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UNDERGROUND Bars & Nightlife
In this issue... snapshots
8 History: The grand charm of the Strand 10 People: The Ann 12 Religion: Christianity 14 Infograph: Travel Myanmar Infographics 15 Language: How to order food on your own in Myanmar?
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The beautiful Blue Lake of Ywangan
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18 Festival: Phaung Daw Oo Buddha Festival 19 Calendar
exposure 22 Markets
Picturesque
28 Forgotten Places
arrival
30 Enjoy impressive wine and culinary with arts & culture
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32 Hotel Review: View Point Lodge & Fine Cuisines 34 Restaurant Review: Pop into Tin Tin Yangon 36 Kitchen Confidential: Myanmar Spaghetti (Mandalay Mondi) 38 Beef the Meat
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Champion bartender breaks gender barrier Natty Tangmeesang interviews Ms. Champion Bartender of 2015 Myanmar Bartender Champoinship. Out of over hunderds competitors , Hay Mun Tin Latt proved that she deserves the first prize.
32 In Focus View Point Lodge & Fine Cuisines
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Festivals Phaung Daw Oo Buddha Festival
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42 A bread lover finds heavenly joy in Myitkyina 50 Kain Kyi noodle restaurant, where tradition rules
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MiMi Wu Mimi originally hails from the Washington, D.C. area in the US. Having lived on three continents, she added a forth after moving to Myanmar in 2013. Mimi spends her time as an entrepreneur, consultant, dance fitness instructor, education trainer, writer, foodie, and cat lover.
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
Natty Tangmeesang Natty is a PR Public Relations not yet a Permanent Resident who fell in love with Myanmar several years and recently relocated here. She enjoys eating, talking to new people, and exploring Myanmar. People usually say “Natty is everywhere in Yangon.”
Shwe yin 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.
in Malaysia.
Yamin Htin Aung Assistant Editor
Judyth gregorysmith Smith is the author of Myanmar: A Memoir of Loss and Recovery. She taught for several years at Malaysian universities and wrote for in-flight and travel magazines. She has written two books on Sulawesi for the Indonesian Government and is currently researching another book on Myanmar ‘s Buddhist festivals and natpwe.’
Christa avery Christa is an author, a blogger and a lover of the path less travelled. She feels most alive when she is exploring the unknown. Give her the weird, the wonderful, the outliers and the ‘too hard’ and she will relish in the experience. She loves this country and its people and she hopes for a future that is more inclusive and less reclusive. Press on.
Noe Noe Aung A Yangon native, Noe Noe Aung has worked as a journalist at The Myanmar Times. Noe Noe Aung is interested in people and their stories and her sense of curiosity drives her to explore new places.
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.
Noe Noe Aung Contributing Writers Natty Tangmeesang Mohana Gill
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Jared Downing
Judyth Gregory-Smith Shwe Yin Mar Oo Contributing Photographers Lwin Ko Taik Phoe Nyan
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Snapshots
The grand charm of
the Strand By Shwe Yinn Mar Oo
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T
he Strand hotel is one of the gems of heritage architecture in Yangon. Built in 1901 in the Victorian style and overlooking the Yangon River on the road after which it is named, it is one of Myanmar’s most impressively restored buildings. The Strand was built to meet demand for accommodation from an influx of travellers, and businesspeople seeking opportunities in Burma, after the British occupied the country in 1886 and established Yangon as the capital. A small wooden boarding house previously occupied the attractive riverfront site on which the hotel was established by the Sarkies Brothers, who also built the Raffles Hotel in Singapore and the Eastern and Oriental Hotel in Penang, Malaysia. During the colonial era, the Strand was one of the top hotels in Yangon, along with the then famous Royal Hotel on Merchant Road and the Minto Mansion in Ahlone Township, the location of many of the city’s embassies. The Strand has had a series of owners and has undergone several renovation and refurbishment projects. A major refurbishment in 1927 saw the addition of a swimming pool and its elegant portico. The hotel had another upgrade 10 years later when the number of rooms was increased from 60 to 100. During World War II, the hotel was taken over by the Japanese. It was renamed the Yamato Hotel and managed by staff from the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. When the previous owner returned to Yangon after the war he found an unexploded bomb that had crashed through the roof into his office.
12 | Snapshots >>> the Ann
People The Ann By Noe Noe Aung
T
he Ann, also pronounced as En, live in the highlands of Shan State. The Ann are one dozens of sub-groups of the Shan people, the biggest of the ethnic minority groups in Myanmar, which also include the Kayin, Rakhine, Mon, Kachin and Kayah. The Ann, one of the smallest of the Shan sub-groups, live in small hillside villages around Kengtung (also known as Kyaing Tong), in the Golden Triangle region of northeastern Shan State. They practice slashand-burn agriculture on hillslopes and cultivate rice on valley floors. The Ann have their own language and customs. They are animists and even those who have embraced Buddhism or Christianity retain elements of their animist beliefs. The Ann are known for being friendly and hospitable. A distinguishing feature of the Ann is black teeth, which the women regard as a sign of beauty and is the result of chewing betel. They accentuate the effect of their teeth by using lipstick made from charcoal. Most Ann wear traditional attire – black blouses and longyis – with big, silver earrings and long necklaces. Some Ann wear black head-scarves and young women often dress their hair in a knot.
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14 | Snapshots >>> Christianity
Religion
Snapshots >>> Christianity | 15
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Christianity by Noe Noe Aung
E
veryone has the right to practise their own religion. Christianity is a religion observed by thousand millions of people over the planet. Myanmar is, despite its majority of people following the Buddhism teachings, a religiously diversified country, catching on other religious orders with all due respect. A four to five percent of the country’s 51-million population, equivalent to more than 2.4 million, is Christians, out of a 20 percent of non-Buddhists. Including few percentages of Protestants, Baptists and Roman Catholics, the earliest arrival of Christianity was dated back to 16th century, while the latter class was noted as Christian people. Protestants arrived in 18th century. After the first Anglo-Burmese war in 1826, more Protestants Christians came to Burma, according to Myanmar Encyclopedia. Propagating started in 1828 in highland places where Karen people live, with the States of Shan and Kachin seeing missionary work in 1861 and 1876 respectively. It began flourishing in Chin State in 1886. American missionary had to propagate a religion in further places and highlands, though England-originated Methodic and Anglican missionaries could settle in large cities such as Yangon and Mandalay. In 1966, government nationalized all Christian missionaries and did not allow living in country anymore. Christian communities in Myanmar stood alone without foreign help since then. Baptists, Assemblies of God, Methodists and Anglicans still exist as strong and powerful communities. The 90 percent of Kachin people and 80 percent of Chin people are Christians. The Anglican Communion is 62,000-member strong and half of all Protestants are Baptists, according to their community records
16 | Snapshots >>> infographics
infographics INDIA Mandalay
ChINA
Second largest city and the last royal capital of myanmar. a place to study about the royalty of old Burma. mandalay ceased to be the capital in 1885 when the conquering British sent King Thibaw and his queen into exile. mandalay palace from Konbaung Dynasty is restored in its center.
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mrauk U - former capital of mrauk U Kingdom and the most powerful arakanese kingdom. it is also an archaeologically important town in northern rakhine State, myanmar. old temples and ancient pagodas still can be found there.
Kakku locates in Shan State. it is about 33 miles from Taunggyi, and 3 hours drive by car. There are over 2,000 stupas with origins dating back many centuries.
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Pondaung Fossils a geographical region between Sagaing and magway Divisions of myanmar. it has become well known world wide due to the discovery of fossilized remains of anthropoid primate some years back by both myanmar and foreign geologists.
Ngapali Beach
Inle Lake
Second largest lake in myanmar, located in nyaungshwe township, Taunggyi district of Shan State. also it was inscribed as the first UnESco Biosphere reserve in 2015.
ThAILAND Kyaikhtiyo
a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage site in mon State, myanmar which is also called golden rock. a balancing rock hard to defy gravity, as it perpeutally appears to be on the verge of rolling down the hill.
Andaman sea shwe Dagon Pagoda The most famous stupa in myanmar, located in yangon, a former capital. The 2,600 years old pagoda sits on the top of a hill and is 99 meters high.
sea Gypsy
The Salon people also known as Sea gypsys who can be found in myanmar’s mregui archipelago. They make living in the sea near the coast by fishing, gathering and selling of natural parine products.
TrAVeL
Climate
MYAnMAR infographics myanmar (Burma in the old days) is a country located in southeast asia between Thailand, china, india, Bangladesh and laos. myanmar is a vast, beautiful country that still retains a greater part of its traditional values and culture. There is much to see. myanmar covers 261,288 square miles, and has a coastline measuring 1,275 miles. The terrain ranges from arid plains to cool, sprawling hills, ice-capped mountains, white sand beaches, lush farmland, hidden valleys and thick virgin forest. There are over hundred national races in myanmar by official count. Each national race group has its own culture, and most of the sub-groups live in remote mountainous regions. myanmar has officially three types of seasons - summer, rainy season and winter - but has only two distinct seasons - dry and wet. like much of southeast asia, myanmar’s dry season runs from october through to may and the wet season from may or June through to early october, when the south-west monsoon starts to blow.
Cold Season
Mid oct to Mid Feb
Rainy Season
Hot Season
Mid Feb to Mid June
Mid June to Mid oct
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How to order Food on your own
in Myanmar?
Chicken > Kye` tha: Curry > hin: Pork > we` tha: Beef > a me: tha: Fish > nga: Duck > be` tha: Rice > hta min: Fried Rice > hta min: gyaw Noodles > khau` hswe: Water > jei Tea > la hpe`jei Fresh cow milk > nwa: no. Soup > hin: jei
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Egg noodle in chicken coconut gravy > oun: no. khau’ hswe: Steamed glutinous rice > kau’ nyin: baun Thick rice pancake bein:mote Rice noodle in fish soup mote hin: ga Is (fresh cow milk) available? (nwa: no.) ya ma la:? Is it going to take long? Kja ma la:? (Chicken curry), Please (kye` tha: hin:) pay: ba I want to take this home/ parcel lote pei: ba I want to take this away Please give me a receipt shin: me/pyei za pei: ba
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CHECK IN
PHAUNG DAW OO BUDDHA FESTIVAL By Judyth Gregory-Smith
W
ith a refreshingly cool atmosphere ushering in, several more festivals are in the lineup over the Golden Land Myanmar. Among the famous festivals is Phaung Daw Oo Buddha Festival in the Southern Shan State. One significant of its festivities is the procession of four Buddha images, flanked and followed by more than two dozen longboats that are paddled by literally hundreds of boatmen around the Inle Lake, a large area of freshwater popular with local travelers as well as those from many foreign countries. The festivities take 18 days, beginning the end of September and wrapping them up in early October. Most of the year, the images together with the fifth one are enshrined at the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda or temple in Nyaung Shwe sownship, Taunggyi District. During the procession, the four images – deformed with heavy applies of gold leaves over by devotees – stop each and every village in and along the Lake’s shores in order to allow villagers to pay homage to. The festival originated in the days when Sao pha (sky lords) were the rulers of Shan State. The then Shan chief in his palace at
Nyaung Shwe felt, unsurprisingly, that his family should be the first to pay their respects to the images. The Chief might have thought the journey down the lake too arduous, and so preferred the images should come to him: they did. The practice had been inherited by successive people, who celebrate once a year up to today. The images are tiny, yet weigh a lot. Nobody seems to know whether they are marble or bronze inside but they are golden outside from a build-up of gold leaf. When the attendants shoulder them, they walk with bent knees taking the strain. The path to walk so is decorated with carpets of rose-coloured lotuses. Reverently, attendants place the images into the waiting boat, which is hugely high and long in the shape of a Myanmar mythical creature: the hintha depiting a golden duck. Once the regalia and attendants are in place, the Hintha sails gracefully to the first village ready to receive it. Ceremonious! We all follow behind in boats. The procession enters one and we enter another. Villagers who live along the way kneel on mats outside their houses and bow their head to the ground three times as the images pass.
