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contents
22 Exposure
Chinese New Year Lion Dance
In this issue... snapshots 8 10 12 13
MPA building reminds People: The Palaung Religion: Birth Signs Infograph: Myanmar Embassies Abroad 14 Language: Colors
check in
44
Tuscany in Myanmar
18 Festival: Maha Muni Pagoda Shwesettaw Pagoda festival 19 Calendar
Exposure
22 Chinese New Year (Lion Dance)
Picturesque 28 Excitement
in focus
38 Restaurant Review: Port Autonomy is still the best food truck, live goose garden party in town 40 Kitchen Confidential: DAN PAUK (Chicken biryani)
departures
44 Tuscany in Myanmar 50 A bird’s-eye view of Ngapali 56 Ledo Road
Underground
64 How to nail a Yangon bar hop
34
In Focus
Children cooking up a storm at Monsoon
50
Departures
A bird’s-eye view of Ngapali
64
How to nail a Yangon bar hop
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Contributors
Ma Thanegi Ma Thanegi writes prolifically about Myanmar, especially the people who are the country’s true representatives. She lives in Yangon.
Mohana Gill Mohanna Gill is passionate about promoting Myanmar cuisine, culture and customs to the world and is a five-time World Cookbook Gourmand Award winner. She was born in Myanmar and lives in Malaysia.
Lyndal Pearce Lyndal first made Yangon her home 18 years ago. She is a researcher, writer and editor who loves travelling with her family and showing her two sons new places in Myanmar and around the world.
Photo by
Lwin Ko Taik
Publisher Yamin Htin Aung Editor Lyndal Pearce Assistant Editor Noe Noe Aung Contributing Writers Mohana Gill Ma Thanegi
Jared Downing
Shwe yinn mar oo A freelance writer with previous journalism experiences in The Myanmar Times and Agence France-Presse.Currently living in Yangon, she occasionally writes for some magazines and journals.
Jared Downing Jared Downing (@keystrokeerrors) is an American journalist from Colorado and Alabama. He likes podcasts, radio theatre and hitchhiking and collects cans of sardines from around the world. He blogs at http://sardines.fish.
Lwin Ko Taik A Myanmar native and a freelance photographer with an incurable yearning for travel, Lwin Ko Taik takes spectacular photos on his journeys. When he is not on the move, he produces outstanding photos in fashion and for wedding shoots as well as for NOW magazine and The Myanmar Times.
Ann Wang Ann Wang is an awardwinning visual journalist based in Yangon. She holds a masters degree in photojournalism from Boston University and has lived in Taiwan, New Zealand and China. She is a regular contributor to The Strand, The Huffington Post and JetStar inflight magazine. Her work can be viewed at www. annwphoto.com
Noe Noe Aung Noe Noe is a Yangon native who has worked as a journalist at The Myanmar Times for five years. Finally, she decides to spend her life as a travel writer. Noe Noe is interested in people and their stories. Her sense of curiosity drives her to explore new places and she also loves to share what she experiences.
PHYO HEIN KYAW Phyo is Video Journalist from AFP since 2012. Constantly on the move, he enjoys sharing his passion for Photography with others and regularly contributes on tourism images and cooperate with our team, for contests’s pages of Photo Essay and Picturesque of My Magical Myanmar.
Shwe Yinn Mar Oo Charlotte Rose Contributing Photographers Phoe Nyan
Lwin Ko Taik
Phyo Hein Kyaw Ann Wang
YAT Group
Teza Hlaing Design & Layout Soe Lwin
Sithu Aung
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Snapshots
MPA building reminds Yangon’s good old days By Shwe Yinn Mar Oo
Y
angon is said to have the highest number of colonial-era buildings in Southeast Asia. Most of them are found clustered in downtown Yangon. Pansodan Street is a good starting point for a look at the remarkable architecture of the colonial buildings built by the British in the late 19th Century. On the lowest block of Pansodan Street between Strand Road and Merchant Roads is a row of splendid, large colonial buildings. Among these buildings is the Myanmar Port Authority building. The whitish building with its unique tower stands on the corner of Strand Road and Pansodan Street and is still being used for its original purpose. After the British occupied the small town of Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon, in 1852 the town was transformed into the capital of lower Burma. The city became the commercial and po-
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litical hub of Burma and the Rangoon port became one of the busiest harbours in the world. It was the third largest in the British Empire. In 1880 the Port Authority was one of the key government bodies, responsible for maintaining, marking and lighting the channel and the harbour’s moorings, anchorages, public wharves and jetties. The Port Authority controlled the movement of ships and the unloading and storing of cargo on public wharves. There have been a few name changes over the years. In 1954, the Board of Management for the Port of Rangoon was established, and then in 1972 the Burma Ports Corporation. Finally Myanmar Port Authority was founded in
1989 to replace the Burma Ports Corporation. The original building was constructed in 1865 but demolished in 1925 because it had become unsafe. The white, square-corner-towered building that stands on Pansodan Street today was built in 1928 and unique features like the wave-inspired stucco-work and the bas-relief sculptures of sailing vessels carved high upon its walls can still be seen. The building is one of those in downtown Yangon that has survived the bombings during World War II and the cyclones and earthquakes that have occurred over the years. It continues to house the Myanmar Port Authority that regulates and administers the coastal ports of the country.
10 | Snapshots >>> The Palaung
People
The
Palaung By Noe Noe Aung
T
he Palaung people, who mainly live in northern Shan State, belong to one of the oldest hill tribes of Myanmar. It is believed the Palaungs may have settled in northeastern Myanmar earlier than the Shan and Kachin people. The Palaung are a distinct ethnic group thought to have originated in China and there are three sub-groups – Shwe, Ngwe and Rumai Palaung. Their language is in the MonKhmer linguistic group and the different subgroups speak different dialects. Theravada Buddhism is the main religion of the Palaung people. Buddhist temples can be found in most of their towns and the Palaungs mark occasions like Shin Byu, the Ceremony of Novitiation when boys enter the monkhood, as other Buddhists do throughout Myanmar. They also follow their animistic beliefs and on occasions like weddings, funerals and births offerings are made to the animistic spirits alongside the practice of Buddhist rituals. The traditional dress of the Palaung women is bright and colourful. Distinctive elements of their dress are the gold and silver hoops worn like belts around the waist. The Palaung people are well known for their tea cultivation in the elevated tea plantations of the Shan State.
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Snapshots >>> The Palaung | 11
12 | Snapshots >>> Birth signs
Religion
Birth signs by Ma Thanegi
sunday
wednesday(morning)
thursday
monday
wednesday(evening)
friday
tuesday
Apart from the twelve Zodiac signs which correspond to the ones used in the West, every day of the week is symbolised by an animal, with one extra for Wednesday afternoon, which is an elephant without tusks, while the morning is a tusked one. The others are the Galon or giant bird for Sunday, Tiger for Monday, Lion for Tuesday, Mouse for Thursday, Hamster for Friday and Naga or Dragon for Saturday. There are shrines with the animals symbolising each day of the week around the base of the Shwedagon Pagoda and they attract a constant stream of supplicants throughout the day.
