethe worthy goal of the non-profit—and the fact that every customer contributes to it.

The seafood teppanyaki (18,500 kyats)—a platter of mixed seafood seasoned withAddress: salt and20pan grilled—was a the hearty choice. salmon Malikha Street, near American ClubThick off Parami Road,cuts, shrimp, Mayangone squid and delightful scallop was Township served with broccoli and tomato. For Opening hours: 12pm to 2.30 pm and 6.30pm to 9.30pm (last order) dessert was one of Sushi Tei’s specialities: matcha warabi mocha, cubes Closed Mondays.

SundaysAare dinners only. of jelly coated in green tea powder. sweet and light dish for 4,000 kyats with attractive deep green hues.

Address: 126, Dhamazedi Road. Phone Number: 01 526 526 Opening Hours: 10am-10pm

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800 Bowls This reviewer is careful of hyperbole and cautious of overstatement but, in my opinion, 800 Bowls is the best Chinese restaurant in the city. In the year since it opened it has, to my knowledge, served up reliably authentic and delicious Chinese fare in pleasant surrounds with good service for a not unreasonable price.

The two-level restaurant is located in Urban Asia Center on Maha Bandoola.

The décor is simple, yet refined and the seats are well-spaced, making the restaurant seem buzzing, but not crowded. The downstairs features a large open kitchen where you can spy on chefs pulling handmade noodles or wrapping up dumplings. Upstairs (where it can get a little stuffy) is extra seating including large banquet style tables.

The menu features a number of classic dishes from Shanghai, Sichuan, and northern regions of China—expect noodles (in soups and out), dumplings, baozi, stir fried meats and vegetables and a smattering of fried rice.

The restaurant’s xiao long bao (six for 4,000 kyats), those tricky Chinese soup dumplings, are certainly among the city’s finest and are routinely delicious with fragrant, succulent pork, a fragrant broth and chewy yet delicate skin.

They also come in cheese and crab flavours. The hand-pulled noodles are the freshest I’ve tasted in Myanmar, with a beautiful wheat flavour and a good bite. On this occasion I tried them with minced meat (4,000 kyats) and cucumber—the East’s (fragrant) version of spaghetti Bolognese.

The Shanghai pork buns are (3,000 kyats) are a good blend of soft, sweet steamed bread, meaty, juicy pork with a crunchy fried bottom. The stir-fried asparagus (5,000 kyats) comes with chili and onion. Good flavours but perhaps not worth the price tag. I also tried the crispy pork chop (7,000 kyats) which was not as crispy or porky as I remember and is not as good value as the noodle and dumpling dishes.

800 Bowls offers cheapish, authentic, reliably-tasty Chinese food in the heart of downtown, I suggest you visit.

Address: Asia Business Centre, Corner of Maha Bandoola and 48th Street, Yangon.

Phone: 09 964 588875 Opening Hours: 11am to 10pm

“800 bowls, but i call this place where art of noodles can be seen. The dumplings are awesome ...”

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now showing

Now showing in Yangon cinemas from 20th - 26th 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.

Junction City, Junction Square, 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.

Junction Maw Tin, Junction City, Junction Square, City Mall, Thamada Cinema, Thwin, Mingalar, Mingalar Sanpya Cineplex, Mingalar Cineplex (Gamone Pwint)

PREMIKA A haunting spirit of an unknown girl who dwells in a karaoke booth, named “Premika” after the clothing

tag she wears. One night, someone accidentally switched on a karaoke booth that Premika possesses in.

Then, she was awakened from the death, and is ready to torment whoever that sings incorrectly or out of tune, bringing together a horrifying, laughing, amusing and tuneful haunt.

Junction City, City Mall

3 AM Presented in three different short movies revolving around a similar theme: a sinister presence when the clock strikes 3.00 am.

Nay Pyi Daw, 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

Junction Maw Tin | 01 225 244 Junction City | 01 9253591, 01 9253592 Junction Square | 01 527 055 City Mall | 09 764802081 Mingalar Sanpya Cineplex | 09 260 887 035 — 36, 01 230 3 165 Mingalar Cineplex (Gamone Pwint) | 09 779 054 671 — 73 Mingalar Cinema 2(Dagon Centre (II) | 09 732 54 091 — 92 Nay Pyi Daw | 01 251 277, 01 251 288 Shae Saung Cinema | 01 252 113, 01 388 034 Thamada Cinema | 01 246 962, 01 246 963 Thwin | 01 372 594, 01 388 033 Mingalar | 01 243057 Mega Ace (Tharkayta) | 01 556 782 Mega Ace (Tamwe) | 01 554 383 Mega Ace (North Okkalapa) | 09 971 750 91

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emergency numbers POLICE STATION

AMBULANCE

199 / 01 549309

192

FIRE STATION

TOURIST SAFETY UNIT

191 / 01 252011 / 01 252022

01 642742 / 01 549209

TOURIST INFORMATION

YANGON GENERAL HOSPITAL

01 252859 / 01 378376

01 256112 / 01 265131

HOTLINE NUMBER 1876

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