We race ahead, pull over, and see the golden pageant come past again. Gently, as befits a Buddhist procession, it’s hymned on its way by two boats of chanting ladies. The atmosphere is charged and the effect is very moving. The festival is closely followed by the full moon day of Thadingyut: the Sabbath when all markets, most businesses and most shops are closed, leaving the people free to go to the paya (Pagoda). It’s also the festival of lights and children are rushing around threading paper lanterns onto poles all ready for darkness to fall and crackers to fly. Mirroring on the surface of the shining water, the Inthas live on stilts above Inle the Lake, together with groups of Shan and Pa-O, are famous for at least two things: gardening and rowing. Their gardens are floating farms in the lake, which grow beans and vegetables, and Intha tomatoes are famous. Intha rowing is in a unique style. Standing in their boats, men wind one leg around a single oar. Bending forward, they bear down from the waist and dig the oar deeply into the water with one hand free to care fishing net. I could not help wondering to come back for more enjoy.
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CALENDAR 14th-17th October 2015 Indein Pagoda festival, Inle Lake
25th October- 1st november 2015 Hpaung Daw Oo Pagoda festival, Inle Lake
festival timeline 27th-28th October 2015 Kyauk Taw Gyi Pagoda festival, Mandalay
Indein Pagoda
Kyauk Taw Gyi Pagoda
festival, Inle Lake
festival, Mandalay
This Buddhist ceremony is
This festival usually begins
held at an ancient pagoda on
one day before the full moon
Inle Lake.
day of Thadingyut and its focus is a huge Buddha image
(October 14 - 17)
(Otober 27-28)
Hpaung Daw Oo
Pagoda festival, Inle Lake
October 25 - November 1
Thadingyut Festival of Light, nation wide
October 27 - November 7
27th October- 7th November 2015 Thadingyut Festival of Light, nation wide
HOt Air balloon
festival, Taunggyi November 20 to 26
Shwezigon Pagoda Festival, Bagan
From November 19 to
This national festival marks
Hot-air balloon festival is held
December 19
Thousands of people from
the end of Buddhist Lent and
one week before the fullmoon
Yearly festival of Shwezigon
communities around the lake
is one of the biggest festivals
day of Tazaungmone. This
Pagoda is celebrated
and villages in the surrounding
on the Buddhist calendar.
festival is very well-known
on the Fullmoon day of
carved from a block of marble.
mountains carry offerings of
People light candles around
as one of the most famous
Tazaungmone. Lacquerwares,
The festival coincides with an
fruit and flowers on lacquer
their houses and in the streets
festival in country. During the
glazed pots, hand woven
annual competition among
trays in boats and pay
and homes are decorated
festiva, giant hot air balloons
cotton blankets and traditional
teams of cane-ball (chinlon)
homage as the holy barge
with colourful lights. Pagodas,
of variouis colors and shapes
food aresold by villagers living
players.
passes. Teams of the lake’s
houses, public buildings,
are sent up to the sky. Young
in the region.
famous leg-rowers compete in
parks, and monuments are
people of Taunggyi of crazy
annual boat races.
all illuminated and there are
about competing in the
various activities for everyone
festival.
to enjoy.
Shwe Myat Mhan
Pagoda Festival, Shwe
Taung near Pyay
From November 19 to
Pho Win Taung Ceremony
AMid-November
Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda, Mon State.
Starts around mid-
Than Bodde Pagoda Ceremony, Monywa
November 25 and 26
Robe Weaving Contest, Myanmar
On November 26
Kaung Hmu Daw
Pagoda Festival, Sagaing
From November 26 to
Myanmar Thanaka,
A kind of contest for the
sandalwood and textiles such
weaving skills between teams
December 1
Fruits and alms are offered to
as cotton blankets and longyi
of women will be held on
A festival where the caravan
be a market full of herbal
the pagoda at dawn. But start
are sold at the various stalls
the eve of the day before
of bullock-carts in the pagoda
leaves, roots, fruits, barks,
from evening, total of 9,000
around the area.
full moon day in one night.
compound carrying their
thorns, tubers and stems of
candles are lit illuminating the
Competitors have to weave
village products such as
traditional food and snack
any herbal value from the
mountain top.
complete special robes which
hand-woven cotton cloths and
stalls and magic shows.
western wildness of Chindwin
is called Ma-Tho-Thin-Gan from
handmade mats.
River which are sold on a
the evening onwards at dawn.
December 26
This ceremony will be held
9,999 Lights Festival,
around mid of November for
November
Just like most of the pagoda
a couple of days. There will
festivals in Myanmar, there are many things to see such as traditional performances,
large scale.
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Street Markets have been existed in Yangon since decades ago. They have become even a charistics of the city. Residents go to the markets every day for their needs. You will not believe how those small markets in the streets of Yangon can hold so many things: meat, vegetables, fruits, textiles, hardware, plastic products, rice, meat, spices and any basic things you want. They are totally chaotic but most of the middle and working class people rely on streets markets as well as working moms.
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narcotic dice Inside the Secretariat Office Building which has been closed from public for decades.
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A forgotten old building in downtown Yangon was seen in daytime.
GRAND PRIZE
pyay Kyaw aung A refugee is seen on a street around the refugee camp in Maesot, border town of Thaildand.
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View Point Lodge & Fine Cuisines By Noe Noe Aung
F
irst impression is the most important thing in dealing with a person or with an environ, about which my firsthand valuable experience of staying at a hotel in a remote area tells a different story that is essentially to share with loads of my friends. Whenever we go to an unaccustomed place, it is the top priority where we are to stay up, though one is expecting new or different tastes. It is no other but premises of the View Point Lodge and Fine Cuisine
hotel in Nyaung Shwe township, Taunggyi District, an area to refresh anyone in this season. The tidiness of well-composed living room and the bar grabs the first impression of us. Crews in Shan traditional dress greet with all smiles, welcoming me at its front office. Yet, a bit weird! Well, at every corner of the hotel are sexy decorations like dim yellowish lights and small bronze statues. A large mirror at the reception responded to me by portraying my tired-tanned face, which no longer
A large mirror at the reception responded to me by portraying my tired-tanned face, which no longer lingered upon few steps on a wooden bridge with little bulbs hung up on both sides ......
lingered upon few steps on a wooden bridge with little bulbs hung up on both sides that was leading to bungalows where I was lodged over a big lake. Yeah, how cool is that! Nyaung Shwe is an hour away by boat from Inle the Lake, to which I prefer here. Every room is composed of a living room, a bedroom and a veranda with armchairs and coffee table. Rooms get good lighting in the day time. How easy to fall in love with! On the following morning, which greeted me with reddish-or-
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ange bungalows in a lineup, I indulged myself ticking over in Nyaung Shwe, after enjoying an under-the-bridge scene coloured with lotus plants gently swaying and small fishes swimming around. An enjoyment to share with my friends when the buds are blossoming. Established in 1997 as a local restaurant, it came into being like a hotel, after a small guest house upon more visitors coming around. “In 2011, we upgraded View Point Lodge & Fine Cuisines with the cooperation of a Swiss part-
ner, accommodating 12 bungalows composed of 24 rooms,” said Ko Zaw, managing director of the facility. Taking into account the seasons, a room is available at US$160 per night, and at US$200, which is at high season bustled with more visitors. Each rate includes breakfast and a warm hospitality. Restaurant is at the upstairs of the main building. View Point fine cuisine’s menu is a kind of mixed items of Shan traditional food and western dishes.
The restaurant serves around 300 guests per day in high season, according to Ko Zaw. Meal prices have to say reasonable. I tried set menu which is called ‘Shan Discovery’ and ‘Shan Favourite” with Grand Sud Merlot 2012 wine. “My wife creates this menu as she learned cooking in Belgium and Japan. We both want people know what Shan traditional food is tasting like. She did researches for one year, and created Shan food styles for westerners’ appetites,” Ko Zaw said.
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Pop into Tin Tin Yangon By Mimi Wu
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veryone’s beloved Belgian cartoon character Tintin has arrived in town for his latest adventure: Mexico by way of Yangon at 57Below’s latest restaurant, Tin Tin Yangon. The overall concept is an extended-period pop up restaurant (here today, gone on some tomorrow) where Chef Myo can experiment with techniques, ingredients, and flavours for several months without the years-long commitment to a specific type of food. Readers, stay calm. Tin Tin Yangon is bucking the typical pop up trend by serving as a permanent science lab cum eatery. Instead, what will change is the menu: just as Tintin hops countries, Tin Tin Yangon plans to hop epicurean themes. Opening with Mexican food made sense when considering the Asian palette and ingredient availability. “Mexican food is fresh, zesty, spicy, and marinated. The pieces of meat are bite-sized; there is rice. It’s very similar to Southeast Asian food,” said Tim Reus, head of business development at 57Below. On Bogalazay Street one block from the Secretariat building, what sets Tin Tin Yangon’s Mexican offerings apart is 57Below’s triple threats: consistently good quality food and drink; well-trained staff offering attentive service; and a unique, contemporary atmosphere that, at this location, is smoke-free. Another SPINE Architects collaboration has turned oxidised metals, reclaimed wood, and brass chainmail curtains into an industrial chic setting. The organic feel complements the restaurant’s dedication to making everything in-house, “otherwise, it takes the passion and originality away,”
said Reus. That includes the flour tortillas, jalapeno-infused tequila, and addictive chipotle mayonnaise that accompanies Tin Tin’s knockout sticky chicken wings. Mini tacos come in a trio; wrapped in soft shell, flour tortillas with lettuce, pico de gallo, and chopped fresh chili. They are perfect for sharing to whet the appetite but surprisingly filling as a light meal. Happily, the fish taco (taco pescado) comes pan seared rather than fried, with large, fleshy chunks and a drizzle of limey mayo. The pulled pork version (taco carnitas) comes with a hearty serving of tender meat topped with salsa verde. The beef is marinated and tender. It was around this point that I was glad I ordered the agua de horchata. Milk is not something you naturally gravitate to-
wards in hot weather or drink with dinner, but the horchata is surprisingly refreshing over ice. The creamy rice milk topped with cinnamon counteracted the spiciness of raw chili with a subtle sweetness and flavour that had me wanting more. It was thick in a way that can still be slurped through a straw but had a nice pull. Or keep the spice going with chili-infused spirits. “We cut fresh jalapeno chili and put it in tequila for 24 hours. Over time, [the tequila] changes colour [to light green]. It’s not too spicy, just a little spicy. Our customers like it,” explained the bartender. The chili-infused spirit forms the base of the drinks, including the popular green agave cocktail, Spicy Paloma, and three varieties of margaritas. If tequila is not your speed, choose from the wine or
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abbreviated beer lists to quench your thirst. Carnitas again makes an appearance in the burritos that are filled with smoky beans that have been grilled then mashed, well-seasoned rice, cheese, lettuce, and again, a hearty portion of pulled pork. The pork is marinated “in tequila, orange juice, spices like cinnamon, and boiled for a very long time,” said Tim, to achieve the tender moistness. Together, all the ingredients are rolled into a flour tortilla that hits the grill for a crispy finish. Filling, flavourful, and functional – no knives and forks needed. Vegetarian choices are limited but not snubbed, with the hearty spicy corn, black beans, and guacamole tacos and burritos. The Caesar salad is clearly not Mexican but 57Below’s version is the only authentic Caesar salad in town.
