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Muslim (Islamic) Halal food in Myanmar

Bamarlay — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:16:20 +0000

One of our visitors to our site asked whether it is easy to find a Muslim Halal food stall or restaurant in Myanmar. Although Myanmar is not a Muslim majority country, it is a multi cultural, multi religious country. Thus it is fairly easy, especially in large cities and towns, to find a Muslim Halal restaurant or food stall that caters not only the Muslim population, but also caters for the local non-Muslim population. Actually, contrary to outsiders’ believe, Muslim food is quite popular among the local Burmese people. Most of the shops that sell Muslim Halal food are small to medium size restaurants or food stalls. There are a few Muslim Halal restaurants that serve Chinese food, but they are not very popular, and only a few can be found even in a large city like Yangon (Rangoon). Most of the time, it is shops that serve traditional Indian and Muslim food that are popular among the local people. These small restaurants and food stalls serve traditional Indian and Muslim food such as nan, roti, prata, puri, dosai, mutton curry, potato curry, beef curry and kabab. These food are quite popular among local Muslim population as well as non Muslim Burmese. [...]

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Maymyo eating – restaurant and cafes

Bamarlay — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:20:11 +0000

Maymyo (Pyinoolwin) has a number of restaurants and cafes that cater for both locals and tourists alike. Recently, there are a few restaurants and cafes that aim at tourists. Most restaurants, however, are not expensive. They serve Chinese, Burmese, Indian, European and Shan food. In addition to these restaurants, there are a number of road side stalls that open early in the morning or in the evening. They sell cheap but delicious local food. Teashops are a popular choice of breakfast for locals and a good choice for the tourists as well. They are also meeting places for locals so teashops provide ideal places for tourists to meet and see the local way of life. Café and Snack Bars Golden Triangle Café and Bakery This is not a normal café that you see in the streets of Myanmar (Burma). Friendly, cozy and comfortable, this high end café and confectionery serve good quality bread, pizza, hamburger, snacks, cold drinks and excellent locally grown, roasted and brewed coffee. You can also buy back home this famous local brand of coffee here – Café Fino and Misty Mountain coffee. Phone 085-24288. Day and night cafe This small café, situated on Zewa Road, is [...]

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Travel to Burma by land

Thet Naing — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:35:23 +0000

A number of people have shown interest in travelling to Myanmar (Burma) by land. Many people have asked questions in comments about travelling by land, mainly driving their own car, to Myanmar. I will sum up these questions and will try to give detailed answers here. We want to travel to Burma (Myanmar) by road. Is it possible? It is possible to travel to Myanmar (Burma) by road from India. The easiest way is to use Moray-Tamu border check point. However, you cannot travel more than Tamu. The furthest you can travel is up to the immigration check point outside Tamu. You cannot also stay in Tamu overnight. You have to leave Tamu, and Burma on the same day that you enter. Can I drive my own car into Burma from India? No, you cannot. The immigration check point is only for the people. Not cars. You have to walk into Burma. What about from Thailand to Burma? http://www.flickr.com/photos/8560588@N04/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 You can visit border towns easily. These include Myawaddy, Tachileik and Kawthaung. Sometimes, foreign visitors are allowed to travel deeper than border towns, such as Kyaington and Tavoy (Dawei), but this is variable, depending on circumstances. Can [...]

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Mandalay – Indian Restaurants

Bamarlay — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:09:23 +0000

Mandalay has a number of good Indian restaurants which sell delicious chapati, puri, dhals, roti, chicken curry, mutton curry, potato curry and various vegetable curries. Most of these Indian restaurants are clusttered around 27th Street, between 80th and 81st streets. Most Indian restaurants that sell delicious but cheap Indian food are either open air restaurants or opened in old buildings. But don’t judge the quality of the food by the appearance of the restaurant. They sell very nice food. Moreover, the open air restaurants offer a unique opportunity for people watching too. While enjoying hot curry with freshly made chapati, you can enjoy watching local diners in turbans, longyis (sarong) and skull caps enjoying their evening meal. http://www.flickr.com/photos/andurinha/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 If you want a nice Nepali vegetable dishes, head to a Lonely Planet recommended Nepali Food restaurant on 81st Street, between 26th and 27th streets. This friendly family own restaurant serve a very delicious thali (curry) serves on banana leaves or metal plate, together with chapati, puri, dhal and rice. This is strictly vegetarian restaurant with no meat, no alcohol and no egg. If you want to have your lunch at a more tidy restaurant, there is a [...]

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Restaurants in Mandalay – Burmese and Shan

Bamarlay — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:40:19 +0000

Mandalay is well known for the variety and good quality of food in Myanmar. A number of good restaurants that sell nice dishes can be found in Mandalay at a cheaper price than in Yangon. Mandalay is especially well known for Burmese, Shan and Chinese food, as there are many Shan and Chinese people in Mandalay. The following is a list of well known restaurants in Mandalay that serve good food at a reasonable price. Burmese Food Aye Myit Tar Restaurant This restaurant is in a lively and crowded place. It serves nice Myanmar food and dishes at a reasonable price. There is an English menu but better to go to the food counter and point the one you like. Located near Moustache Brothers, on 81st Street, between 37th and 38th streets, Mandalay. Open from 8:30 AM to 9:30 PM (but usually closes earlier than that time). Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20779396@N08/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Too Too Restaurant Recommended by Mandalay locals as the restaurant that serves the best Myanmar dishes and curry in Mandalay. Serves many traditional Myanmar dishes – curry, fried, salads. Just go to the food counter at the back and point what you want. The price is quite [...]