saturday
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA
CANADA
BRAZIL
FRANCE
BELGIUM
UNITED KINGDOM
ITALY
EGYPT
ISRAEL
SOUTH AFRICA
GERMANY
PAKISTAN
CHINA
LAOS
PHILIPPINES
INDONESIA
AUSTRALIA
MORE INFORMATION ..... PAGE 71
SINGAPORE
MALAYSIA
JAPAN
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
VIETNAM
SOUTH KOREA
CAMBODIA
THAILAND
BANGLADESH
SRILANKA
INDIA
NEPAL
RUSSIA
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Language
colors Ah Phyu Yaung Ah Mae Yaung Ah Ni Yaung Ah Wa Yaung Ah Sane Yaung Ah Pyar Yaung Ah Nyo Yaung Lain Maw Yaung Mee Khoe Yaung Pann Yaung Kha Yann Yaung
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White Black Red Yellow Green Blue Brown Orange Grey Pink Purple
Travel Log
We are inviting stories from readers who have been traveled in Myanmar for the Travel Log column. This will be a selection of reader-generated short non-fiction travel story. Readers can contribute each month little experiences they have had while traveling. A story should have features of immersive travel and authentic storytelling. A story will be chosen by our editors and announced in our online and print media and the first place winner will receive $ 20 or K20,000, one year subscription as well as publication online and in print. If you have interesting stories or hilarious experiences or unforgettable moment that you experienced, share with My Magical Myanmar. Deadline : Every 10th of the month Guide Lines : www.mymagicalmyanmar.com Email to: noenoe@mymagicalmyanmar.com
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Picturesque ANNOUNCEMENT
My Magical Myanmar is hosting a photo competition every month. Competition will be a different theme for each month and you will need to enter your shots via www.mymagicalmyanmar. com. The winner’s photo spotlights an outstanding photograph chosen by our editors. Finalist will be announced in our online and print media, and the first place winner will be awarded K50,000, complimentary for My Magical Myanmar 1 year subscription as well as publication online and in print. Themes for competition are special and unique. Deadlines will be every 15th of the month and you can send to our email picturesque@mymagicalmyanmar.com or via Instagram using the hashtag #MMMpicturesque. Terms and conditions can be read at www.mymagicalmyanmar.com.
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Maha Muni Pagoda Festival Dates: 14th Waxing and Full moon Day of Tabodwe Location:
Mandalay
Duration: Two days February is the coldest month in Myanmar and at the Maha Muni Pagoda Festival, devotees light bonfires and cook huge pans of sticky rice with ginger, coconut and sesame to offer to monks. In other parts of the country this sticky rice is cooked as a celebration of the harvest and distributed within communities.
ShweSettaw Pagoda Festival Dates: Begins 5th Waxing Moon Day of Tabodwe Location: Shwe Settaw, Magwe Region, Central Myanmar Duration: 11 days but this holiday site remains open until April
Photo by: Teza Hlaing
The festival is celebrated at two pagodas which enshrine footprints of the Buddha. The site is on the bank of the Mann Creek, where bamboo cabins are erected every year for revellers to enjoy a cool swim during the heat of summer.
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CALENDAR
Kekku Pagoda festival, near taunggy February 24-March 3
mahamuni pagoda festival, mandalay January 31 to February 1
festival timeline Zalun pyi taw pyan pagoda festival, In late February
mahamuni pagoda festival, mandalay
January 31 to February 1
The festival of Mahamuni Pagoda usually last 2 days. It is held on the full moon day of Thabodwe of Burmese calender. As Mahamuni is one of the most famous pagoda in Myanmar, thousands of Buddhists go there to pay homage.
Zalun pyi taw pyan pagoda festival, In late February
Zalun Pyi Taw Pyan pagoda festival is held in a
Kekku Pagoda festival, near taunggyi
February 24-March 3
Bawgyo pagoda festival, Hsipaw, shan state Feburary 25-March 1
Bawgyo pagoda festival, hsipaw, shan state
Feburary 25-March 1
small town named Zalun near Ayeyarwaddy river.
The festival takes place on the full moon day
The festival is held between February and
It is a traditional Buddhist harvest festival and
of Tabaung of Burmese calendar. It is not only
March in the eastern Shan State, Myanmar. It
many religious Buddhist gather at the pagoda to
a religious festival, also a time for trading,
is a wonderful festival to view pieces of hisotry,
pay homage and donations.
chit-chatting, exchanging news between local
culture and locals.
ethnic people.
pindaya Cave festival, pindaya
Shwedagon pagoda festival
Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda Festival
Ko Gyi Kyaw Spirit Festival
The limestone cave with over 8,000 Buddha
Shwedagon Pagoda Festival happens in
Shwe Maw Daw pagoda which is located in
This festival takes place in Pa Khan, Yayzagyo
images. Pindaya Shwe Oo Min Cave festival
Tabaung (March) – the last month of Burmese
Bago township have its festival in March. As
township, Magwe division. It is a festival for Nat
is also held around fullmoon day of Tabaung.
calendar. It is also one of the most famous
the pagoda is an interesting historical site in
worshipers who worship Ko Gyi Kyaw Nat - a
Thousands of pilgrims from nearby villages come
festival in Myanmar. The event takes place at
Myanmar, the festival is also well attended from
happy spirit who loves to drink and gamble.The
to the cave during festival time. A good chance
Shwedagon pagoda, Yangon, thousands of
the local residents and neighbor townships.
attended people sing and dance happily. Event
to meet with friendly ethnic people.
people visit the festival.
Feburary 25-March 1
March 1 - 5
March 25 - April 6
March 30 - April 3
is held in his hometown, Pa Khan, Yayzagyo township.
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EXPOSURE
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Chinese New Year
Lion Dance
Photo By: YAT group
Gong Xi Fah Cai Lion Dance of Chinese New Year in Myanmar has been held in Yangon’s china town for several years. Lion Dance Championship is held in Sin Oh Dann street, Latha township every year as a five day competition. The Lion Dance combines art, history and martial arts in an extraordinary performance art with flexibility, fitness, strength and balance. Through the years, the Lion Dance has undergone many changes and developments. By creative thinking and practice, the Lion Dance has become a genuine performance art that is spiritually fulfilling as well as expressing optimism, unity and bravery of people.
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26 | exposure >>> Chinese New year
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Picturesque Soe khaing oo
naing thu soe
Next issue’s theme:
transportion chaos
My Magical Myanmar will host a monthly themed photo competition. Finalists will receive publication in our online and print media, and the first place winner will receive or K 50,000 as well as publication online and in print. Entries are due on the 15th of each month prior and can be submitted online at mymagicalmyanmar.com or via Instagram using the hashtag #MMMPicturesque
grand prize Narcotic Dice
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excitement
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Nestled between the mountains of the southern Shan State lies one of Myanmar’s top destinations: spectacular Inle Lake. The Lake itself (approx. 20km by 11km) can be found in the Southern Shan Hills, with the scenery providing stunning panoramic views. With its stilted villages, Intha leg-rowing fishermen, floating vegetable gardens and layered mountains as a backdrop, Inle Lake is one of the most unusual and extraordinary places in the World in which to enjoy a hot air balloon flight. In this unique environment, a hot air balloon flight is an adventure not to be missed. Your day will begin early as you are collected from your hotel. A boat will be on hand to transport you across Inle Lake just as the early morning mist adds surreal vistas during your journey to one of our specially-chosen launch sites, often on the west side of the lake, from where the adventure continues. Following a comprehensive safety briefing from our experienced UK-licensed Commercial Balloon Pilot, your UK-built balloon will gently lift off, with the predawn mist adding to the magic of your flight. As height is gained, a wonderful panorama unfolds in front of you. Your flight of around an hour at various heights above the ground and water, will reveal to you the lake, mountains, marshes and stilt-house villages. Driven by the wind, you will see the boats of the lake, motorised canoes transporting visitors along the main canal from Nyaungshwe on a day’s expedition, or Intha fishermen majestically rowing their flat-bottomed skiffs with one leg as they cast their nets. Reservation: +95 (0)9 3111 3116, 01 665 126, 01 657 050, 01 657 690 E-mail: sales@orientalballooning.com Website: www.orientalballooning.com
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The first German restaurant in Yangon. Mahlzeit is the first restaurant in Yangon serving German cuisine. Beside the famous pork knuckles and familiar sausages there are many more delicious dishes and exquisite desserts from the various regions of Germany. Mahlzeit provides you with traditional food of every region and serves in addition a great choice of German and selected international beers, organic juices, excellent coffee and tea. Are you looking for the perfect location for your wedding, reception or party? The Mahlzeit Function Hall can host up to 200 guests and is perfect to celebrate parties and company events. Address: 84 Pan Hlaing Street (Ground Floor), Sanchaung Township, Yangon. T: +95 9784151250 E: reservation@mahlzeit-myanmar.com W: www.mahlzeit-myanmar.com Opening Hours: Every day from 11:30am to 10:30pm!