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Meat preferences aside, everyone should get on board with Tin Tin Yangon’s desserts. The creamy, chewy rice pudding has been a huge hit at the restaurant. Some find the nuts and raisins dotted throughout the pudding to be excessive and sure, I could simply eat the rice pudding, but I found the additions gave the dish texture and lift. The flan has also been popular and is reasonably priced. The firm but silky custard is centred in a large bowl and topped with raspberry compote in a bath of raspberry soup. The fruit is what makes this traditional dessert balanced by pairing the sweet richness with a little tartness. If you are looking for something lighter, I recommend ending the meal with a refreshing agua de tepache, or fermented pineapple juice.
Since July, we have dined on flavourful Mexican street bites and imbibed spicy tequila concoctions. If things go well here, the menu may turn into a full-fledged restaurant at an offsite location. In its place, something entirely different but delightful will tickle our tongues at Tin Tin Yangon. The next adventure is anyone’s guess; 57Below is being tight-lipped, but that is what keeps Tin Tin Yangon interesting and relevant. Tin Tin Yangon 116-118, BogalazayStreet Botahtaung Township, Yangon Serves lunch and dinner Price: $$$ (Food: $4.5 – $15, Drinks: $2.50 – $8)
Kitchen Confidential
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MYANMAR SPAGHETTI (MANDALAY MONDI) by Mohana Gill
This dish originated from Mandalay and the people of Mandalay take great pride in it. The noodles are served in a light chicken curry with a bowl of soup and an array of toppings and condiments on the side. INGREDIENTS • 600g(1lb 51/3 oz) skinless chicken breast • 1 tsp fish sauce • Salt to taste • 125ml (4fl oz/1/2 cup) cooking oil • 1/8 tsp ground turmeric • 1/3 tsp sweet paprika • 2 onions peeled and sliced • 3 garlic cloves peeled and chopped • 125ml(4floz/1/2 cup) water • 450 g (1lb) fresh noodles blanched. CHICKEN STOCK • 1.5 liters (48floz/6 cups) water • Chicken bones from 1 chicken • 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed • 1 thin slice of ginger • Salt to taste GARNISH • 125ml (4floz/ ½ cup) shallot-infused oil* • ¼ crisp fried shallots • ½ cup roasted chickpea flour • 2 hard boiled eggs, peeled and sliced • 4 fish cakes sliced (optional) • 1 onion peeled and sliced • ¼ cup chopped coriander leaves (cilantro) • A handful of egg noodles deep fried until crisp • A handful of bean sprouts blanched • ¼ cup chili flakes • 3-4 limes cut into wedges.
METHOD • Slice the chicken and marinate with fish sauce • Heat the oil in a wok over medium heat • Add turmeric, paprika, onions and garlic • Stir fry for 1 minute • Add the marinated chicken and cook for a few minutes • Add water and simmer until the chicken is cooked through • Set aside and keep warm • Prepare the chicken stock. • Place the water, chicken bones, garlic and ginger in a pot • Bring to a boil • Simmer for 30 minutes • Strain the stock. TO SERVE Divide the noodles among individual serving bowls. Add a generous ladleful of gravy. Garnish with all or some of the garnish. Serve with a bowl of chicken soup on the side. *Shallot infused oil and crispfried shallots 250ml (8floz/1 cup) cooking oil 100g (3 ½ oz) shallots, peeled and sliced into uniform pieces Heat oil and fry shallots until golden brown Drain the shallots and place on absorbent paper Reserve the shallot infused oil and use as desired.
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Beef E the Meat By Noe Noe Aung Photo bY Lwin Ko Taik
nriched primarily with protein and carbohydrate, beef dishes are a preferred item for those on the move with gusto to beef themselves up. It is much suitable for foodie travelers, for whom My Magical Myanmar chooses ‘Beef Noodle’ as something special to enjoy. Beef Noodle is one of the verities of Kachin food. Simply into a bowl of soup, all you can see is beef slices and white vermicelli. The indigenous soup prepared expertly to enjoy the taste of beef
noodle is available in real Kachin land. The beef dish comes from an eight-hour boiling of beef bones, black pepper, Chinese parsley, coriander leaf, star of aniseed, cinnamon bark, salt, soy sauce, fish sauce and galangal etc. Beef also is marinated with above ingredients before boiling for hours. Being the joker of the food house, it is the primary ingredient with some popular varieties served as Beef Salad or Deep Fried Beef. Well, non-oily beef noodle in hot soup
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can be a good warm breakfast. Soured mustard and crisply fried pork-skin will be the best match with noodle soup. One bowl of beef noodle is well enough for a full stomach. Softness and taste of beef slices are the enjoyment you will notice upon a bit of bite. It may cost K3,500 for Beef Noodle, K5,500 for Deep Fried Beef and K4,200 for Beef Salad. Many more varieties of Kachin and Shan food are available at Happy Café and Noodle houses.
Happy Café and Noodles in Yangon – 1. G-1, Myanmar Culture Valley, People’s Park, U Wisara Road, Dagon township. 2. G-8 & 10, City Mart, Myae Ni Gone Centre, No. 231, Corner of Shin Saw Pu st and Pyay rd, San Chaung township. 3. 2nd Floor, Gamone Pwint Shopping Mall, Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd, Mayangone township, Yangon.
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A bread lover finds heavenly joy in Myitkyina By Christa Avery
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t is late July. I am on a turbulent flight from Yangon to Myitkyina in the depths of the monsoon, praying that my flight will land safely; and what better destination to turn to prayer than this city of churches in the farflung reaches of Kachin State, home to 90 percent of the country’s Christians. Myitkyina Township has a population of just over 300,000, and at last count they included more than 100,000 Roman Catholics. Baptists, Protestants, Anglicans, and members of the Church of Christ and
Assemblies of God make up the balance of the 90 percent, who worship in the many churches dotting the landscape, the 27 parishes of the Myitkyina Catholic Diocese and the Christian theological seminaries and colleges. Of the 614 Christian churches in Kachin State, the greatest concentration is in Myitkyina. Although historians trace the influx of would-be God-fearing inhabitants from the hills to the “town by the Big River” in the late 1890’s, it was the introduction of a Bible translated into Kachin by the Rever-
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end Dr Ola Hanson in 1901 that spurred an evangelical fervour in Myitkyina. The missionaries also Romanised the main Kachin dialect, Jingphaw. The Bible and Christian hymns were translated into Jinghpaw, and the hill-dwellers, thanks to the church, had their own written language. The educational opportunities it nourished gave birth to a consciousness that would see the creation of a unique culture. Winding through the many streets and side roads of central Myitkyina, I look on in wonder at the sheer number of crosses
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displayed everywhere. It seems no doorway or bamboo hut is exempt – people here are Christian and proud regardless of their station in life. Yet in the hustle and bustle of Kachin’s commercial hub I can’t help but notice something beyond the crucifix-adorned doorways and sacred steeples, something that catches more than the eye and the imagination – the glorious smells of freshly baked bread rising to meet the dawn. Gloria in excelsis deo. Praiseworthy in smell, touch and taste, from bakery to market stalls to local shops, bread is
everywhere. Sa Mote, the not-so-secret delicacy of this busy town, can be found in corner stores and tea shops all around the countryside. Picture the shortbread biscuit your grandmother made and a flakey buttery croissant married in the heat of a woodfired oven and finished with a sprinkling of fresh sesame seeds. Pure heaven! Feeling suitably inspired by my godly surrounds, I embark on a mission to find the best source of Sa Mot in town. My first stop is Shwe Nin Zi. I meet San
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Thit, the resident baker, and the proprietor, Daw Yan Lwan, a second-generation Kachin of Chinese descent whose family has been in the business for over 60 years. San Thit shows me how they make the a-sa (a pastry filling of mixed butter, salt and sugar) and the a-ga (the outer pastry made of oil and water and flour), before it is rolled and sprinkled with nan sesame seed. Her hands move deftly over dough, rolling it into long cylindrical pieces that are then divided into balls with thoughtless, age-old precision. Before I know it, the perfectly crafted balls are ready and waiting for the oven. Shwe Nin Zi is a spectacular display of artisanal baking. In a long, semi-enclosed concrete and wood building with a tin roof, workers stoke the wood-fired brick oven and move between stations of dough making, rolling, cooking and finishing like a ballet of ease and grace that belies the bleak surrounds. Dough is rolled on long wooden tables and groups of young and old women alike sit rolling, chatting, filling, sprinkling and generally spending the day together in a tiny space they share with stacks of fire-
wood, bags of flour, buckets of oil, and the occasional neighbourhood dog that tries to break in and sample the finished product. Bicycles line the outside wall; colourful umbrellas hang on the inside walls; and everyone packs their traditional lunch of chekachin or curry and rice and eats together in the same room. A section of the room is put aside for the packages and boxes. Sealing is completed with a candle. “We package seven biscuits in each bag, and then box 1,500 bags per day with no trouble” says Daw Yan Lwan – that’s a grand total of 10,500 Sa Mot’s that are then distributed throughout the state. She does not supply Yangon or Mandalay directly, but a wholesaler buys some of her stock. They have a shelf life of two months, but Daw Yan Lwan says once you open the pack it is best to eat them all. I heed her advice and decide I’ll skip lunch and move along to the next destination. Our next stop is Yin Yin Bakery to meet U Win Naing, a Kachin of Chinese descent who has been making Sa Mot for eleven years. He bakes 8,000 cookies a day, using 210 kilograms flour, and supplies three shops in Myitkyina. His eldest
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It seems that at some point, the bakers from China migrated over the hills of Yunnan to Kachin and set about supplying a largely rice-eating population with baked products.
daughter lives in Yangon and is cutting a deal to supply one of Yangon’s largest supermarket chains. The Yin Yin Sa Mot’s are much more delicate than those of Shwe Hnin Zi — a bit more flaky and light. The robust flavours from the dough are replaced by more delicate flavours from the sesame and the crisp feuilletine base. The buttery pastry melts into my taste buds in a way that is reminiscent of angels singing — notes of nuts and oven-roasted goodness ring on my
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tongue. Divine. Our next stop is Lucky Bakery. A modern outfit by local standards, it bakes more than 400 loaves of bread a day, and 900 chicken buns, and makes cakes, cookies, biscuits and sandwiches. The bakery uses a staggering 300kg of flour a day. Its new equipment from Malaysia stands in stark contrast to the artisanal Sa Mot bakeries, but the owner U Prang Man, a Chinese Kachin, is away so I am unable to ask about the origins of the bakery, which has been in business for more than 20 years. However, I’m told by his manager, Zaw Aung
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San, that all of their products are consumed within the state. At our last stop, Yodaya Bakery, we meet U Wa Pun and his daughter Win Win, who are first and second generation Shan-Chinese. They have been baking bread for 20 years on a made-to-order basis for clients who supply restaurants and shops in Putao and Myitkyina. Preferring the more artisanal methods of baking, they have added a modern twist by making charcoal briquettes to heat their ovens, an activity they have spun off into a separate side-business, supplying other local restau-
rants and tea shops. Myitkyina has been an important trading town between China and Myanmar since ancient times. Savvy merchants traded jade, teak, gold and khat cho rice—considered by some to be the best in the country. You will also find the Jingpo/Jinghpaw people in neighbouring Yunnan Province in China. It seems that at some point, the bakers from China migrated over the hills of Yunnan to Kachin and set about supplying a largely rice-eating population with baked products. As we return to our hotel that evening with bags of goodies to take back to Yangon, I can’t help but wonder why the humble bakery is so pervasive and prolific in this northern outpost. Is it that the Christians break bread, the Chinese bake bread and somehow when they meet at the confluence of the two rivers that become the Ayeyarwaddy it creates a special kind of divine revelation on the banks ‘near the Big River’? Perhaps. Or, perhaps it is just the way the universe bequeaths us joy. End notes: Special thanks to Mandy Htay from SNS Projects & Mary San from Grace Grapefruit for their help and care during my stay in Myitkyina.
