Due to the geographic location of Mandalay – the city in Northern Myanmar, the cuisine here has been partially influenced by the interesting blend of Chinese cuisine, Thai cuisine, and Indian cuisine. Like many people out there, a lot of us are completely clueless about Burmese culinary highlights, especially their street food. However, we’re pretty sure that after spending 3 – 4 days getting around and exploring the city, you’ll fall in love with them at once. Here’s our overall guide on the best street food in Mandalay you should add to the wish list when you visit: Indochina holidays
Shwe Pyi Moe Tea Shop
66th Street
Opening hours: 5:00am – 11:00pm
Shwe Pyi Moe Tea Shop- source: internet
Unlike Vietnamese people who usually drink coffee anytime and anywhere, tea consumption is a typical way of life amongst Burmese locals. For this reason, we won’t see many bars here but only tea houses where usually serve as the social gathering spot for people. However, instead of seeing the rowdy cowboys, only the Buddhist monks who sit and enjoy their hearty cups of tea in the peaceful manner.
Also, this is also a great breakfast stop of everyone and a famous spot of Burmese street food in Mandalay. Traditionally, people love to toss all humble ingredients together, such as the pea which can create the tasty soups, salads, curries, and stir-fry.
Mont Di catches the attraction by its beautiful yellow noodles- source: internet
If you want to eat something steamy and fresh in the morning, choose Mont Di – a bowl of thick rice noodle going with chicken pea flour. It’s quite tempting at first glance, especially when the red chili paste naturally colors the white rice vermicelli into the yellowish shade. Greater than that, Shan noodle should be what you like better! It’s remarkably influenced by the Thai cuisine with the noodles that own different tastes: sweet, sour, and salty. Being mixed with it are not peanuts, onion, cilantro and other greens. Once tasting it, it feels light enough to keep you full and joyful the entire time. Myanmar travel tours
16th Street Myee Shay
16th Street
Opening hours: 8:30am – 3:00pm
Shwe Shan Buffet can be found between 22nd and 23rd street- source: internet
This is where you’ll be able to meet Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia, who are known as the Tai-Shan’s descendants. It’s because they live mostly in Myanmar, so their cuisine owns a diversity of foods that have powerful and amazing flavours. This is also a perfect place for street food in Mandalay you should not meet. The chap chye peng is also served here, but instead of being served like any other place, you get to choose your own favorites.
Chap Chye Peng, the economically mixed rice meal- source: internet
Feel free to have 10 dishes on your plate if you’re so hungry. The servers here are very helpful and kind to introduce you each street food since they could speak great English. The first impression at all the dishes served here is a lot of them are influenced by Chinese cuisine, so basically owning such the flavourful taste ever! 4000 kyat is what the buffet costs you and the standard of it is also good.
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