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32 | Arrivals >>> advertorial
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The Brunch Society Restaurant & Bar
The Brunch Society is a restaurant and bar located in the heart of Yangon’s downtown. Its all-day menu includes brunch items like full breakfast, pancakes, burgers, salads, pastas and grilled meats. There are some Asian favorites and a range of bar snacks available. The bar also offers a variety of cocktails and wine, milkshakes, juices and coffee. With the lovely modern-vintage inspired decoration and its high ceilings, The Brunch Society is a great place to spend quality time with family and friends.
For Reservation: : 09 960949499
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“ Hotel Mindat “ located in a little town of Mindat , Southern Chin State is now ready to take a good care of our clients. 24 Hours electricity, Hot water supplement, Private place with spacious car parking, Dinning Service, Including Breakfast, 2 Superior rooms and 30 Standard rooms.
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Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel Located in downtown area, next to Star cinema, Enjoyable Chinese and traditional food for Buffet breakfast.
Located in downtown area. Between MaharMyatMuni Pagoda and Zagyo Market. Enjoyable Chinese, Thai and traditional Buffet Breakfast. Good service rooms for meeting, warm and friendly hospitality. For reservation: nicedreamhotelmdy@gmail. com Tel: +95-2-72680
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Established in 1981, Busan, Korea. Now in Mandalay specializing in Chicken Galbi as same quality as in Korea. The Unique Bland of sauces and seasoning that we have developed using top notch and fresh ingredients is what sets us apart from others. YOOGANE Korea Restaurant is Located in downtown area, near the Diamond Plaza in Mandalay. For reservation: www.facebook. com/Yoogane Myanmar Tel: 09 4211 76800(Yangon), 09 9634 36800
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West Point Restaurant
All occasions, dinners, gatherings, receptions & parties can be held at our Restaurant according to the customers’ wish & choices such as tea packages, buffet, set menu etc…. Enjoy Food~~Enjoy Life West Point Restaurant & Thai Pot. in front of Mahar Ankhtoo Kan Thar Buddhist Temple, near Pwe Kauk Waterfalls, beside Mdy-Lashio Highway, Yay Nge Ward, Pyin Oo Lwin Township, Mandalay Division, Union of Myanmar For reservation: www.facebook.com/westpoint.restaurant
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Welcome to the true heaven. Whether you are here for business or leisure we will go that extra mile for you. Located in close proximity to shopping centres, restaurants and cafes,Yadanarbon supermarket and Mandalay university it is only a 10-minute drive to the Royal Palace and Moat, which was built during the Kongbaung Dynasty. The hotel is surrounded by a panoramic view of the city and the well-known Mandalay Hill and Shan Mountain Ranges. Decorated meeting room and the grand ballroom are available for meetings, functions and weddings. For reservation: info@hoteldingar.com Tel: 02 73062 | 77753 | 77672 | 09 977904458 Fax: 02 73035
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STAR CafÉ & Restaurant
Now we are open in Mandalay like a real taste of our main in Mandalay. You can taste of our serveal kind of tradition noodles and amazing coffee. Appropriate and comfortable place to have your meal with your colleagues or independently. For reservation: hantharoo27@gmail.com Tel: 09 263344631
In Focus
Children cooking up
a storm at Monsoon By Noe Noe Aung
Photo by teza hlaing
mymagicalmyanmar.com >>> february 2016
C
ooking classes for children will soon be on the menu at Monsoon restaurant in downtown Yangon. Monsoon Restaurant owner, Ma Phyu Phyu Tin, said she plans to launch a short cooking class for children in April. “This idea came to me when I made a celebration cooking birthday party for my first daughter. The children really enjoyed it as they are always excited to learn new things. I planned to teach them baking pizza on that day …. they were all super happy and so creative. They made many unique toppings based on their own ideas,” she said. “The cooking subjects would be easy and light as it is meant for children to have fun. They might cook pasta, spaghetti or pizza for example. I am just waiting for our chief chef to have free time,” Ma Phyu said.
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Adults who do the Monsoon cooking classes start the day by visiting a wet market where they shop for their cooking class, exploring Burmese spices, herbs and tropical fruits and witnessing first hand Myanmar market culture.
Monsoon has been running cooking classes for expatriates and tourists who want to learn about Myanmar cuisine for the past 10 years. Some tour companies arrange one-day cooking classes for tourists who want to explore Myanmar’s traditional food. “We charge at least US$50 per person for the group cooking classes. Fees can be changed according to the subjects. As for group tours, the class can be planned anytime when it is convenient for the trainees. The courses usually include three activities – market visit, cooking class and dining,” she said. Adults who do the Monsoon cooking classes start the day by visiting a wet market where they shop for their cooking class, exploring Burmese spices, herbs and tropical fruits and witnessing first hand Myanmar market culture. Then, back in the kitchen, the students learn to make Myanmar traditional snacks and cook some traditional main dishes before sitting down together to enjoy the food they have prepared during the day. There are regular classes for expatriates, individual tourists, group tours and for locals. Courses can be designed to suit what students want to learn about Myanmar cooking. Monsoon has run courses for people who want to start their own restaurants, for deaf people and for orphans. “As well as the children’s cooking class, I have many other ideas. I am going to make courses for couples or for families. My intention is to build solid relationships by cooking together. By learning a new thing together, the relationship between people can warm up and become bonded again,” Ma Phyu Phyu Tin said. Chief Chef of the restaurant Daw Nyo Nyo San teaches the courses at Monsoon in the restaurant’s colonial building in Thein Pyu Road, downtown Yangon.
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Port Autonomy
is still the best food truck, live goose garden party in town By Jared Downing photo by Ann wang
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n its current version, it is hard to think of Port Autonomy as a restaurant at all. The tables are casually scattered around the lawn, aglow with strings of lights and tiki-torches. The menu is two pages on a clipboard. The dishes are cooked in a food truck and come out one at a time, tapas style. There are live geese roaming about. Of course, the seafood/street food/ gourmet food truck has always been an ongoing experiment, and its current location, in a pocket of green off Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, feels more like a garden party. The food is meant to casually slide in with the conversation and cocktails, and if all
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The oft-writtenabout menu of Chef Kevin Ching deserves a fresh look, if for no other reason than he keeps mixing it up, trying new and whacky East-West fusions.
goes as planned, you’ll show up for dinner at the start of a bar hop and then realize it’s midnight and you’re still there, full and tipsy. This is not to say that the food is an afterthought. The oft-writtenabout menu of Chef Kevin Ching deserves a fresh look, if for no other reason than he keeps mixing it up, trying new and whacky East-West fusions. My date and I had the cheese and brisket Pa Burger (on a bun from Sharky’s), a pan-roasted Street Corn Salad and the Charred Kimchi Quesadilla. That a dish with equal parts kimchi and guacamole manages to feel both experimental and polished at the same time must be a testament
to the sheer discipline of Mr Ching along with his urge to tinker. They come from a food truck, but these are not simple (nor inexpensive— FYI) meals. Their flavours are numerous, bright and loud, but manage to work together rather than drown one another out. The food, of course, needs to have a certain sparkle at Port Autonomy. The understated simplicity of, say, a roast chicken at Sharky’s won’t work when you’re getting up to investigate the goose that has wandered to your table or calling out to a friend you’ve recognized across the lawn. The flavors must be heard through the buzz of a few cocktails. The drink offering, by the way,
is no less fixed than the food menu. Ours hadn’t even made it to the list yet: A combination of iced tea, blended peach and bourbon. We followed these up with a couple of “picklebacks,” which consisted of a shot of vodka and a watermelon/ pickle juice chaser, purchased for us by the American couple at the next table, who were already two or three picklebacks in to the evening themselves. The drinks turned out to be interesting and fun, and they led to a long conversation with two strangers as the food appeared and disappeared, the torches burned and the evening melted. Experiment: success.