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The beautiful Blue Lake of Ywangan By Noe Noe Aung Photo by Phyo Hein Kyaw
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eptember mornings are chilly in Pindaya Township, in the Danu Self-administered Zone in southern Shan State. A fresh breeze blows off Pone Ta Lote Lake into my second-floor hotel room, carrying with it the rhythmic clip-clop of a passing horse. It is 5am but I have to leave the warm comfort of my bed because a taxi will arrive to pick me up in half an hour for a trip to NyaungShwe, on the shore of Inle Lake. I’m travelling with a colleague and photographer and on the way we will take a detour to a must-see destination, the famous Blue Lake, near Taw Kyel village in Ywangan Township. After a bracing cold shower I needed a hot cup of coffee but the taxi arrived on time and we departed for the 90-minute drive to Taw Kyel village, a distance of about 46 miles (75 kilometres). A taxi was our only option for the journey because there is no public transport to the village. Some people say Shan State is not the best month to visit because it is at its most picturesque in the winter season months of November and December when a range of crops are blooming and the land is a patchwork of colours. Red earth and green plots of cabbages are the dominant colours in September but the scenery is no less impressive. We travel through villages where children play by the roadside. The taxi driver, Ko Tin Zaw Linn, pulls up outside a small teashop in one of the villages and we enjoy a perfect cold weather breakfast of warm Shan noodles and hot coffee. If you’re a backpacker I suggest a bicycle or motorbike taxi for the trip to better enjoy the breathtaking scenery and the charm of the villages. It is pleasant to feel the breeze andenjoy the clean, fresh air and
the bouquet of unidentified plants from the fields. It is a refreshing escape from the noise and bustle of Yangon. We arrive at Taw Kyel village at about 7am. The Blue Lake is in the southern part of Ywangan Township and Ko Tin Zaw Linn says it is growing in popularity as a tourist destination. The lake is in a small ravine near the village and is reached by a concrete stairway, which contrasts sharply with the lush green of the surrounding forest. The stairway was built for the convenience of the increasing number of visitors. We gasped in delight at the sight of the lake. The photographer almost swooned. Apart from its intense deep blue, the lake is also notable by its size. We did not expect that it would be so small. “As the lake attracted more visitors from throughout the country, there were problems,” said Ko Tin Zaw Linn. “Some swam in the lake and others brought picnics and left their rubbish behind,” he said. “That’s why the village abbot had a fence built around the lake.” Villagers said the lake is about 30 feet by 30 feet (about 10 metres by 10 metres). It is crystal clear. Big black fish can be clearly seen and its bed is carpeted with white stones. The silence of the surrounding forest might be an eerie experience for those who venture to its shore alone. There are no bird sounds and because it is at the bottom of a ravine, no wind. Just complete silence. The residents of nearby villages regard the lake as a place of awe and mystery and believe it is protected by a guardian spirit. They say speaking loudly can create ripples on the lake and when leaves flutter to its surface they never sink, but are blown to the shore. “We believe that anything that falls into the lake will not sink,” said U San Aung, 69, a resident of Taw Kyel village.
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“Some say that water from the Blue Lake can cure aches and pains, as if it has supernatural powers,” he said U San Aung. “Others say they see fish in the lake, but most villagers have never seen them and that’s one reason why we are scared of it,” he said. “We do not dare go near the lake.” The guardian spirit can cause trouble for those who show disrespect to the lake, villagers believe, explaining the main reason for the abbot’s decision to build the fence. Disrespectful behaviour such as swearing, drinking alcohol and swimming are strictly prohibited. One of the many legends about the lake is that its waters turned black for a week after a visitor went for a swim. Another is that a resident of a nearby village was stricken by an unidentified disease after drinking from the lake. “Some visitors have bottled the lake’s water but when they do that it is not blue,” said U Aung San. “The water is only blue when it is in the lake and we assume the intensity of the co-
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lour is a reflection of a precious jewel; but no one knows for sure,� he said. I was reluctant to leave a place of such great natural beauty. We paused at a bigger lake near the entrance to the village. A herd of cows ambled to its shore for a drink. The melody of the wooden bells around their necks was one of the sweetest sounds I have heard. We continued our journey, visiting a coffee plantation in Ywangan Township on our way to NyaungShwe. The photographer took shots of the scenery but I kept looking at the images I took at the Blue Lake showing plastic bottles and other carelessly discarded litter disfiguring its shore. My colleague discussed the legends of the lake with Ko Tin Zaw Linn. She wanted to know if the lake really does have mysterious powers or whether the villager’s beliefs had no basis in reality. Real or not, I think visitors should be encouraged to respect the beauty of the lake and be warned that littering will incur the wrath of its guardian spirit.
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Kain Kyi noodle restaurant, where tradition rules By Jared Downing Photo by sithu lwin
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ain Kyi was once the undisputed top noodle restaurant in Mandalay. “Some people have been coming for twenty or thirty years,” said manager Myint Kyaw, a grandson of the restaurant’s founder, Lu Hong Kan. “They don’t even call. They just go straight to the kitchen and talk to the chef.” Loyalists still come from as far as Yangon to pay homage to Kain Kyi’s scratch-made egg noodles, signature fried pork rolls and slow-roasted duck, as they have done for fifty years. Yet the recent economic boom has brought something of culinary renaissance to Mandalay, and newcomers are vying for the young generation of diners and a surge in the number of tourists. “We used to hold 80 percent of the market share,” said Myint Kaw. He returned to Mandalay from Singapore last year to take over the business from his aunt and mother, and brought with him a Masters degree in Finance and a list of 21st century ideas. With a new lo-
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cation and plans for a franchise, he aims to finally seal the Kain Kyi name in Myanmar’s culinary pantheon, while preserving the techniques, recipes and tradition that made the restaurant great. “I came back to take our business to a new level,” he said. “I’m going to take back my market.” Lu Hong Kan was not a chef when he arrived in Mandalay from Hainan, China, just after World War II. But he thought the city’s residents would enjoy Chinese eefu noodles, so he rented a shack and went to work. “At that time he bought noodles from other people, but it was hard to make a profit that way, so he decided to just make them himself,” Myint Kyaw said. The simple recipe of flour, eggs and spices Lu Hong Kan invented to cut costs became a sensation. The restaurant was quite small (people rarely ate out then, said Myint Kyaw) but peasants and the elite alike would buy Lu Hong Kan’s noodles as fast as he could make them. “Some places tried to copy our recipe,” said Myint Kaw, who grew up in the restaurant, then under the management of his aunt Daw Yee and mother Daw War. “They would open, make the noodles, and then close down.” Kain Kyi had won more than a reputation; it had won Mandalay’s loyalty. In 1982, before Myint Kaw was
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Loyalists still come from as far as Yangon to pay homage to Kain Kyi’s scratchmade egg noodles, signature fried pork rolls and slow-roasted duck, as they have done for fifty years. Yet the recent economic boom has brought something of culinary renaissance to Mandalay, and newcomers are vying for the young generation of diners and a surge in the number of tourists.
born, a fire destroyed the restaurant. His grandfather had died, but the old chef’s friends and customers loaned the family the money to start anew. In only a few years, Mandalay made Kain Kyi their noodle king again. The noodle recipe has not changed for fifty years, and neither has the kitchen. It still features a huge wood-burning brick stove, where cooks use bamboo rods to lower raw noodles into pans of sizzling oil. They extract and stack the noodles as hardened dry wheels the size of small umbrellas, soon to be boiled and served with meat and vegetables. Chef Nyo Gyi has been making them for 40 years. It is a delicate art, he said, where even slight variations in the temperature of the oil or the frying time can change the whole taste. Of course, some wouldn’t notice. For others, it would be heresy. One patron, a prominent electronics dealer, demands noodles made only by the master’s hands. “These days he calls and says, ‘I want noodles Nyo Gyi’s way,’” he said. Decades of seniority are not uncommon among the staff, even for servers and prep hands. Daw War, now 60, rises at 4am every day to make Kain Kyi’s signature pork rolls –a sacred recipe known only to immediate family members. “You have to make it thick and rich. People have to taste the meat,” she said, working a glob of herb-laced meat into a roll. It will be wrapped in a web of fresh fat, chopped and fried. “Everything has to be fresh.” Freshness is an almost religious edict at Kain Kyi – sometimes to the chagrin of staff and patrons. Because the ducks must be butchered and slow cooked the same day, the roast duck usually isn’t ready until 10am or 11am, and customers often put in orders days in advance. The noodles are a popular breakfast offering for monks on their dawn rounds. Cooks may be elbow-deep in flour and egg as early as 5am. These early shifts are a rite of pas-
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sage for aspiring noodle masters. As the old guard gives way to the new, Nyo Gyi is confident they’ll develop their own styles and loyal customers demanding them by name. It will only take a decade or three. The restaurant holds a Trip Advisor score of four-and-half green circles out of five. The only reviewers’ complaint is the price. Yet Myint Kaw insisted the dishes aren’t expensive, just massive. The noodle plate they served me could have easily fed two, but it was a special portion; ordinary menu items are served one umbrella-sized wheel at a time. “Most of our customers are families. Six people, eight people, ten people. If one or two people come, it’s usually take-away.” Myint Kaw said the restaurant’s devotion to the old ways of doing things has been its greatest strength, but it is also becoming a liability. When he returned from Singapore, Mandalay’s noodle king had only
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paid token tribute to in-house customers. The dining room wasn’t even air-conditioned. Meanwhile, big groups and communal dishes had been making room for Western lunch breaks. Young professionals were starting to take quick solitary meals and looking for places to chill out after work. Myint Kaw installed air-conditioning, remodelled the décor, added an entire upstairs to the dining area and introduced a special menu for foreigners featuring smaller portions and cheaper prices. But those steps were just playing catch-up. “Our business revenue had not changed. We were not losing takeaway customers, but we were not gaining dining customers, either,” he explained. Now he aims to bring the generations-old traditions back to the cutting edge. The second restaurant, Kain Kyi Fusion, had its soft opening on August 19 in the Mingala Mandalay
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building. Myint Kaw chose the location because it reminded him of Singapore’s Bugis Street, a pedestrian mall lined with modern condos, boutiques and luxury hotels that replaced a raunchy nightlife area of the same name. “People like café areas, European food, coffee, live music, because they’re starting to visit those places,” he explained. Kain Kyi Fusion’s menu features the classic family dishes scaleddown to single, more affordable portions, plus modern experiments such as green, orange and red noodles. It serves caffe lattes, American style breakfasts and Mexican fried rice. The man running the kitchen, however, isn’t new. Chef Thin Lin spent 35 years at the original location, and as Myint Kaw trains his staff to deliver a modern dining experience, Thin Lin will make sure the food they make won’t lose the classic Kyin Kyi taste, new
menu or not. “I think they can do it,” he said. “It wasn’t like this last time I was here,” said Ko Lwin, visiting Kain Kyi for the first time since the renovation. Ko Lwin isn’t the kind of customer who would walk into the kitchen or ask for a chef by name. For him, the restaurant was simply a part of growing up in Mandalay. He would go with his grandfather, maybe, or for a friend’s birthday party. “I like the old style. It was classic.” Myint Kaw admitted that part of him, too, misses the electric fans and tacky Chinese décor. “But we have to change.” He is already making tentative plans for a Yangon restaurant and dreams of a Kain Kyi franchise expanding throughout Myanmar. He dearly hopes his daughters won’t forget their great-grandfather’s insistence on tradition when they inherit the noodle empire.
