27 february 2015
weekly guide
editor’s note Hello MYANMOREans It’s going to be quite a long weekend coming up, especially for those who are taking the Tuesday off too. I like long weekends, personally. It doesn't necessarily mean that I get more time off - it just means I get more stuff done. The Yangon Women’s Festival opens next week with a full-on list of events scattered in participating venues from March 2nd to March 8th. Check out their 4-page program this here. If you’re feeling energetic, I strongly encourage you to take part in the first-ever Vertical Run organised by the good folks from Sule-ShangriLa. All proceeds will go to help build a school for the children of Sasana Hita Kari Pri Tatti Monastery. Have an awesome week. Keep rocking your socks off, Yangon!
what’s on FRIDAY 27TH FEB LIVING RIVERS | ART
A showcase of music and art educational speech. Anyone who is interested can go and enjoy. “For us, Ayeyawaddy is not a non-living thing. A river with soul and life. It has everything we own. It is such a river that we cannot lose or get destroyed.” – Myint Moe Aung ? The Yangon Gallery - People Park, Ahlone Rd (Beside My Garden Restaurant) | P 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
NET NIGHT | ACTIVITIES
For entrepreneurs, project holders, enthusiastic professionals or students, from the business world, SME sector, the civil society or the associative sector. Present and discuss your ideas, your projects, your business, your hobbies, your experience. ? Sein Lann Soe Pyay Garden - Inya Rd (Next to Yangon Yacht Club) | P 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
FUNKY FRIDAY | NIGHTLIFE
Get freaky, its Funky Friday! Club Rizzoli hosts Funky Friday every last Friday of the month. DJ Bay Tar spins all the disco beats and dancer Gisbert breaks the John Travolta moves on the dance floor. Bring out the Disco Diva in you! ? Club Rizzoli, Chatrium Hotel - 40, Natmauk Rd, Tamwe Tsp | P FROM 7:00 PM
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what’s on SATURDAY 28TH FEB VERTICAL RUN | ACTIVITIES
ARE YOU READY TO DEFY GRAVITY? Sule Shangri-La in coordination with Shangri-La Serviced Apartments invites you to the first ever Vertical Run in Myanmar! Help build a school for the children of Sasana Hita Kari Pri Tatti Monastery. ? Shangri-La Serviced Apartments - 150/150A Kan Yeik Thar road, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp | P FROM 8:00AM
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT FORUM 2015 | BUSINESS
There will be workshops for different industries along with industrial expert/mentors. Knowledge- sharing and networking especially for participated students. Need to register to attend this forum. ? Parkroyal Hotel – 33, Alan Pya Pagoda Rd, Dagon Tsp | P 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
SIGNATURE EDM FESTIVAL | STAGE
Brought to you by Grand Royal, Signature EDM Festival happens for the first time in Myanmar. Organized by Bo Bo Entertainment. 7,500 Ks per pax. ? Kandawgyi Myaw Sin Island, Nat Mauk Rd (Inside Kandawgyi Park) | P 5:00 PM - 11:00PM
FAB – 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA | NIGHTLIFE
Fab’s second anniversary is finally here, and they’re going all out with a burlesque extravaganza. Dress gay glam and sexy glitter for a hot night with DJ Bay Tar and Mr Y. 3,000 Ks ? GTR Club - 37 Kaba Aye Pagoda Rd (inside Inya Lake Hotel Compound) | P FROM 10:00 PM
KOISH @ MOJO | NIGHTLIFE
Koish is a genre-free influence DJ. His musical tastes ranging from Bossa Nova to Berlin House, and everything in between! With a warm and groovy sound, Koish will set the tone and amaze the MOJO crowd! 7,000 Ks entry! ? Mojo - 135 Inya road, Bahan Tsp (Opposite Savoy Hotel) | P FROM 10:00 PM
SATURDAY 28TH FEB - SUNDAY 1ST MARCH CREATIVE WEEKEND | ACTIVITIES
Weekend Art Workshops for Kids between 7-12 years old. Looking for a creative way to spend the weekend? Special lessons on Drawing, Painting, Etching, Claying.Register Now! Free! ? Agora Cafe & Restaurant - 84, Kanbe Main Rd (Opposite of Yankin Children Hospital), Yankin Tsp | P 1:00PM -2:00 PM
what’s on SATURDAY 28TH FEB - MONDAY 2ND MARCH YANGON ICT FAIR 2015 | BUSINESS
This fair will provide our B&G product solutions such as how to deal with the IP Technology. It will be another opportunity for technical advancement. ? Tatmadaw Hall - U Wisara Rd (Next to Minder Ground), Dagon Tsp | P 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
SATURDAY 28TH FEB - SUNDAY 15TH MARCH BUILDING HISTORIES | ART
Nine artists from Southeast Asia – five from Myanmar and four from neighbouring countries have been invited to use the venerable building’s space and individual rooms for telling their new histories, linked to the old. ? Goethe-Institut Myanmar - 8, Ko Min Ko Chin Rd, Bahan Tsp | P FROM 6:00 PM
SUNDAY 1ST MARCH HARROW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BANGKOK, ASIA TOUR | BUSINESS Boarding at Harrow Bangkok is really taking off. With an expansion programme well under way, they would like to take this opportunity to meet you and explain why they believe they provide the best boarding experience in Asia. Please RSVP at www.harrowschool.ac.th. ? Sule Shangri-La Hotel - 223 Sule Pagoda Rd (opposite Sakura Tower) | P 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
SALSA BEGINNERS WORKSHOP | ACTIVITIES