Kitchen Confidential
DAN PAUK C (Chicken biryani) by Mohana Gill
hicken biryani is the legacy of Indians who settled in Myanmar generations ago. The dish is moist; being cooked with yogurt, fragrant with spices such as cloves, cinnamon, saffron and bay leaf, and rich with generous helpings of cashew nuts, raisins and peas. It is typically served with a salad of sliced onions and cucumbers to refresh the palate between mouthfuls. In Myanmar, biryani is prepared using special rice that is grown domestically and not the typical basmati. When I was growing up in Yangon, there was a stall in Moghul street that served very good chicken biryani and I often ate there with my cousins and friends. My mother was also a very good cook and she often prepared chicken biryani for weekend meals when we lived as an extended family with my aunts, uncles and cousins. It is an excellent onedish meal and easy to prepare.
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Ingredients CHICKEN • 2tsp salt • 1/8 tsp ground turmeric • 1 whole chicken, about 1.5kg • (3lb 4 ½ oz) cut unto 8 pieces • 4 Tbsp cooking oil or ghee (clarified butter) RICE • 8 cardamom pods • ¼ tsp ground turmeric • 2 tsp paprika or chili powder • 1 Tbsp garam masala • 1 tsp ground cumin • 7.5 cm (3 inch) length cinnamon stick • salt to taste • 4 cups long grain rice, washed anddrained • 1.25 liters (40fl oz/5cups) chicken stock • 1 cup crisp fried shallots 500ml (16fl oz/2 cups plain yogurt
• 1-cup peas • ½ cup dark raisins • 1 tsp saffron strands, soaked in 2 Tbsp warm water SALAD • 1 cup thinly sliced onions, rinsed with cold water and drained • ½ cup fresh mint leaves • 3 birds eyes chilies • 3 Tbsp limejuice • ½ tsp salt. Method. • Prepare the chicken. • Mix the salt and turmeric together and rub it into the chicken • Let stand for 15 minutes • Heat oil in a large pan over medium heat • Add the chicken and cook each side for 5 minutes until lightly browned
• Set aside • Reheat the pan over medium heat • Add cardamom, turmeric, paprika or chili powder, garam masala, cumin, cinnamon and salt • Stir fry for another 2 minutes • Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil • Lower heat and cover the pan • Simmer for 7 minutes to half cook the rice • Add the chicken, crisp-fried shallots, yogurt, peas raisins and saffron • Mix everything together • Cove the pan and cook slowly over low heat for 30-40 minutes • Do not stir the mixture during this time • Alternatively place the (ovenproof) pan in an preheated oven 180c(350F) • Bake for 40 minutes • Serve the biryani hot with the salad on the side.
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Tuscany in
Myanmar By: Jared Downing
photo by: lwin ko taik
Myanmar’s largest wine producer is out to make a small town Shan State’s next big destination—and put Myanmar wine on the world menu.
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he rows of neat grape vines, nestled in the Shan Hills and soft green in the sunset, were apparently worth a selfie. Five young girls had lined up behind five full glasses of Ayethaya white wine. The estate’s founder Bert Morsbach looked on with pride from the end of the bar with a glass of his own rose. “That is what I like to see,” Mr Morsbach said. “Wine culture in Myanmar.” Wine culture in Myanmar is what the German entrepreneur set out to create when he started the vineyard from scratch in the 1990s. Now Myanmar 1st Vineyard Estate, located in Ayethaya, Shan State, just outside Taunggyi, is the largest of Myanmar’s two winemakers. But Mr Morsbach and his partner Hans-Eduard Leiendecke didn’t just make wine, they made wine an attraction for the Taunggyi area. At Myanmar 1st Vineyard Estate I stroll through the budding grapes and vines, enjoying stuffed vine leaves in
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view of the green hills and valley, softened by a slight mountain haze, and wonder why anyone would skip over Ayethaya on their way to Hsipaw or Kalaw. They have achieved Tuscany in Myanmar. But now Myanmar’s largest winemaker is aiming to shed its tourist-wine reputation. Mr Morsbach wants to see the domestic wine industry double in the next few years and put Myanmar-made reds, whites and roses on the global menu. Myanmar Nouveaus It would be a feat that flies in the face of wine history. “It is no accident that Myanmar has not had wine in the thousands of years humans have been making it,” Mr Morsbach explained. Grapes simply do not grow well in Southeast Asia. Winemakers have only been able to pull it off in places like the Shan Hills, where there are cool nights and limestone-based soils. But the result of their persistence has been an entirely new category, the so-called New Latitude Wines produced in tropical climates. “This is totally new,” explained Mr Leiendecke, the estate’s resident viticulturist, as he overlooked his rows of Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc. “This is a challenge for me to do pioneer work.” There is a modest table grape industry in central Myanmar, founded by Italian interests in the 1960s, but Mr Morsbach first, and later Mr Leiendecke, had to learn to grow the delicate, complex grapes suitable for wine the hard way. Fungus, in a placed drenched with four months of rain, became a kind of supervillain. Sometimes learning a lesson cost an entire harvest. After nearly 20 years, their products are beginning to gain traction in the Myanmar market. How the wine is received, of course, depends on the drinker. An acquired taste “They’re young wine makers. I don’t mean in the age of the people, but in experience. And I think it takes a while to get consistency,” said Jane Brooks, a partner of Sharky’s restaurants and artisanal food stores in Yangon, who oversees a growing list of fine wines from places like France, California and New Zealand. Ms Brooks and Sharky’s founder Ye Htut Win have become famous for their relentless hunt for top-notch, Myanmar-made
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“This is totally new,” explained Mr Leiendecke, the estate’s resident viticulturist. “This is a challenge for me to do pioneer work.”
ingredients. But Ms Brooks isn’t interested in Myanmar products simply because they were made in Myanmar. She wants local products that are good in their own right, and Myanmar wine is not quite consistent enough for a sommelier’s wine list, in her opinion. This is no fault of Myanmar’s winemakers, Ms Brooks emphasized, but simply an inevitable phase of an adolescent industry. For an industry dominated by centuries-old winemakers, Myanmar’s industry has started off comparatively well. “I’m sure it will have a place on Sharky’s list,” she said. “I respect Bert and Hans and the Red Mountain people because they’re the experts. There are other hot country regions that have similar challenges and produce good wine, so I think it will come.” Mr Leiendecke admits that Myanmar 1st Vineyard Estate could be producing finer products, but there is simply no demand. First Myanmar needs a wine culture, and this is slowly evolving, said James Ong, who operates Myanmar Fine Wines in Yangon. When it comes to the quality of Myanmar wines, Mr Ong is a little more forgiving than Ms Brooks. “It’s pretty good quality,” he said. “Drinkable at that price.” Mr Ong has spent the past two years trying to foster a wine culture in Myanmar. With the import ban lifted, he believes Myanmar’s own robust wine culture will come eventually, and domestic wine will shed its tourists-only reputation as Myanmar’s new bon vivants begin to taste and explore.
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Wine destination In the meantime, Myanmar 1st Vineyard Estate will keep supplementing its wine trade with its Sunset Wine Garden restaurant , luxury bungalows and planned spa. “People come here and they say, ‘this is just like Tuscany’,” Mr Morsbach said. Today, visitors are spending more time when they visit the estate – taking a winery tour, tasting the wines and enjoying a meal. Mr Morsbach explains the idea is not to just make and sell wine, but to gather people together and give them a chance to experience and enjoy the wine. “Most people in Southeast Asia don’t know what wine tastes like, and once they have done this wine tasting, they say, ‘Wow, this is a good tasting drink’,” he said. “My message to the people at large, would be - give wine a chance.”