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UNDERGROUND
Champion bartender
breaks gender barrier BY Natty Tangmeesang Photo bY Lwin Ko Taik
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angon has become more vibrant at night, with new restaurants and bars springing up every other week, thanks to the opening up of the country. For cultural reasons, men always outnumber women in most of these venues. It’s because Myanmar women are usually forbidden by their families to be out after dusk. One afternoon at Belmond Governor’s Residence I waited in the bar to meet the winner of of Myanmar’s 2nd Bartender Championship 2015. I was approached by a woman in her early 20s wearing a blue silk top and jungle green htamein who gave me a lovely smile and asked if I needed a drink. I returned the smile and told her about my appointment. “I am Hay Mun Tin Latt,” she said in a sweet voice. Hay Mun Tin Latt was born in a small village in Ayeryarwady Region and after completing high school, in common with many young people in rural areas, she came to Yangon hoping for a brighter future. It was her first job as a waitress in a Japanese restaurant that aroused her curiosity in beverages.
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We do not have any bartending classes in Myanmar. It was on-thejob training. You learn while working.
“At that time, I had to study about wine,” she said. “I became interested in other alcoholic beverages as well,” Hay Mun said, explaining what inspired her to become a bartender. Five years later, she decided to pursue a career in bartending at the Belmond Governor’s Residence, an experience she described as “learning by doing.” “We do not have any bartending classes in Myanmar. It was on-the-job training. You learn while working,” said Hay Mun, adding that she first had to learn how to mix spirits with juices. It took her three to four months to be able to make a cocktail. Being a woman bartender is frowned on in Myanmar. As well as not allowing their daughters to go out at night, most Burmese parents would shudder at the idea of them working behind a bar. “My parents are not like any other parents; they are open-minded,” Hay Mun said, adding that they accepted what she was doing when she told them opportunities for a career as a bartender were emerging in Myanmar. “So they did not have any problem with that,” she said.
As the first woman to win a national bartenders’ competition, Hay Mun has certainly made her parents proud. She won the 2nd Bartender Championship, held at Yangon’s DJ Bar on July 30, with her speciality ‘Kaffir Colada’ cocktail. It has a vodka base, in which she blends Malibu rum, coconut syrup, lime juice, grenadine, Kaffir lime leaf and a small amount of ginger. “What inspired me to create this drink was my love for Kaffir lime leaf,” Hay Mun said, adding that she wanted to create a
cocktail that was refreshing and energizing. Her style of making cocktails is a result of ideas for ingredients and blending techniques learned from YouTube. Being a successful bartender is a never-ending learning process. There are so many different spirits to remember and new brands are always coming on the market. The range of other ingredients is limited only by a bartender’s knowledge and imagination. “Studying about these new ingredients or new brands is difficult,” she admitted.
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The secret of Hay Mun’s success is practice makes perfect. She spent up to four hours a day for weeks rehearsing her skills before she competed in the national championships. More recently, Hay Mun competed in the 24th Asia Pacific Bartender Competition 2015, held in Singapore. Although she failed to win an award, the experience of competing in an international event and meeting bartenders from throughout the region was invaluable. Hay Mun said competing in Singapore made her realise that
more support is needed in Myanmar to develop bartending as a career. “The other contestants were from countries where the bartending industry is well-developed, with schools and proper training,” she said. Hay Mun hopes that Myanmar will become more welcoming towards bartending. She was due to travel to Kuala Lumpur earlier this month to compete in an ASEAN bartending competition. Hay Mun is no party girl. She prefers
to spend her time off from work quietly, reading or singing. She rarely drinks, except when she’s creating cocktails. When she does drink, it’s not cocktails. “If I had to pick a favorite drink, it would be wine – white wine, or champagne.” Hay Mun’s ultimate dream is to own a bar. “I would like to open my own bar in classic style – not noisy,” she said with a cheerful smile, adding that there’s much she still needs to learn.
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Bars & NightLife By Mi Mi Wu
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Yangon Escape Gastro Pub If you want to rub shoulders with Myanmar’s celebrities and elite class, head to the modern Escape Gastro Bar. Take a seat in the low-lit, all black interior room; grab a drink with house made bar bases like passion fruit syrup; or get some air on the outdoor patio, while a DJ spins loud dance music on weekends. You may be tempted to dance, but most come here to meet friends for a pre-club drink. Go daily between 12 and 7 PM for their happy hour specials. What’s your favorite ingredient at Escape? Sai, Bar Manager/ Head Mixologist: “The homemade bar base. Now, we are using fresh passion fruit. Coming soon, I will make kefir lime syrup. It’s sugar, lime juice, and kefir lime leaves boiled, blended, and strained. It’s a good choice for vodka.” What are your customers’ favorite drinks at Escape? Sai: “The Tiki cocktails. They’re usually a rum base, but our customers prefer vodka and gin. We mix it with tropical juice, like passion fruit, mango, lime, and pineapple.” What is your favorite drink at Escape? Sai: “Tiki Taka. It’s a signature cocktail and a twist of green apple and honey. It’s refreshing.” Aung Thu, Restaurant Operations Manager: “Carpe Diem. It smells so good – a little sweet,
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a little sour. It’s vodka, gin, Cointreau, strawberry, honey, and passion fruit.” How often do you experiment with new drinks? Sai: “Every night, there is a bartender’s choice [cocktail]. We ask the customer what they like and make something. A signature I make is Tennessee honey ginger. It’s Jack Daniels with honey and ginger-lime bar base, garnished with a cinnamon stick. It’s a good after-dinner drink.”
Escape also offers fusion food with a focus on Thai. What’s the best drink and food pairing? Sai: “The Sarong Fly (secret recipe) and Aunty Mary’s (vodka, gin, red berries) by the bottle can be shared, and the food is family style.” Aung Thu: “For snacks, the calamari rings and shrimp rolls are popular with the drinks.” Escape Gastro Pub 31D Kan Yeiktha Street, Yangon. Tel: 01-660737
The 7th Joint Bar & Grill opened last year to bring the Jamaican spirit to Yangon for a venue that is fun, chill, and “somewhere to go jammin’,” says Jamaican-born owner Mario Ebanks. Frequented by the 35 and younger international crowd, patrons applaud its lack of pretension. “It’s a place where people feel comfortable letting their hair down. You can start there, you can end there.” “The very first party that we threw – Karnival,” remembers Ebanks, “all the organizers were a bit nervous as the bar
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had just opened, and we weren’t sure that people would be able to find the venue easily. With this is mind, we purchased a lot of balloons and placed it outside as a marker to assist patrons [...] The turnout was very good and just remembering the costumes worn by some of our patrons still puts a grin on my face. Everyone had a good time and it was at that point that our bar was introduced to Yangon.” Crowd-pleasing drinks include The 7th Joint Cosmo and Ebanks’ personal favorite, the CPD. “It is just simply whiskey served with coconut water. It goes down smoothly and packs quite a punch without the heavy hangover.” The 7th Joint Bar & Grill experiments with new cocktails every
month, which are selected based on their monthly party. In August, the theme was “Reggae Rave”, where mixologists introduced the cocktail Tears of Joy (TOJ). What are their favorite ingredients? Jamaican rum and fresh juices, obviously, as well as homemade Jamaican curry powder. “We locally source the spices for our Jamaican curry powder mix. We use curry powder as our base to marinate meat for curries and grills.” The absolute best food and drink pairing at The 7th Joint: popcorn shrimp and beer. “Cannot go wrong with that,” smiles Ebanks. The 7th Joint Bar & Grill GA-10 Shwe Asia Building, Yangon Tel: 09-260600522
Ko San 19th Street Mojito
KOSAN 19th Street Snack & Bar “Whether young or old, Myanmar or foreigner, our bar provides a lively atmosphere,” said KOSAN owner Masa. Located on lower 19th Street, KOSAN is a pop-
ular spot among locals, expats, and tourists looking to feast on inexpensive BBQ at plastic tables set out along the street. KOSAN is famous for their 800 Kyats mojito cocktails made with Mandalay Rum, fresh lime and mint, and sugar. At 1000 Kyats, give their Mandalay Rum pina colada a try or three. What is great about this spot is that even if their own tables are full, order the drinks for take-away or delivery to a neighboring BBQ shop – 19th Street is incredibly informal and laid back. A new location is soon opening at No. 4 Bomyattun Street. KOSAN 19th Street Snack & Bar No.108, 19th Street, Latha Township, Yangon. Tel: 01-503232
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Hummingbird Find your way to the beautifully restored colonial building where now resides Hummingbird, a Latin American restaurant, cocktail lounge, and rooftop bar. Guests will be drawn into the thoughtfully eclectic use of recycled railway sleepers, old safes turned tables, and chandeliers of Edison bulbs screwed into a wooden plank. “Hummingbird is a mixture,” describes Chloe Williamson, one of its owners. “It’s a blend of locals and expats. There is different music every night: blues, soul, jazz, dance. It’s for people who enjoy good food and drinks, who want to sit in an unpretentious place.” At the three-storey, warm and elegantly relaxed venue, patrons indulge in the large selection of wines and creative desserts. Tell me about your drinks. Chloe: “We have an extensive wine list, but cocktails are where we’ve been able to distinguish ourselves. The staff put a lot of time into them, they’re not just slap dash. The staff are very passionate.” What drinks do you recommend? Chloe: “The Smoked Rosemary Whisky is popular.” Jimmy, Head Mixologist: “It’s Double Black Johnny Walker, sour mix from lime and sugar, and angostura bitters with a cinnamon stick and rosemary on top. The Lemongrass and Lychee Smash is also good. It’s vodka, lychee
Hummingbird Bar
Hummingbird Plumtini Cocktail
liquor, fresh lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, and fresh lychee.” How often do you experiment with new cocktails at Hummingbird? Chloe: “We change the cocktails once per month. Everything – the food and drink – is very seasonal, very fresh.” What can we look forward to in the near future? Chloe: “Next month, we’ll have a tapas menu and cocktails to match only for the second and third floors (lounge and rooftop, respectively). On the first, we’re focusing on matching wine and food.” Hummingbird 76 Phone Gyi Street, Lanmadaw, Yangon Tel: 09-792327282
shuffleboard; or hang out with your mates. Since revamping the menu last year, they also serve consistently good food, like the steak sandwich, ribs, and pizza. Beer is obviously a huge feature at the bar, and I noticed you just 50th Street started serving Espresso Martini Heineken on tap. If we’re 50th Street looking for something a Cafe Restaulittle harder, what do you rant Bar & recommend? Grill “I would have to say our espresso martinis are “As the longest standvery popular amongst ing bar in Yangon, now our patrons. If you for more than 18 years, haven’t tried one, you 50th Street is a true staple must! They include vodto the community,” ka, Kahlua, and espresso describes Bar Manager shaken and then served. Sammy Grill. I’m a whiskey girl, so I Their patrons agree, have to admit that my “It’s an escape. It’s like favorite drink is either a pub you would find in Jameson with ginger ale Australia or the UK.” (when in stock) or simply 50th Street is the Jameson on the rocks.” quintessential sports bar Staff and guests also where you can watch suggest the spicy Wingayour favorite sports teams ba Bloody Mary – “worth on the many TVs and big driving across town for” screen, which can be set - but admittedly, says up for live streaming; play “We like to think of darts, pool, foosball, and
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ourselves as the sports bar in town, so I have to admit that 50th Street is traditional when it comes to cocktails. That being said, my bartenders love to experiment with different combinations, which I completely encourage, and love to try! I’m looking forward to getting some of these great combos on our menu soon!” Any memorable late nights at 50th Street? “While it’s a lot of work, I have to say that our staff loves it when 50th Street is bustling. We recently had a band come over from Kuala Lumpur, and 50th Street was swarming with people. I was having a brilliant time serving everyone and seeing everyone moving-and-grooving all night long!” 50th Street Cafe Restaurant Bar & Grill 9/13 50th Street, Yangon Tel: 01-397060 Union Bar & Grill Union Bar & Grill opened two and a half years ago when there was little else comparable in the market: tasty, consistent British and (limited) American fare; well-mixed drinks; and beautiful contemporary design. It set the standard for restaurants that followed but continues being a crowd favorite among all residents from brunch through the late night. Not to mention they have the best Moscow Mules in town and a winning happy hour where imbibing sparkling wine is too easy. My Magical Myantmar chatted with Zin Min
Union Sangria
Htunn about Union customers’ favorite drinks. Zin Minn, 57Below’s Bar Manager, oversees Union, as well as Gekko, Parami Pizza, and Tin Tin Yangon restaurants. “We have a lot of cocktail options from light and refreshing to heavy and bitter. For example, we make Spiced Pear Negroni with gin, campari, St. George spiced pear, and sweet vermouth. This is sweet and bitter, and it is good for a digestive after dinner. Another cocktail is the Ginger Collins. It is blended scotch, Becherovka from the Czech Republic), lemon, and homemade ginger beer. This is really refreshing; you can enjoy the whole night!” Not to be missed: live DJs on weekends and Salsa Saturday once a month.