A10-week salsa workshop with their talented instructor, Jay will be introducing you to the very salsa basics followed by some intermediate moves and share with you his perennial salsa dancing experience from Singapore and the UK. ? Club 5, Parkroyal Hotel - 33 Alan Pya pagoda Rd,Yan Min Gyi Ward, Dagon Tsp | P 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
MONDAY 2ND MARCH BOXING CLASS | SPORT
On every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Classes must be booked in advance to ensure a spot. Registering for the first time, please contact Sabrina: sabrina.b.aups@gmail.com. 5,000 Ks. ? French Institute - 340, Pyay Road, Sanchaung Tsp (Close by Hanthar Waddy Bus stop) | P 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
TRIVIA NIGHT & MEXICAN MONDAY | NIGHTLIFE
Join for a Pub Quiz and Mexican Cuisine every MOnday @ 50th St Bar. Drink promos on Tequila shots, Mojitos and Corona! Free Pitcher for Round Winner,Tie Break Drink Challenge & Winner Team gets a 30,000 bar tab. ? 50th Street Bar - 9/13 50th St, Botahtaung Tsp (off Merchant Rd) | P FROM 8:00 PM
TUESDAY 3RD MARCH TUESDAY SNIPPETS | ART
Every Tuesday evening Pansodan opens up its Gallery space for a gathering, in which all sorts of people interested in the future of the country enjoy conversation and perhaps some beer until late at night. ? Pansodan Gallery - 286 Pansodan Road (Close to Ruby Mart) | P 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
what’s on YOGA CLASS @ IFB | sport
Every Tuesday,Wednesday and Friday, yoga class at lecture room, IFB. Classes must be booked in advance to ensure a spot. Please contact Julia: juliaturcato@hotmail.com for more information. Bring your own mattress.5,000 Ks. ? French Institute - 340, Pyay Road, Sanchaung Tsp (Close by Hanthar Waddy Bus stop) | P 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM
WEDNESDAY 4TH MARCH COMIC PARTY 87 IN YANGON! SPECIAL GUEST: KUSAKI URUMI | ART & STAGE
Comic Party 97 in Yangon will held with special guest Ms.KISAKI URUMI who will be singing an anime song so don't miss out ! ? Excel Treasure Hotel - No. 520, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road | P 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM
OPENING NIGHT | NIGHTLIFE
Jamaica comes to Yangon with the official opening of its only reggae bar to the city, 7th Joint Grill & Bar. With its relaxed reggae beats and Caribbean inspired food, there will be drink promotions, spot prizes and dancing late into the night. ? 7th Joint Bar & Grill - Corner of 48th st & Mahabandoola St, Botahtaung Tsp | P FROM 8:00 PM
THURSDAY 5TH MARCH BBQ NIGHT | DINING
Home made sausages, chicken, pork, imported beef, pasta salad and roast vegetables. With free flow beer, wine and soft drinks ? The Rendez-Vous - 340, Pyay Road, Sanchaung Tsp (Close by Hanthar Waddy Bus stop) | P FROM 7:00 PM
FOLK ON FIRE WITH L’N’R BAND | NIGHTLIFE
From Folk to Reggae, oldies to recent tunes, Left ‘N’ Right Band will light up your night! Free entry. ? Mojo - 135 Inya road, Bahan Tsp (Opposite Savoy Hotel) | P FROM 9:30 PM
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BULGOGI BROTHERS
BY MIMI WU WHAT IT IS Bulgogi Brothers is a casual dining restaurant that specializes in traditional Korean cuisine and marinated barbecued meat. It has the most complete Korean menu in Yangon I have experienced.
ATMOSPHERE The restaurant has two floors of booths, tables, and private rooms in a comfortably air conditioned building. Each table has an induction heating plate for your BBQ order. Service was quick for all tables, and a server unobtrusively cooks your BBQ order. RECOMMENDATION Like any Korean meal, the restaurant starts with shrimp crackers and a variety of banchan, small side dishes. For a table of two, we were served five banchan: Napa cabbage kimchi, braised lotus root, szucchini, pickled radish, and my favorite radish salad. Banchan are constantly replenished until the end of the meal. Korean food has a heat that hits the back of the mouth and lingers, and we ordered the crisp and light Korean-brewed Cass and Hite beers to pair with tteokbokki. Tteokbokki is a popular and comforting snack of soft and chewy rice cakes with fish cakes, sausage, and a boiled egg dressed in gochujang chili sauce that gives it heat and sweetness all in one. We continued with Australian-raised rib-eye steaks on the BBQ. As expected, the beef was flavorful and very tender. We chose to eat ours as a ssam, wrapping the meat with short grain rice, ssamjang paste, and any of the accompanying BBQ vegetables in lettuce leaves. One of my go-to Korean dishes is spicy seafood tofu stew (soondoobu jjigae), and Bulgolgi Brothers served their silken tofu with octopus, shrimp, and clam. The jjigae was thinner than I typically have it, but the flavor of seafood stock was definitely there. The best deal of the night was their eight-piece fried chicken bowl and Myanmar beer combo for 7,500 Ks, and there were more than enough piping hot, juicy, crunchy chicken pieces to share.
FINAL THOUGHTS Growing up with lots of Korean friends and constantly indulging in their cuisine, I was really pleased with Bulgolgi Brother’s BBQ, banchan, and tteokbokki. The taste was spot on, and the Australian rib-eye was the best I’ve had in Yangon. If you’re looking for traditional tasty Korean food in a comfortable setting, head over to Bulgolgi Brothers. Most unexpected part? I didn’t come out exuding Eau de Korean BBQ as I normally would. G-136 Ground floor, Building D, SOHO Diamond Tower, Nar Nat Taw St., Kamayut Tsp | Tel: 098640077, 0973038899, 09796307127 | Daily, 10:30 AM – 10:30 PM
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