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A bird’s-eye view of
Ngapali By Charlotte Rose
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hink of Ngapali and you probably picture luxury resorts and palm fringed beaches. This may well be true of the coast, but Ngapali and its surrounds offer much more than just sun, sea and sand, with dramatic mountains, tropical forests and sparkling rivers awaiting those who venture beyond the beach. Not many do, of course, opting instead to soak up the sun from the comfort of their deck chairs. But for those who want to experience this stunning landscape and still be back on the beach in time for breakfast, there’s now a new way to see Ngapali: from the sky. Tourism mainstay Oriental Ballooning started operating flights here in November last year, making it the latest addition to their list of destinations, which includes Inle Lake, Mandalay and Bagan. Having recently flown over Inle Lake, I was sceptical that Ngapali’s landscapes could compete with the dramatic vistas of Shan State. “Isn’t it just ... ocean?” I ask our pilot, Allie Dunnington, before the flight. She smiles.
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“Ngapali has everything: ocean, mountains, forests, pagodas. When we were looking for new locations, we knew it would be perfect for ballooning,” she says. It’s still dark as we clamber into the van that will take us to the launch site. Flights take off first thing in the morning while the air is still cool, which means a chilly 5:30am start. Tea and croissants are waiting for us when we arrive, spread over an emerald green tablecloth in the middle of a field. Laid out on the ground nearby, in the same regal shade of green, is the balloon. Before we climb into the basket, Allie -- a licenced commercial pilot from the UK -- gives us a safety briefing. One of the other passengers asks her about the GPS system. With regular passenger planes coming in and out of Thandwe airport, she explains, she has to communicate the balloon’s location to air-traffic control on a regular basis. It’s not unheard of, she adds nonchalantly, for planes to pass just metres from the balloon. I suddenly become a lot more interested as she explains the position for take-off. Any nerves are swiftly silenced, however, by the thunderous roar of the propane burner as the basket gently lifts off from the ground. As we float upwards, it doesn’t feel as if we’re moving at all, but as if the earth is being slowly pulled away from beneath us, and before we know it the villages beneath us have morphed into a miniature toy town. We ascend slowly, drifting silently above the palm trees, still shrouded in early morning mist. As we climb, a breath-taking panorama unfolds around us. In the distance, the forest disappears into the dark silhouettes of mountains, behind which the first glimmers of morning light bathe the horizon in a warm pink glow. Beneath us, an inky black river snakes across the landscape through a patchwork of fields before disappearing behind a curtain of cloud. As the sun starts to rise, the tips of golden pagodas become visible through the trees and, in the dis-
tance, a glistening reclining Buddha smiles up at us from the top of a mountain. While we lean, open-mouthed, over the sides of the basket trying to take it all in, Allie takes the balloon down over the river, where we hover just metres above the glassy emerald water, now illuminated in the morning light. Farmers attending their fields nearby smile and wave at us. Their cows, on the other hand, run away in fright, startled by the looming shadow of the balloon. As we ascend again, the wind carries us up over the winding river and across the fields, offering spectacular views across Rahkine State. Before long it’s time to land, but the wind is moving quickly, and it’s taken us far beyond any of the usual landing sites. Eventually we come to a bumpy landing in the middle of a field, where a lone woman stands staring at us in disbelief for a few seconds, before scuttling off. Allie radios through to the chase crew, who are doing their best to figure out where we’ve landed. Since they can’t reach us in the chase vehicle they come on foot and arrive out of breath, followed closely behind by a throng of villagers. They huddle around the basket, peering at us and chattering excitedly, before a sudden burst of
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fire from the propane burner sends them running backwards in fright. While the crew helps us climb out of the basket, more excited spectators come running across the field to greet us, and before long a sizeable crowd has gathered. “We call it the flying watermelon,” a smiling woman tells me, pointing at the balloon. Joined by the gaggle of villagers, who skip along behind us like a scene out of The Pied Piper, we make our way to another field, where the emerald tablecloth has magically reappeared -- this time with champagne flutes on top of it. Pouring us a glass, Allie explains the tradition among balloonists of having a champagne toast upon landing. Legend has it, she says, that early French aeronauts, the Mont-
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Any nerves are swiftly silenced, however, by the thunderous roar of the propane burner as the basket gently lifts off from the ground.
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golfier Brothers, who launched the first recorded balloon flight in 1973, invited the French royals on board their first successful flight. As the guests climbed out from the balloon in their regal attire, villagers at the landing site took them to be gods arriving from the skies, and presented their “divine” visitors with a bottle of champagne. As if on cue, I feel a tap on my shoulder. Standing behind me is the smiling woman from earlier holding an enormous watermelon, which she presents to me as a gift before hurrying off to where the other villagers are watching from a safe distance. As best as I can while holding a huge watermelon I put my hands together in a gesture of thanks. It may not be champagne, but it’s a memorable, Myanmar-style end to our own successful flight in the giant flying watermelon. IF YOUGO… Oriental Balloons flights over Ngapali cosy $380 per person. For more information or to book a flight go to www.orientalballooning.com or visit the Oriental Balloons office on Ngapali Road, Ngapali. The Amata Resort can also book flights for you. WHERE TO STAY.. Ngapali has undergone something of a construction boom in the past few years,
with hotels and luxury resorts springing up at a rate of knots. The Amata Resort and Spa is one of the most stylish on the beach, with rustic style cabanas and spacious beach front villas set among beautiful gardens -- perfect for relaxing after a morning in the sky. They also do a great happy hour, with buy one get one free drinks from 5 till 8pm. Budget accommodation is in its infancy in Ngapali, with a few backpacker type places opening in recent months, though prices are still higher than elsewhere in the country and you don’t get a lot of bang for your buck. If you want to be near the beach, Momento Resort on the northern end of the main beach offers simple bungalow style rooms starting from $40.
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A truck passes an old bridge on the Ledo road, a road part between Shin Bway Yan and Nan Yun townships.
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Ledo Road By Noe Noe Aung
photo by phyo hein kyaw
“I
cross a stream culvert: its concrete is painted a humidity-stained brown; the creek beneath braids off through the vines. This road goes by many names – the Ledo Road, the Stilwell Road, Pick’s Pike, the Man-a-Mile-Road, the Uncle Sam Highway but most often it is called, simply, the Burma Road,” Author Donovan Webster wrote in his novel “The Burma Road”. “And while the historians may anoint it as one of the great engineering feats of World War II, the soldiers have asserted – again and again – that it stands among the most forgotten routes in modern history,” he wrote. The Ledo Road, also called the Stilwell Road, is like a myth to the young people today. An internet search reveals mainly black-and-white photograph records from World War II and an undeveloped earth road. Although the story fades over time it does not go away. The road was constructed by Americans in wartime using Chinese and Burmese labour in the battle zone of northern Myanmar, then called Burma. The Ledo Road links Assam in India with Kunming in Yunan Province, China, by crossing northern Myanmar through towns like Nan Yun, Shin Bway Yang, Da Naing, Myitkyina, Bamaw and Lashio. The original section of the Burma Road was completed in 1938, linking Kunming in China with Lashio in Myanmar, and its main purpose was to allow for supplies and war materials to reach China during the second Sino-Japanese War after Japan occupied most of coastal China.
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Daring drivers passes the river without coupled-boats.
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The Ledo Road was built by 15,000 American soldiers and 35,000 local workers at a heavy cost.