Union Martini
Union Bar & Grill 42 Strand Road, Botahtaung, Yangon Tel: 09-250355064, 01-392263 The Lab Wine and Tapas Bar In a small, softly lit space off Shwegondaing intersection sits The Lab: a tapas, wine, and cocktail bar. Locals and expats love noshing on the mix of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean bites, such as baba ganoush (eggplant dip), hummus, and meat and cheese platters. But they recommend getting to The Lab early for quiet conversations over wine
and snacks before the dinner and later crowd revs up the noise and clouds of cigarette smoke. Customer service is a winning factor at The Lab. Charlie, Head Bartender: “We believe in customer service; customers first. Even if the drink is not on the menu, we will try to make it for them. And we know our customers. When we see them come in, we already prepare their favorite drink, so our customers think, ‘Oh my God, this guy knows what I like.’” What are customers’ favorite drinks on the menu? “Yangon Night (bourbon, vermouth, lemon, and red wine) and the Vanilla Sour (vanilla vodka, vanilla liquor, and lime) on the Experiments menu. Most people also like the Espressotini. Myself, I like gin and tonic.” Best food and drink pairing? “Whiskey sour and calamari.” The Lab is known for having various theme nights and deals. “Mondays are paella and sangria night for $10. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, we have the cheese and wine frenzy. Every second Wednesday, we have martini night. At the end of the month, it’s daiquiri night. We also have a mojito night. And our happy hour is from 5:30 to 7:30, buy one, get one free.” The Lab Wine and Tapas Bar 70a Shwegondaing Road, Yangon Tel: 09-250537979
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Mandalay BBB Restaurant BBB and Cafe City in Mandalay is better known for their casual ambiance and Western dishes than their drinks, but it does have plans to expand its bar area sometime in the future. For now, enjoy a glass of wine from BBB’s selection of local and international bottles as you sit amongst antique signs and collectables and converse over casual reggae music. “Most expats usually go for local wines, such as Aye Thar Yar. The Bin series from Australia is popular with the locals,” said manager Nay Aung Win, who recommends pairing the drinks with steaks or fish. BBB Restaurant #292, 76th Street, Between 26th-27th streets, Mandalay. Tel: 02-73525 Central Park Mandalay Central Park Mandalay is an outdoors restaurantcum-bar where friends can meet casually for a few beers and Western food, such as hamburgers, Mexican fare, and pizza. My Magical Myanmar spoke with Wilbur Hong, who operates Central Park Mandalay, about his favorite ingredient. “Thanks to the local market, we can get a fresh lemon everyday, and we use it for my cocktail. It is [what] makes our sour very popular.” How do you use fresh lemon in your drinks? “The margarita is my
Central Park Mandalay
Central Park Mandalay 27 Street between 68th and 69th Streets, Mandalay. Tel: 09-91013500
favorite. I use fresh lemon juice, tequila, and triple sec for this drink.” How often do you experiment with new drinks? “Normally, we change our menu every three months, and we put a new cocktail and take out some from the old menu.” Any Happy Hour deals? “Our happy hour deal is from 6:30 to 7:30 PM, buy two get one free.”
Bistro@82nd Opened now for only one year, Bistro@82nd is a casually elegant restaurant to meet friends for European bistro-style plates. Choose seating indoors or in their outdoor seating area as ambient music plays in the background. Though the focus is first and foremost the restaurant menu, their homemade ginger beer is not to be missed. Tell me about your ginger beer. Chad Van Den Hoek, Director: “We make our own ginger beer using Myanmar Shout Thee, raw sugar and champagne
yeast. […] We make a 50/50 water and raw sugar syrup, add the fresh Shout Thee juice, then add about 20 granules of champagne yeast for 1 liter of ginger beer. Combine the ingredients, add warm water, and let it ferment in a warm dark place for two days. The fermentation with the champagne yeast gives a nice mouth feel to the ginger beer with which to make cocktails.” How do you use ginger beer at Bistro@82nd? “We serve our ginger beer as is by the glass and in classic cocktails, such as Moscow Mule and Dark N’ Stormy.” • Moscow Mule • Glassware- Beer/Tall glass • Method: Make in glass • Add 3-4 large ice cubes
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and a splash ofsoda to the bottom of the glass • Add ½- ¾ oz lime juice and 40 mL of Smirnoff Vodka • Top the rest of the glass with Ginger Beer • Roll the contents from glass to shaker and back to ensure proper mixing • Garnish with lime wheel • Dark N’ Stormy • Glassware- Collins Glass • Method: Make in glass • Add 3-4 large ice cubes and a small splash of soda to a Collins glass • Top up (but not to the
top) with ginger beer • Pour 1 ½ oz of Myer’s Dark Rum to the top of the drink • Garnish with a lime wheel • Inform guest to stir the drink before enjoying What’s your favorite drink to make here? “Personally for a hot day in Mandalay, I like to whip up a fresh margarita with sour and whatever the seasonal fruit is, such as Sein Ta Lone mango, passion fruit, guava, or Maymyo strawberry.” What would you recommend for guests who
prefer wine and beer? “Tourists like to try Red Mountain Sauvignon Blanc by the glass with dinner, so they can try the local wine, as well as Mandalay Beer since they are in Mandalay. […] I would say any glass of red wine with our premium Australian strip loin steak “Cafe’ de Paris” or white wine with our Tea Leaf Crusted Sea Bass. Bistro@82nd 82nd Street between 30 & 31 Streets, Mandalay. Tel: 09-250121280
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inle lake
ViewPoint Lodge & Fine Cuisines
ViewPoint Lodge & Fine Cuisines You don’t need a hotel reservation to dine at the well-reviewed ViewPoint Lodge & Fine Cuisines, which is located in Nyaung Shwe village at the mouth of Inle Lake. In fact, many customers recommend the consistently good food and drinks, regardless of whether or not you are staying at the lodge. The restaurant and bar features an open atmosphere that is “classy and elegant, though relaxing and easy. We have jazz music running
and sometimes soft pop and mellow songs,” says Jean-Maurice Bertrand, General Manager. Take a break from sightseeing and trekking with a candlelit dinner and new cocktails every week made with their own infused spirits. What makes your drinks special at View Point Lodge & Fine Cuisines? “We have many different infused alcohols, such as vodka with peppercorn for the bloody Mary, some with jasmine, and our most popular being rum with coconut that we use in the View Point
Crush cocktail.” What is your favorite drink here? “I personally love our single malts collection;
they go so well with our cigars. For the cocktails, my preference is the Blood and Samba, a Brazilian cocktail with Cachaça orange and angostura [bitters].” Tell me about your wine collection. All our wines, except the local ones, are from France. We have Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Côtes du Rhône and so on. We have an extensive choice at very reasonable prices.” ViewPoint Lodge & Fine Cuisines Taik Nan Bridge & Canal Nyaung Shwe, Inle Lake, Shan State. Tel: +95 81209062
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Embassies in Myanmar Australia
Italy
Singapore
88, Strand Rd., KTDA.
3, Inya Myaing Rd., Golden Valley, BHN.
238, Dhama Zedi Rd., BHN.
Ph:...................... 251809-10, 251797~98, 246462~63
Ph:..............................................................527100, 527101
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austembassy.rangoon@dfat.gov.au
ambyang.mail@esteri.it
singemb-ygn@sgmsa.gov.sg
11-B, Than Lwin St., KMYT.
100, Nat Mauk St., Bo Cho Ward (1), BHN.
Bldg-72, Than Lwin Rd., BHN.
Ph:.............................................................526144, 515275
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bdootygn@mptmail.net.mm
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Bangladesh
Brazil
Japan
jembassy@baganmail.net.mm
Vietnam
Sri Lanka
56, Pyay Rd., 6½Mile, MYGN.
south Korea
Ph:............................................................................ 507225
97, University Avenue Rd., BHN.
Ph:............................................................................. 222812
Fax:.......................................................................... 507225
Ph:...................................... 515190, 524148, 527142~44
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yangon.icamaraty.gov.vr
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myanmar@mofa.go.kr
Kuwait
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17, Kanbawza Yeik Thar St., BHN. Ph:..........................................................526985, 503978
62-B, Shwe Taung Gyar St., BHN.
130-B, Than Lwin St., BHN.
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A-1, Taw Win St., Diplomatic Qtr, Pyay (West)
Switzerland
Ph:......................................................... 549609, 540964
Ward, DGN.
11, Khapaung St., 5½Mile, Pyay Rd., KMYT.
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Malaysia
Ph:......................................................224097, 221280~81
82, Pyi Htaung Su Yeikthar St., Pyay (West) Ward,
Ph:......................... 226721, 226728, 226824, 222784
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DGN.
Fax:.............................................................................221713
Egypt
94, Pyay Rd., DGN.
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19-A/B, Kan Yeik Thar St., MYGN.
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16, Nat Mauk Yeikthar St., TMWE.
80, Strand Rd., KTDA.
102, Pyi Htaung Su Yeikthar St., Pyay (East) Ward,
Ph:.........................................545880, 557168, 545884
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DGN.
Fax:......................................................................... 549803
Fax:......................................................................... 370866
Ph:............ 212178, 212523, 212528, 212532, 212530
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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
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France
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Fax:......................................................................... 548899
The Philippines
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India
Ph:..................................................................... 558149~53
545-547, Merchant St., KTDA.
Fax:...........................................................................558154
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p.e.yangon@gmail.com
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Saudi Arabia
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287/289, U Wisara Rd., SCHG.
info@KBRIyangon.org
Ph:............................................................ 536153, 516952
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Israel
15, Kha Paung St., HLG.
Serbia
Ph:............................................................................... 515115
114-A, Inya Rd., KMYT.
Fax:............................................................................. 515116
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info@yangon.mfa.gov.il
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Nepal
22, Arkana Street, Australia., Yarralumla,
No. 60, Rue De Courcelles, 75008-Paris, France.
Chakupat, Patan Gate, Lalitpur P.O.Box 2437
Canberra, A.C.T 2600 , Australia.
Ph:...................................................... (33) 01 56 88 15 90
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Germany
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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
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4th Floor, XANLAND Centre, 152, Amorsolo
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Fax:........................................................(009111) 6877942
Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City, Manila,
Dhaka.
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Philippines.
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meisb@isb.comsats.net.pk www.myanmar-embassy-islamabad.net
Ph:............ (88-02) 988 8903, 989 6331, 989 6298,
Indonesia
......................................................... 989 6373, 988 9215
109, Jl. Hajiagus Salim, Menteng, Jakarta Pusat.