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Bagan by bus from Yangon (Rangoon) – Part 2

Bamarlay — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:18:45 +0000

The Yangon – Bagan bus will first drive along Yangon-Pyay (Prome) road, which is quite a good road compared to other roads in Myanmar. There are very few bumps and the road is generally smooth. Before it enters Pyay (Prome), it will stop at Ye Pyar for dinner at around 7 PM. The restaurant is a nice one which sells delicious Myanmar food. However, there is no English menu. Just go and look at the Myanmar dishes and order the one you like. Don’t try to order something like fried rice or fried noodle which they will have to prepare for you. It might not be on time, and you will miss your dinner. If you don’t want to have dinner there, bring some food with you before you leave Yangon. After about half an hour of rest, the bus resumes its journey again. Before the bus leaves, don’t forget to go to the toilet. Toilet here is quite dirty, but still, it is better than other toilets on the way. You have no choice but to use the toilet even though it is dirty. This is Burma. Once the bus starts its journey again, the loud soap opera or [...]

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Bagan by bus from Yangon (Rangoon) – Part 1

Bamarlay — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:14:22 +0000

Cheapest way to travel to Bagan (Pagan) is by bus. However, it is not the most convenient way of travel in Myanmar. The roads are usually rough and bumpy in Myanmar, and buses are usually old, dirty and crowded. But for those who are budget conscious, the following is a rough guide to go to Bagan by bus from Yangon (Rangoon). There are a number of highway buses that run between Yangon and Bagan. Some of them are ordinary buses where buses are very old, dirty, crowded, and slow and carry a lot of cargo together with passengers. However, there are currently two Express bus services between Yangon and Bagan. One is Ye Thu Aung Express and another is Bagan Minthar (Bagan Prince) Express. They are competitors and both of them have more or less the same quality of service. From Yangon, they leave at 3:30 PM everyday from Aung Mingalar Highway Bus Terminal. Both leave Yangon at the same time, although the departure time might be earlier or delayed depending on passenger arrival. If all the passengers arrive before the departure time, they tend to leave 10 to 15 minutes earlier. However, if one or two passengers are late, [...]

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Shoe Advice

Bamarlay — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:06:01 +0000

Unlike westerners, Burmese don’t wear shoes or slippers indoor. They don’t wear shoes or slippers on the pagoda. It is important that visitors to Burma should pay proper attention to this custom when visiting Myanmar. To give a rough idea what a foreigner should observe about footwear, we would like to give our readers a few advice. Burmese usually don’t wear shoes or slippers in their house. Whether wooden floor, carpeted or cement/marble floor, we don’t wear shoes indoor. Thus it is advisable for a foreigner to remove his/her shoes or slippers before entering a house. There is usually a place at the entrance where the visitors could leave their shoes. Leave your shoe or slipper there. You don’t need to remove your socks. It is ok to have your socks on in a Burmese house. On pagoda, footwear of any kind is strictly prohibited. No shoes, no slippers, no socks, no stockings, no footwear of any kind. You have to walk BAREFOOT on the pagoda. If you wear socks on the pagoda, Burmese would consider it an insult to their religion. It was a source of intense political movement 90 years ago in British Burma when Europeans were allowed [...]

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Camera Rules in Myanmar

Thet Naing — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:04:12 +0000

Unlike other countries in South East Asia, Myanmar is quite sensitive with cameras. Many a time, foreign visitors are requested not to take photos of sensitive buildings and places. Sometimes, it might even result in occasional inconveniences, as described by one of the visitors to Yangon. “This is a great Edwardian brick pile in a hospital complex surrounded by other British buildings of similar vintage. Imagine my excitement as I cruised the grounds snapping away at the architecture. After about 5 minutes I became aware of a few men near me who seemed to be following me. Pretending to ignore them I continued to shoot – although I was very aware of the Burmese junta’s reputation and had read about the profusion of informants everywhere. Sure enough, I was later arrested by plainclothes informants (mind-dead goons to be precise). I was taken into an office and could not leave until I had seen a senior official (a very pleasant female) and had deleted the photos taken of the hospital and surrounding buildings. When asked why I had to delete the photos, I was told ‘for security’. This was my parting shot as I left the hospital gates.” To avoid any [...]

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Money Exchange in Yangon (Rangoon)

Bamarlay — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:51:09 +0000

If you are visiting Myanmar (Burma) , you will find yourself trying to find a money exchange to change your foreign currency into Myanmar kyat. Although US dollar is universally accepted, small vendors will be reluctant to accept US dollars because of difficulty in exchanging into kyat. So you invariably have to change some money into Myanmar kyat anyway. The first place you can change is at the airport. There is an authorized money exchange counter at the airport, but the rate they pay is very low, so you better not change there. Your hotel might be able to make money exchange for you at a reasonable price, so you should always ask their price first. If they cannot, they can give you some advice on it. They can contact a money exchange dealer as they always have contact with these people. Apart from your hotel, the most convenient place in Yangon (Rangoon) to change your dollars into kyat is in Bogyoke market. There are a number of money exchanges in Bogyoke Aung San market although none of them are authorized. Just ask any shop in the market and they will show you the direction to one of these black [...]

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