During WW II, the Japanese invaded and occupied Burma in early 1942 and blocked the Burma Road supply route. American General Joseph Stilwell decided to begin construction of the Ledo Road from Assam in India to join with the Burma Road and re-open supply routes. The Ledo Road was completed in 1945 and ran 465 miles from Ledo to a junction with the Burma Road at Mong-Yu in Myanmar. Supplies that landed at Karachi and Calcutta in India could then be brought by rail to Ledo and trucked over the road to China. The Ledo Road was built by 15,000 American soldiers and 35,000 local workers at a heavy cost. Soldiers and labourers had to work in tough terrain – mountains, dense rainforest and the heavy monsoon rains. More than 1,000 American soldiers, many thousands of Indian and locals laborers died during the construction. The Burma Road was restored to the allies in 1945 after the completion of the Ledo Road. Some parts of the old Burma Road are still visible today and adventurous travellers in Myanmar can still experience the tough conditions of the Ledo Road. Towns in Myanmar that the Ledo Road passes through are the border town Pansaung, Nan Yun, Shin Bway Yang, Tanai, Myitkyina, Bamaw and in the Shan state Nankham and Mong Yu, where the Ledo Road meets the Burma Road. According to records, there were 10 streams and 155 small creeks that the Ledo Road needed to cross. It is estimated that bridges, big and small, were built every 2.8 miles.
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Some of the bridges built during World War II are still in use. Some streams are today without bridges and this is where the adventure comes in for today’s Ledo Road travelers. Taron and Tawan streams are two mustpass large streams for travelers who want to go to towns close to the India-Myanmar border like Tanai, Shin Bway Yan or Nan Yun. The Taron aka Trone streams have no bridges but there is a method of crossing for people, motorbikes, and even fourwheel drive vehicles. There are coupling boats at both streams instead of flat-ships. This innovative method for crossing the streams involves connecting two boats together, covering them with timber planks, and driving the vehicles onto handmade ferry for the river crossing. But the coupling boats are not always available and travelers sometimes have to wait hours before the crossing transport is available. Drivers who are impatient and daring have been known to step into the streams, check out the current situations and decide to take the risk of just driving across, without a bridge or a boat. The Ledo Road between Tanai and Shin Bway Yan is in quite good condition. But this is not the case from Shin Bway Yan to Nan Yun where the road through the mountains has been largely destroyed by weather and big trucks. The environment in this area feels moist most of the time. The forest is too dense for sunlight to reach the ground and there are swamps everywhere. Small cars cannot dream of traveling the Ledo Road. Travelers certainly need mountain jeeps, fourwheel-drive vehicles or trucks to drive on the Ledo Road. General Lewis Pick who worked with General Joseph Stilwell, who commanded the road building, once famously said that is was: “The toughest job ever given to US Army engineers in wartime”. Travelers and locals who attempt the road today will understand. “If we set off from Myitkyina at 5am in the early morning, we get to Nan Yun around 9:30pm at night,” said U Tin Hlaing, 54, who makes his living driving on the Ledo Road. He says only local drivers with many years of experience can drive the Ledo road. Traveling on the Ledo Road in rainy season seems quite impossible, but it is. Motorbikes with drivers can be hired.
4 wheel drives vehicles are waiting for the ferry to across the Taron stream.
They will carry one passenger per bike and the trip costs K60,000 per person while cars carry a maximum of five people at a cost of K150,000 per car. In recent years, the Myanmar government has tried to repair the Ledo Road. The Chinese government rebuilt the road between Myitkyina and Kampaiti in Kachin state in 2007 and a local
Myanmar company Yuzana fixed and rebuilt the part between Myitkyina and Tanai in 2010. It is expected that the Ledo Road, so useful as a supply route in wartime, will once again be used to link India, Myanmar and China, this time for commerce. An Indian news website recently stated that part of the road near the border of India
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People across the Taron stream carrying mortobikes on ferry.
and Myanmar was reopened on December 30, 2015 and Pangsau Pass has become the fourth Himalayan pass to open for trade. At this time the trade is likely to be limited but it is an important step for normalising the relations between the concerned countries and one day, it will hopefully bring some prosperity to the local populations of Arunachal and Assam.
Children are playing near a bulldozer besides Tanai river.
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Over view of Tanai river in the evening sunset.
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UNDERGROUND
How to nail a Yangon
bar hop By Jared Downing
Photo by Ann Wang
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t’s Friday night in Yangon, and you want to go on a bar hop. So what if the city shuts down at 11 p.m.? Is a little curfew going to kill your fun? No way. All it takes is a little planning and a little viceful creativity. Since I have neither of these qualities, so I called on Frenchman Jean Curci, former party planner in Shanghai who revived the formerly defunct Mojo bar into an award-winning nightlife hotspot. These are some of Jean’s tips:
Plan, plan, plan ahead “There’s not much room for improvisation,” Jean told me. Sometimes the best spots are few and far between, and the last thing you want to do is waste the night trying to direct taxi drivers. Plan for three
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phases: Pre-hop dinner, bars and finally night clubs. Aim for one-stop shops Yes this is a little counterintuitive to the bar-hopping spirit, but in Yangon, night might only include one or two hops. No problem—sometimes less is more. Look for places that offer dinner then cocktails then music, like Fahrenheit, Escape and, yes, Mojo. “You start in Mojo, you stay in Mojo until midnight,” Jean bragged. Start early In America they set out at ten. In France, things barely get started at midnight. But in Yangon, shoot for an early dinner and launch the crawl at around 7 p.m., leaving
a good four or five hours to play with. Aim for happy hour “People are fighting for the longest happy hour,” said Jean, but we’re the ones who win. A happy “hour” might last until 9 p.m., which is a very happy hour indeed. Know what you want Jean poo-poo’d the legendary 19th street bar cluster: “If you are a poor journalist, then you go there.” Well, I happen to be a poor journalist, and I think 19th street, famous for its glowing holes in the wall and sizzling BBQ’s, is heavenly. The important question: Who do YOU feel like tonight? A beat poet, maybe, or a refined diplomat? This table will help you chart the course.
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Mojo The once-defunct spot on Shwegondaing Road and Inya Road rose from the ashes in with rustic-pop dĂŠcor (think: classic movie posters and antique doors) and an armful of Myanmore Awards. It has a short but sweet menu of Asian/Western fusion dishes, shisha and imported cigars.
The Lab This small, under-thebridge Lebanese joint at Shwegondaing junction is Yangon’s definition of classy-yet-casual. It sports a robust wine and cocktail list and its delicious gourmet tapas are perfect for a dinner that lasts all night.
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Roof Alchemy Or the Roof Liquid Alchemy Bar, to use its full name, is Yangon’s new experiment in “molecular mixology,” i.e. colorful, mad scientist style cocktails that foam and sizzle. It isn’t cheap, but with its neon-lit vibe (featuring glow-inthe-dark hookahs), it has style.
7th Joint Bar & Grill The place to end your night if you find yourself stuck downtown, this reggae bar packs live music, Rastafarian décor and, of course, the presence of owner/legend Mario Ebanks. Go out with a blazing, tri-color “Flaming Marley” cocktail.
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Fax:...........................................................................221509
yangon.icamaraty.gov.vr
Fax:...........................................................................513286
srilankaemb@myanmar.com.mm, embsrilanka@
myanmar@mofa.go.kr
Kuwait
yangon.net.mm
17, Kanbawza Yeik Thar St., BHN. Ph:..........................................................526985, 503978
62-B, Shwe Taung Gyar St., BHN.
130-B, Than Lwin St., BHN.
Fax:...........................................................................512854
Ph:....................................................................01-2305942
Ph:................................ 539901, 504068, 095006972
bruneiemb@bruneiemb.com.mm
kwempygn@gmail.com
smtmhr@myanmar.com.mm, smtmhr@mptmail.
25(3B/4B), New University Avenue Rd., BHN.
A-1, Taw Win St., Diplomatic Qtr, Pyay (West)
Switzerland
Ph:......................................................... 549609, 540964
Ward, DGN.
11, Khapaung St., 5½Mile, Pyay Rd., KMYT.
Fax:...........................................................................541462
Ph:............................................................................ 222482
Ph:............................................................534754, 512873
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Fax:.......................................................................... 227446
Fax:..........................................................534754, 512873
Brunei Darussalam
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People’s Republic of China
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34, Taw Win St., Pyay (West) Ward, DGN.