Fax:..................................................... (0063-2) 817-5895
Fax:......................................................(88-02) 88 23 740
Ph:.........................................(62 21) 314 0440, 327 684
embmyanmnl@mindgate.net
mynembdk@siriusbroadband.com, mynembdk@
Fax:............................................................(62 21) 327 204
memnl@mindgate.net
siriusbb.com
myanmar@cbn.net.id
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
South Africa
www.mebrsl.freeservers.com
meroma@tiscalinet.it
319 Murray St., Brooklyn, Pretoria, P.O. Box 12121,
No.14, lot 2185/46292 Simpang 212 Jalan
8-26, 4-Chome, Kita-Shinagawa , Shinagawa-Ku,
Ph:...........................27-12-460 6544, 27-12-460 4333
Kampong Rimbe, Gadong 3385.
Tokyo 140-0001.
Fax:.......................................................... 27-12-346 0746
Ph:............................ (673-2) 450506, (673-2) 450507
Ph:................................ (81) (03) 3441-9291, 3441-9292,
mepta@myanemb-sa.net
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
723-1, 724-1, HANNAM-DONG , YONGSAMN-KU,
19A, Charles St, London W1J 5DX, United
m.e.phnompenh@bigpond.com.kh
SEOUL, 140-210.
Kingdom.
Ph:.................. (82-2) 792-3341, 796-9858, 796-7814
Ph:......... 020 7629 6966, 020 7499 8841, 020 7629
The Sandringham Building, 85 Range Road,
Fax:..........................................................(82-2) 796-5570
4486
Suite 902-903, Ontario KIN 8J6.
myanmar@kotis.net, myanmare@ppp.kornet.net.
Fax:........................................................... 020 7629 4169
Brunei
Cambodia
Canada
Japan
Ph:........................................................... (0065) 7350209
Queenswood 0121, South Africa.
United Kingdom
Ph:.............................................................. (613) 232-6434
Laos
Fax:............................................................ (613) 232-6435
Ban Thong Kang, P.O. Box No. 11, Sok Palaung,
United States of America
mofa.aung@mptmail.net.mm
P.O. Box No.11.
2300 S Street, NW, Washington DC 20008,
Ph:..............................................(856) (21) 314910, 314911
United States.
No. 6, Dong Zhi Men Wai Street, Chao Yang
Fax:.......................................................... (856) (21) 314913
Ph:... (202) 332-3344, (202)332-4350, (202)332-4352
District, Beijing, 100600.
mev@loxinfo.co.th, mevlao@laotel.com
Fax:.............................................................(202) 332-4351
China
Melondon@btconnect.com
Ph:......................................0086-10-6532-0351 ext: 24
Malaysia
Fax:.................................................0086-10-6532-0408
No.8(C), Jalan Ampang Hillir, 55000.
info@myanmarembassy.com
Ph:............... (603) 4251 5595, 42514455, 4251 6355
Vietnam
www.myanmarembassy.com
Fax:................................... (603) 4251 3855, 4251 3535
A-3 (101-104), Vanphuc Diplomatic Quarters, Kim
mekl@tm.net.my
MA St.
Egypt
mewdcusa@gmail.com, mewdcusa@yahoo.com www.mewashingtondc.com
No. 24, Mohamed Mazhar St., Zamalek, Cairo
Ph:......................................(84-4) 845 3369, 823 2056
11211.
Fax:..........................................................(84-4) 845 2404
Ph:..................... (202) 736 2644, 735 4176, 735 1568
mevhan@fpt.vn
Fax:........................................................... (202) 736 6793 embassy-myanmar@access.com.eg
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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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ACCOMMODATION Guest House YANGON
Thanlwin Guest House Y-25, Pyinnyawaddy Estate, Thanlwin Street, Yankin Township, Yangon. Tel: 542677, 09 73096297
MANDALAY
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Hotel YANGON
Ambo Hotel (Yangon-ChaungtharNgwe Saung) No. 7, Saya San Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +951 543162, 543163, 548526 Fax: +951 543075 Clover Hotel (City Centre Plus) No.229, 32nd Street, Upper Block, Pabedan Township, Yangon. Tel: 377975, 377976
Hotel M
MANDALAY
Golden City Light 50, 77th Street, Between of 34th & 35th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 60029, 011 202500 goldencitylighthotel@gmail.com www.goldencitylighthotel.com Hotel Mahar 171, 24th Street, Between of 83rd & 84th Street, Aung Myay Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 22854, 011 201534 hotelmahar.mdy@gmail.com www.hotelmahar.com
Pleasant View Hotel 155, Shwe Gone Daing Street (West), Bahan Township, Yangon. Tel: 552721, 552658, 552657 Fax: 552892 sales@PVHyangon.com
Hotel Yadanarbon | No. 125, 31st Street, Between of 76th & 77th Street., Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay, Myanmar. Tel: +(95-2)71058, 71999, 74035, 64633, Fax: +(95-2)30199 hotelyadanarbon@gmail.com www.hotelyadanarbon.com www.hotelyadanarbonmandalay. com Mandalay Karaweik Mobile Hotel Strand Road, Between of 32nd & 33rd Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 63502, 63761, 09 33763999 karaweik.reservation@gmail.com www.mdykaraweik.com Mya Mandalar Hotel Corner of 27th & 69th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 30009, 30010, 66579 Fax: 30009 myamandalarhotel@gmail.com
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YANGON
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| No. 36, 89th Street, Between of 22nd & 23rd Street., Aung Myay Thar Zan Township, Mandalay, Myanmar. Tel: +(95-2)66831, 67431, 73923, royalyadanarbon@gmail.com www.royalyadanarbonhotel.com
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NYAUNG SHWE
Inle Star Motel 49, Canal Road, Near Tai Nan Bridge, Win Quarter(2), Nyaung Shwe, Southern Shan State. Tel: 081 209745, 09 36167590 09 252192629 Fax: 081 209745 info.inlestar@gmail.com www.inlestarhotel.com Richland Motel & Restaurant (Roof Top) 13, Lanmadaw (Main) Road, Myo Lae Quarter, Nyaung Shwe, Inle, Shan State, Tel: 081 209249, 09 5148918, 09 32222253 richlandinle@gmail.com
airline
No. 56, Shwe Taung Gyar Street, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +951 504273, 513411, 513422 Fax: +951 504284 publicrelations@airbagan.com www.facebook.com/AirBagan www.airbagan.com
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Mingone Quarter, Banmaw, Kachin State, Myanmar. Tel: +(95-74)50095, 50096, 50654, 50655 Fax: 95-74-50654 fskachin@gmail.com www.friendshiphotelkachin.com
Tai House Resort & Shan Food
Tiger One Hotel 96, 31st Street, Between of 76th & 77th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 74467, 69968, 74239 rsv.tg1@hotmail.com www.tiger1hotel.com
No.44, Ah Lan Pya Pagoda Road, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +951 249561-2, 248940-5, Fax: +951 240994 yuzanagardenhotel@gmail.com www.yuzanahotels.com
| No.77, 41st Street, Between of 83rd & 84th Street., Mahar Aung Myay Township, Mandalay, Myanmar. Tel: 09 251169813, 09 251169814, 09 251169815 winstarhotel.mdl@gmail.com
BAMAW
| No.29, Kanbawza Avenue Street, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +951 2306227, 2306228, 536587 Fax: +951 536587 info@hotelminmyanmar.com www.hotelminmyanmar.com
Win Star Hotel
Inle Apex Hotel 54, Win Quarter, Phaungdawsite Road, Nyaung Shwe, Near Inle Lake, Southern Shan State, Tel: 081 209563, 081 209507, Fax: 081 209270 info@inleapexhotel-nyaungshwe. com www.inleapexhotel-nyaungshwe. com Nan Da Wunn Hotel 80,Youne Gyi Road, Nan Da Wunn Quarter, Nyaung Shwe, Southern Shan State. Tel: 081 209211, 081 209212, 09 448028101 Fax: 209212 nandawunnhotel@gmail.com Royal Luxury Hotel 1, Win Ward, Nyaung Shwe, Shan State. Tel: 081 209302, 081 209308 Fax: 081 209641 hotelroyalluxury@gmail.com Yar Pyae Hotel Nandawon Street, Nandawon Quarter, Nyaung Shwe, Southern Shan State. Tel: 081 209941, 09 5042142, 09 31948682. yarpyaehotel@gmail.com
No. 38, Jasmine Road, Taung Myo Quarter, Hsipaw, Northern Shan State, Myanmar. Tel: +(95-82)80161, +(95-9)5278275 taihouseresort@gmail.com www.taihouseresort.com
NYAUNG SHWE
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Ocean Pearl Inn 1, 2, 3 City Centre & Business Area. Tel: 01 297007, 299874, 09 794668533, 09 250013204 phoo.kk@gmail.com www.myanmarhotel-budget.com
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Mother Land Inn 433, Lower Pazundaung Road, Pazundaung Township, Yangon. Tel: 291343, 290348, 09 5185395, 09 5053206, 09 401534080 motherlandinn2@gmail.com www.myanmarmotherlandinn.com
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NK The Little Inn Phaung Daw Pyan Road, Inle, Nyaung Shwe, Southern Shan State. Tel: 081 209195 noanhom@gmail.com
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Art & Craft YANGON
Bagan East Wing, Bogyoke Aung San Market, Pabedan Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 421153549 Gallery 65 No. 65, Yaw Min Gyi Street, Dagon Township, Yangon. Tel: 246317 Hla Yin Kyay 121-E, Than Lwin Street, Kamayut Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 260720752 hlayinkyay.thinthin@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
MANDALAY
Kyi Mwei Nyein (Handicrafts) 64, 41st Street, Between of 83rd & 84th Street, Mahar Aung Myay Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 91018358, 09 797404062 Ma Win (Tapestry & Handicrafts) 8/14, Between of 28th & 29th Street, Between of 62nd & 63rd Street, Mya Nandar Lane, Aung Taw Mu Quarter, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 2036876, 09 402596342 mawintapestry@gmail.com
bookshop YANGON
Ar Yone Thit 365, Bogyoke Aung San Street, Top of 31st Street, Pabedan Township, Yangon. Tel: 241263 Book Worm Waizayantar Orange Shopping Centre, 2nd Floor, Room-S5, Thingangyun Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 421109960 Book Worm Pearl Condo, Block-C, Ground Floor, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon. Innwa 244-246, Pansoedan Street, Upper Block, Kyauktada Township, Yangon. Tel: 243216, 389838, 374324 Innwa 18, Ground Floor, U Htun Lin Chan Street, Kamayut Township, Yangon. Tel: 514387 Khit Thit Sar Pay 470, Mahabandoola Road, Top of 31st Street & Bo Soon Pat Street, Pabedan Township, Yangon. Tel: 380968, 095194969 Monument 150, Dhama Zedi Road, Bahan Township, Yangon. Tel: 536306, 537805 Myanmar Book Centre 55, Ahlone Road, Corner of Baho Road, Ahlon Township, Yangon. Tel: 221271, 09 73015993, Ngar Doe Sar Pay Sayar San Road, Corner Of Pearl Condo, Pearl Condo, Bahan Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 73055543 09 73147732 Sar Pay (2) 262-264, Ground Floor, Pansoedan Street, Upper Block, Kyauktada Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 73033802, 09 5145318
Sar Pay (5) 138-140, 1st Floor, Pansoedan Road, Corner of Mahabandoola Road, Kyauktada Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 73125067, 09 73140936 Sar Pay (6) Yankin Road, In front of B.E.H.S (1), Yankin Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 73019665 Sar Pay (7) 360-B, Thu Min Galar Road, South Okkalapa Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 5179812, 09 73008254 Sar Pay Yadanar B-1, Pyay Road, Ground Floor, Taw Win Center, Dagon Township, Yangon. Tel: 0973139359, 095069840, 09448011120, 098618588 Tab Book Centre Room(4015~4017), 3rd Floor, Taw Win Centre, Pyay Road, Dagon Township, Yangon. Tel: 01- 8600043~44 Today Merchant Street, Corner of Seikkanthar Street, Kyauktada Township, Yangon. Tel: 398166, 0973150362 Yar Pyae (Hledan) U Tun Lin Chan Sreett, Kamayut Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 5146142 Yar Pyae (Pansodan) 262-B, Pansoedan Street, Upper Block, Kyauktada Township, Yangon. Tel: 243351, 305952