Sweden
net.mm
Thailand
1, Pyi Htaung Su Yeikthar St., DGN.
Malaysia
Ph:......................................................224097, 221280~81
82, Pyi Htaung Su Yeikthar St., Pyay (West) Ward,
Ph:......................... 226721, 226728, 226824, 222784
Fax:........................................................................... 227019
DGN.
Fax:.............................................................................221713
Egypt
94, Pyay Rd., DGN.
Ph:...........................................................................................
Turkey
81, Pyi Htaung Su Yeikthar St., DGN.
...... 220230, 220251, 218479, 229865, 220248~49
19-A/B, Kan Yeik Thar St., MYGN.
Ph:.................................................................... 222886~87
Fax:...........................................................................221840
Ph:...........................................................662992, 661365
Fax:..........................................................................222865
mwyangon@kln.gov.my
Fax:.........................................................662992, 661365
16, Nat Mauk Yeikthar St., TMWE.
80, Strand Rd., KTDA.
102, Pyi Htaung Su Yeikthar St., Pyay (East) Ward,
Ph:.........................................545880, 557168, 545884
Ph:........................... 370863~65, 370867, 380321~22
DGN.
Fax:......................................................................... 549803
Fax:......................................................................... 370866
Ph:............ 212178, 212523, 212528, 212532, 212530
nepemb@mptmail.net.mm
Pakistan
britishembassy.ragoon@fco.gov.uk
Fax:............................................................................212527 ambafrance.rangoun@diplomatie.gouv.fr
A-4, Pyay Rd., Diplomatic Qtr, Pyay (West) Ward,
110, University Avenue, KMYT.
DGN.
Ph:..........................................................536509, 535756
9, Bogyoke Aung San Museum St., Bo Cho Ward
Ph:............................................................................. 222881
Fax:............................................................................511069
(2), BHN.
Fax:.............................................................................221147
Ph:..................................................................... 548951~53
pakembyangon@gmail.com
egyptembassy86@gmail.com
France
Germany
Nepal
Fax:......................................................................... 548899
The Philippines
info@rangun.diplo.de
50, Saya San Rd., Sasana Yeikthar Ward, BHN.
India
Ph:..................................................................... 558149~53
545-547, Merchant St., KTDA.
Fax:...........................................................................558154
Ph:............................................ 391219, 388412, 243972
p.e.yangon@gmail.com
Fax:.........................................................254086, 388414
russia
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38, Sagar Wah St., Pyay (East) Ward, DGN.
Indonesia
united kingdom
the United States of America
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Ph:..............................................................241955, 254161
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Fax:........................................................................... 241953
DGN.
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Ph:........................................ 254465, 254469, 229750
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Fax:..........................................................................254468
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info@KBRIyangon.org
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Israel
15, Kha Paung St., HLG.
Serbia
Ph:............................................................................... 515115
114-A, Inya Rd., KMYT.
Fax:............................................................................. 515116
Ph:......................................................................515282~83
info@yangon.mfa.gov.il
Fax:.......................................................................... 504274 serbemb@yangon.net.mm
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Chakupat, Patan Gate, Lalitpur P.O.Box 2437
Canberra, A.C.T 2600 , Australia.
Ph:...................................................... (33) 01 56 88 15 90
Ph:..........................+97-1-552-17-88 +97-1-552-34-02
Ph:...........................................................2733811,2733751
Fax:.....................................................(33) 01 45 62 13 30
Fax:....................................................... (+977-1) 5523402
Fax:........................................................................2734357
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Germany
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Zimmer Str 56, 10117 Berlin Mitte, Germany.
Pakistan
Ph:.....................................................(0049 30) 206 1570
No. 201 St N0 10, SECTOR E-7, Islamabad.
132, Sathorn Nua Road, Bangkok 10500
Fax:................................................ (0049 30) 206 15720
Ph:..............................(0092) (51) 282 2460, 282 8828
Ph:..................(662) 233-2237, 234-4698, 233-7250,
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India
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Dhaka.
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Indonesia
......................................................... 989 6373, 988 9215
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Fax:............................................................(62 21) 327 204
memnl@mindgate.net
siriusbb.com
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No.29, Boulevard du Regent, 1000 Brussels.
26 Hayarkon, Tel-Aviv 68011.
Ph:.................................................. (007) (095) 291 05 34
Ph:...........................................................(0032) 2513 4175
Ph:.......................................+972-3-517 0760, 517 0761
Fax:................................................(007) (095) 956 31 86
Fax:.........................................................(0032) 2513 1475
Fax:........................................................ (972) (3) 517 1440
Singapore
teltaman@aquanet.co.il
15, St Martin’s Drive, Singapore 257996.
Belgium
Brazil
Israel
Ph:................................... (0063-2) 817-2373, 812-9587
Russia
41. Ul. B. Nikitskaya (Gertsena), Moscow, Russia.
SHIS QL 08, Conjunto 14, Casa 05, Lago Sul,
Italy
71620-245 Brasilia-DF.
Via Vincenzo Belini, No.20, Interno 1, 00198,
Fax:..........................................................(0065) 7356236
Ph:................. 00-55-61-2483747, 00-55-61-3643145
Rome, Italy.
ambassador@mesingapore.org.sg
Fax:.....................................................00-55-61-3642747
Ph:.................................... (+39-6) 854-9374, 841-6863
www.mesingapore.org.sg
mebrsl@brnet.com.br
Fax:............................................................(+39-6) 841-167
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8-26, 4-Chome, Kita-Shinagawa , Shinagawa-Ku,
Ph:...........................27-12-460 6544, 27-12-460 4333
Kampong Rimbe, Gadong 3385.
Tokyo 140-0001.
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Ph:............................ (673-2) 450506, (673-2) 450507
Ph:................................ (81) (03) 3441-9291, 3441-9292,
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Fax:............................................................ (673-2) 451008
3441-9293,3441-9294, 3441-9029, 3441-9044
Sri Lanka
myanmar@brunet.bn
Fax:.................................................... (81) (03) 3447-7394
No.108, Barnes Place, Colombo 7.
contact@myanmar-embassy-tokyo.net
Ph:................................................. (94) (1) 681197, 672197
181, Preah Norodon Boulevard, Boeung Keng
met@twics.con
Fax:...............................................................(94) (1) 681196
Kang 1, Khan Chamcarmon.
www.myanmar-embassy-tokyo.net
Korea
mecmb@itmin.com, mmembcmb@eureka.lk
Ph:........................................... (855-23) 213663, 213664 Fax:.......................................................(855-23) 2136665
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The Sandringham Building, 85 Range Road,
Fax:..........................................................(82-2) 796-5570
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Fax:........................................................... 020 7629 4169
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Ph:........................................................... (0065) 7350209
Queenswood 0121, South Africa.
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Ph:.............................................................. (613) 232-6434
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Fax:............................................................ (613) 232-6435
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China
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Malaysia
Fax:.................................................0086-10-6532-0408
No.8(C), Jalan Ampang Hillir, 55000.
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Ph:............... (603) 4251 5595, 42514455, 4251 6355
Vietnam
www.myanmarembassy.com
Fax:................................... (603) 4251 3855, 4251 3535
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11211.
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CONSULATES
ORGANIZATION MYANMAR TOURISM FEDERATION (MTF)
Myanmar Tourism Transportation Association (MTTA)
Consulate of the People’s Republic
3(A), Cor of Thanthumar Rd. & Waizayantar Rd., Thuwunna Junction, TGGN.
3(A), Cor of Thanthumar Rd. & Waizayantar Rd.,
56, Main Rd., South Lanmadaw Quater, Sittwe,
Ph:................................................................01-8551012~13
Thuwunna Junction, TGGN.
Rakhine
Ph:......................................................................01-8551014
Ph:......................... 043-21126, 043-21969, 043-22241
Myanmar Hoteliers Association (MHA) 3(A), Cor of Thanthumar Rd. & Waizayantar Rd.,
Myanmar Souvenir Shops
Thuwunna Junction, TGGN.
Association (MSEA)
Ph:......................................................................01-8551014
355, Ground Flr., U Wisara Rd., SCHG.
Union of Myanmar Travel Association (UMTA)
Ph:...................................................502923, 095195464
Myanmar Domestic Tour Operators
29, Rm-802, 7th Flr., Min Yè Kyaw Swar St., LMDW.
Association (MDTOA)
Ph:................................. 214941, 214945, 09 73050761
422/424, Shwe Bon Thar St., Upper Block, PBDN.
Myanmar Tourism Marketing (MTM) 204, Rm-4(B), Bo Myat Tun St., Nilar Condo, PZDG.
Ph:.......................................09 5029602, 09 5029603
Myanmar Restaurants Association
(MRA)
3(A), Cor of Thanthumar Rd. & Waizayantar Rd., Thuwunna Junction, TGGN. Ph:......................................................................01-8551014
Myanmar Hospitality Professionals Association (MHPA)
3(A), Cor of Thanthumar Rd. & Waizayantar Rd.,
of Bangladesh
Fax:...................................................................043-23968
Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China
35th St., Bet: 65th St. & 66th St., (Yadanar Lane), CATZ. Ph:.............................02-34457, 02-34458, 02-35937 Fax:......................................................................02-35944
Ph:..................................241863, 380141, 09 73251422
Consulate General of the Republic
General Services Association
Ta-1/25, 65th St., Corner of Ngu War St., Myothit,
Myanmar Tourist Healthcare and (MTHGSA)
330, Ground Flr., Ahlone Rd., Yangon Int’l Hotel, DGN. Ph:..................................................................... 218445~46
Myanmar Tourist Guides Association (MTGA)
42/44, Bo Soon Pat St., Lower Block, PBDN. Ph:....................... 256278, 09 5071608, 09 51272914
Myanmar Tourism Human Resources
Thuwunna Junction, TGGN.
Development Association (MTHRDA)
Ph:......................................... 01-8551256, 0931544603
267, 3rd Flr, Pyay Rd., SCHG.
of India CMTZ
Ph:.. 02-81019, 02-80355, 02-80366, 09 2007559 Fax:..................................................................... 02-80366
The Consulate of Sweden 130-B, Than Lwin Rd., BHN.
Ph:.................... 01-504068, 01-539901, 09 5006972
The Honorary Consulate of Switzerland
79/80, Bahosi Housing, Wardan St., LMDW. Ph:.........................................................................01-211536 Fax:............................................................................ 211540
Ph:.......................................................... 523200, 523623
UN AGENCIES Food & Agriculture Organization
United Nations High Commissioner
United Nations Programme on HIV/
Seed Production Centre (MAS), Insein Rd.,
287, Pyay Rd., SCHG.
137/1, Than Lwin St., KMYT.
Gyogone, P.O Box-101, ISN.
Ph:......................................... 524022, 524024, 524025
Ph:..........................................................538087, 538938
Ph:......................................................................641672~73
Fax:........................................................................... 524031
Fax:...........................................................................503160
Fax:............................................................................641561
myaya@unhcr.org
www.unaids.org
United Nations Office of the Resident
World Food Programme (WFP)
(FAO)
FAO-MMR@fao.org
International Labour Organization
(ILO)
for Refugees (UNHCR)
& Humanitarian Coordinator of the
United Nations System’s Operational
AIDS (UNAIDS)
5, Kanbawza St., Shwe Taung Gyar (2) Ward, BHN.
1, Kanbe’ St., Cor of Kaba Aye Pagoda St., YKN.
Activities (UNRC)
Ph:.................................................................... 566538~39
6, Natmuak Rd., TMWE.
Fax:..................................................................01-2305976
Fax:......................................................................... 566538
Ph:................................................... 542910~19 (10 Lines)
wfp.yangon@wfp.org
yangon@ilo.org
Fax:......................................................... 292739, 544531
www.ilo.org/yangon
Ph:..............................................................01-2305971~76
World Health Organization (WHO)
United Nations Children’s Fund
United Nations Office on Drugs and
23-A, Inya Myaing St., Shwe Taung Gyar (2) Ward,
11-A, Malikha St., MYGN.
Fax:..................................................................650408~09
BHN.
Ph:.. 666903, 660556, 660538, 660398, 664539
lawin@searo.who.int
Ph:............................................................01-2305960~69
Fax:...........................................................................651334
www.whomyanmar.org
Fax:................................................................. 01-2305965
fo.myanmar@unodc.org
unicefyangon@unicef.org
www.unodc.org/myanmar
(UNICEF)
www.unicef.org/myanmar
United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
Crime (UNODC)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
6, Natmauk Rd., TMWE.
6, Natmauk Rd., BHN.
Ph:.................. 546309 (Direct), 542910~19 (10 Lines)
Ph:................................................... 542910~19 (10 Lines)
........................................................................ (C/O – UNDP)
Fax: ........................................................ 545634, 544531
Fax:.......................................546029 544436, 545634
registry.mm@undp.org
............................................................544531 (C/O-UNDP) myanmar.office@unfpa.org www.myanmar.unfpa.org
2, Pyay Rd., 7 Mile, MYGN. Ph:....................................................................650405~06
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Royal Yadanarbon Hotel
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BAMAW
Friendship Hotel | Mingone Quarter, Banmaw, Kachin State, Myanmar. Tel: +(95-74) 50095, 50096, 50654, 50655 Fax: 95-74-50654 fskachin@gmail.com www.friendshiphotelkachin.com Grand Hotel Post office Road, Min Kone Quarter, Bamaw, Kachin State. Tel: 074 50317, 50318, 50319 Fax: 074 50319
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Pindaya
Global Grace Pindaya Hotel 25, Shwe Oo Min Pagoda Road, Singoung Quarter, Pindaya Township, Shan State. Tel: 09 49100088, 09 8622447, 081-66189 hotelggpindaya@gmail.com globalgracehotelpindaya.com
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Hotel Spring 3, Quarter-6, Malar(Yu Za Na) Street, Pyin Oo Lwin. Tel: 09 400463444, 09 400463555 Hsaung Thazin Hotel Quarter-6, Myittar Street, Pyin Oo Lwin. Tel: 085 21127, 23400, 23299, 09 402514302 thuzar.145@gmail.com www.hsaungthazinhotel.com Royal Reward Resort Hotel 36, Circular Road, Pyin Oo Lwin. Tel: 085 28271, 28272, 22645 royalrewardresorthotel@gmail. com www.royalrewardresorthotel.com Thiri Myanmar Hotel 38/B, Quarter-6, Forest Street, Pyin Oo Lwin. Tel: 09 256265875, 09 259403776, 09 256865875
TaungOo
Global Grace Taungoo Hotel 20, Corner Of Mingalar Road & Setshin Road, Near Mile Dar Field Taungoo,Taungoo. Tel: 054-23414, 26167, 26168, 23764 hotelggtaungoo@gmail.com www.globalgracetaungoohotel. com
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Mother Land Inn 433, Lower Pazundaung Road, Pazundaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 291343, 290348, 09 5185395, 09 5053206, 09 401534080 motherlandinn2@gmail.com www.myanmarmotherlandinn. com
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Art & Craft YANGON
Bagan East Wing, Bogyoke Aung San Market, Pabedan Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 421153549 Erawati Bhandagara B-3/001, Shwe Kabar Housing, Mindhamma Road, Mayangone Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 01 655921, 09 420038416 erawatibhandagara@gmail.com Pansodan Gallery 144, 2nd Floor, Middle Block, Corner of Mahabandoola Road & Pansoden Road, Kyauktada Township, Yangon. Yangon Heritage Trust 22/24, Pansoedan Road,1st Floor, Kyauktada Township, Yangon. Tel: 240544, 09 73055187
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