MANDALAY
Aung Gyi Corner of 30th & 71st Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 91028214 City Mart 19 Shopping Centre (Book Stand) 19th Street, 65th & 66th Street, Aung Myay Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 61240, 61120, 61136, 61139 Innwa Corner of 31st & 84th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 43128820 Nagar 290-B, 83rd Street, Between of 29th & 30th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 35267, 39869, 21527, 22558 Nyo G(2-3), 71st Street, Between of 29th & 30th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 74418, 74764, 69701 Moe Kaung Kin sa-4/24, 66th Street, Between of Khaing Shwe Wah & Zalattwah Street, Chan Mya Thar Zi Township, Mandalay. Tel: 82047, 09 2043778, 09 91020367 Ocean 73 (Book Stand) Block-2, 73rd Street, Between of Thazin & Ngu Shwe Wah Street, Chan Mya Thar Zi Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 250896712~5 Ocean 78 (Book Stand) Basement, Yadanarbon Diamond Plaza, Between of 33rd & 34th Street, Between of 77th & 78th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 67187, 09 73031503, 09 73189726 Pyae Sone 1st Floor, Corner of 30th & 73rd Street, Mingalar Market, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 74957, 61626 Ext-5046
Seik Ku Cho Cho A-5G, 77th Street, Between of 31st & 32nd Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 31379997, 09 250584452 Tun Oo 101, 84th Street, Between of 29th & 30th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 73502, 39801, 39891, 72518 Yar Pyae D, 35th Street, Between of 72nd & 73rd Street, Mahar Aung Myay Township, Mandalay. Tel: 77424, 09 2001635, 09 91049111, 09 91049222
food & drink Coffee Shop, Snack Bar & Bakery House YANGON
50th Street Building-A1, Star City, Thanlyin, Yangon. Tel: 397060 After Work 38(A-1), Shan Kone Road, Sanchaung Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 4202398224 Cafe’ Milano 8, Parami Road, 6th Quarter, Mayangone Township, Yangon. Tel: 661724, 09 976109207 Easy 24-D, Nar Nat Taw Sreet, Sanchaung Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 250360189 Easy Café 30-A, Bo Yar Nyunt Street, Dagon Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 250360189 KVAS 202/8, Yanshin Sreett, Yankin Township, Yangon. Monsoon 85-87, Theinbyu Road, Botahtaung Township, Yangon. Tel: 295224, 09 43121431 MPDC (Myanmar Professional Development Centre) Building-15, Ground Floor, Myanmar Info-Tech, Universities Hlaing Campus, Hlaing Township, Yangon. Tel: 507043, 507047, 09 256146919 Saigon Baguette Cafe’ 11-A, Nawaday Street, Dagon Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 250956019, 09 250847211 Sharky’s 117, Dhama Zedi Road, Kamayut Township, Yangon. Tel: 524677, 373009 Yangon Bake House (Inya Road) 30, Inya Road, Kamayut Townshp, Yangon. Tel: 09 977117932, 09977117954 Yangon Bake House (Pearl Condo) Pearl Condo, Block(C), Ground Floor, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon. Tel: 9977117947
Restaurants YANGON
The Manhattan Fish Market 41, Strand Road, Kyauktada Township, Yangon. Tel: 375064
GN’Y 27 Bar & Restaurant
22, Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon. Reservations: +95 9 2622 30070 www.lacarovanaygn.com Open: Monday to Saturday
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Inle Pancake Kingdom (Crepes & Snacks ) 27, Win Quarter, Nyaung Shwe, Inle, Southern Shan State. Tel: 09 458042256, 09 36047978 inlemra@gmail.com
Corner of 27th & 65th Street., Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay, Myanmar. Tel: 09 259459009, 09 790992535 gny27restaurant@gmail.com
Golden Palace - Myanmar Traditional Food & Breakfast
80 University Avenue, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +95 (0) 1 514 230 info@leplanteur.net Opening hours : 11.30 - 23.30
No. E-1/1, Corner of YangonMandalay Road & Sagaing Junction, Mya Nandar Housing, Lane(4), Chan Mya Thar Zi Township, Mandalay, Myanmar. Tel: +(95-9)256100969 goldenpalace.myanmar2020@ gmail.com Unique Myanmar 26 26th Street, Between of 58th & 59th Street, Aung Myay Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 258095620, 09 797617679 uniquemyanmar.mdy@gmail.com
Inle
BBQ & RESTAURANT No.653, Mya Kan Thar 2nd Street, Ta Tar Phyu Bust Stop, Pyay Road, Kamayut Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 09 795581301, 09 73250244
Le Monde Restaurant Near Kay Lar Monastery, Yay Chan Street, Inn Chan Village, Inle. Tel: 09 49352392 (Inle), (01) 245630 (Yangon) www.lemonderestaurant.com
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MANDALAY
The Myst Café 27th Street, Between of 63rd & 64th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09-444018284, 09 975256099, 09-797969054
MANDALAY
Rm-110, Ground Floor, Ocean Super Centre, Shwe Gone Dine Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: (+951) 8603869 (Ext-211) The Myths 18-A, Thukhawaddy Street, (6) Ward, Yankin Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 43168808 Toba Restaurant 15, Nawaday Sreet, Dagon Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 30223875, 01 393443
Green Chilli Restaurant Hospital Road, Mingalar Quarter, Nyaung Shwe, Southern Shan State. Tel: 09 5214101, 09 250785630, 09 259730150 greenchillirestaurant@gmail.com
gems & jewellery MANDALAY
Mandalay Palace Jewellery Corner of 26th & 66th Street, Sedona Hotel Compound, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 2003488, 09 91001538
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YANGON
No.(62), Level (3), Awba Street, Kyauk Myaung Ward, Tamwe Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +95 1 552156, 09 73205529 Hot Line: 09 258877778 Fax: +95 1 552156 asiangreenadventure@gmail.com www.asiangreenadventure.com FAIRYLAND
TRAVELS & TOURS CO.,LTD
No. 57, 1st Floor, 121 Street, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +95-1-203188, +95-1-8619307 Fax: +95-1-203188 fairyland.co@gmail.com www.travelservicesmyanmar.com Skype: fairylandtour www.facebook.com/ FairylandTravel twitter.com/fairylandtravel
No.(37), East Baho Street, Sayar San North/East Quarter, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +95 1 549931, 09 31101999, 09 31070289 info@globalgracetravelmyanmar. com www.globalgracetravelmyanmar. com Kalaw Myay Travel & Tours No. 246, Pasodan Street, Pinlon Tower, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 09 5017020, 09 972147041, 09 255942750 kalawmyaetravel@gmail.com www.exploreasiatour.com
No.50, 2nd Floor, 164 Street, Tamwe Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +95 1 8604360, +95 9 795552666, +95 9 5145050, +95 9 43052625 info@myanmarallure.com sales@myanmarallure.com www.myanmarallure.com qq, we chat: 1931574079
No. 5, Aung San Stadium (near city mart), Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +951 393088, 255699, 255897, 255898, 255899 Fax: +951 393048 honicefare@myanmar.com.mm nicefaretravel@gmail.com
NTT Travels & Transportation Head Office: No.53 (B), Room - (A-3) Insein Road, Sanyeiknyein, Kamayut Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel : 95 9 2042338, Fax : 95 1 532488 NPT Office: No. 2097, Chin Twin Street, Shwe Kyar Pin Township, Nay Pyi Taw. Tel: 95 9 49265424 ntt.kbs@gmail.com www.myanmartravelerexpert.com www.facebook.com/ntt.travel
No.40, 1st Floor, Ye Gyaw Street, Pazundaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +959 73107324, 421029770, 796818348, 796818349 Fax: +959 73107324 amlwin@mmoct.com info@mmoct.com www.orientalcentury.com.mm
No.1104, 11st Floor, Pearl Condo(C), Corner of Kaba Aye Pagoda Road & Sayar San Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +951 401296, +951 8603861 info@pacificairmyanmar.com www.pacificairmyanmar.com Peace Smile Land Travels & Tours No.251, Room (002), Yarzadarit Housing, Lower Pazundaung Street, Botahtaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel : 95 1 299850, 95 1 8610549 , 95 1 297268 Fax : 95 1 297268 operation@pslmyanmartour.com psltours@gmail.com http://www.pslmyanmartour.com
4th Floor, Room(7), 459 (C), New University Avenue, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +95 1 540647, 401345 silverhillsyangon@gmail.com www.silverhillsmyanmar.com
No.35, Ground Floor, Lan Thit Road (Mawtin Road), Lanmadaw Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: (+95)-1-2301511, 2301522, 2300106 Fax: (+95)-1-2300106 info@starzonetravels.com www.starzonetravels.com www.facebook.com/SZtravels Teo Myanmar Travels & Tours Co., Ltd. No. 301/B, Room 18, Kabaraye Pagoda Street, 9 Quarter, Mayangone Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +959 5083179, +959 250067507, +959 49155327, +959 73095385 Fax: +951 650179 teo.myanmar@gmail.com teo.birmania@gmail.com www.teoguidabirmania.it
No.143, 2nd Floor, 37th Street, Middle Block, Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: (+959)730 48 430, (+959)254 202 985, (+959)448 540 747, (+959)420 311 282 info@victoriouskingtravels.com sales@victoriouskingtravels.com www.victoriouskingtravels.com www.vkmyanmartravels.com VISION TRAVEL LTD No.148, Pyay Road, 8½ Miles, A.1 Lane, Mayangone Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +951 663081, +95 9 421059000 Fax: +951 663081 visiontravel@myanmar.com.mm www.visiontravelmyanmar.com
No. 81, Phone Gyi Street (Middle), Lanmadaw Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +951 218181~4 Fax: +951 227133 info@worldconnecttravels.com www.worldconnecttravels.com
Ballooning Tour Balloons Over Bagan @Shwe Lay Ta Gun Travels & Tours Co., Ltd. Balloons over Bagan-Sales Counter Tharabar Gate Hotel-8 to 11 Am and 5 to 8 Pm Tel: +95 61 60347, +95 9 448045616 res@balloonsoverbagan.com www.balloonsoverbagan.com www.easternsafaris.com
Bagan, Inle, Mandalay & Ngapali Beach
No.10, Inya Yeiktha Road, Mayangone Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +95 9 31113116, +95 1 665126, 657690, Fax: + 95 1 657689 info@orientalballooning.com www.orientalballooning.com
MANDALAY
EASIA TRAVEL 53, 72 Building, Corner of 28th & 72nd Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 444043563 www.easia-travel.com Hin Thar Thit 268, 63rd Street, Between of 29th & 30th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 33200, 66439, 39452 Fax: 39452 haymarhtoo.htt@gmail.com www.hintharthit.com Myanmar Travel & Tour Corner of 27th & 68th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 60356
Myanmar Upper Land B-5, 27th Street, Between of 71st & 72nd Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 65011, 09 783765011 office@myanmarupperland.com www.myanmarupperland.com Seven Swan 173, 27th Street, Between of 80th & 81st Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 402716416, 09 250200404, 09 978081040 sevenswanmyanmar@gmail.com
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Active and Authentic (Mountain Bike Rental Service) Kyaunn Taw Shayt’ Street, Myot Le’ Quarter, Inle Lake, Nyaung Shwe, Southern Shan State. Tel: 09 421028796, 09 36281856, aat.toursmyanmar@gmail.com
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