The fresh fruit stalls lined up along Inya Road is just 5 mins walk from Winner Inn. You will not miss them on your way towards the Shwedagon Pagoda from the hotel. While you’re in this tropical region, load up on tropical fruits. You can get both seasonal local produce and imported fruits. Try Myanmar’s favorite Sein Ta Lone Mangoes (စိန္တစ္လံုုးသရက္သီး) while they are in season from April to June. On the opposite side of the fresh fruit stalls are the flower and fresh vege

Let Thoke Sone (လက္သုပ္စံုု) is a hand-tossed mixed salad. This well-loved Myanmar salad consists of more than one type of noodle and rice, seasoned with different dressings and finally mixed with hand. Let's learn some Burmese words here. Let (လက္): hand Thoke (သုပ္): salad Sone (စံုု): a variety The Base: Noodles, Potatoes... Noodles - ေခါက္ဆြဲ Glass Vermicelli - ပဲၾကာဇန္ Fried Tofu - ပဲျပား Cabbage - ေဂၚဖီ Chickpea Tofu - တိုု့ဟုူး Beansprouts - ပဲပင္ေပါက္ Mohinga Vermicel

Hta Ma Ne (ထမနဲ) is glutinous rice seasoned with peanuts, coconut flakes and sesame seeds. Htamane festival is held on the eve of the full moon day of Tabodwe (the 11th month of Myanmar calendar, February). Donors offer Htamane to the Buddha and monks before dawn on the full-moon day. Here's the step by step Htamane making procedure. Coconut is sliced on the carpenter's plane. The sliced coconut and ginger are fried on the big wok. Oil and water are added in and stirring unti

On February 1st 2017 around 10PM , Fushan Chinese Buddhist Temple in Yangon celebrated the birthday of Kokkine Buddha. It was a feast where many donors donated free food given out to all comers, known as Sa Tu Di Thar စတုုဒီသာ in Burmese. Visitors watched the Lion Dance and Dragon Dance Troupes perform at intervals. Visitors enter the Fushan Basketball court turned into food event hall. Inside the event hall, visitors are enjoying food donated by different donors at different

Explore these Burmese traditional street-side snacks, dishes, drinks and desserts at the Night Market along Strand Road. Open from 3PM - 11PM. Highly recommended! *Opt for hot foods cooked when you order for health safety* Ga Nan Hinn (ဂဏန္းဟင္း) crabs cooked in masala curry. Sticks of meat and veggies ready to be grilled. Thin Paung Poe (သင္ေပါင္းပိုုး) Larvae that lives in a plant’s stem is deep fried when ordered. It is rich and creamy with a crunch exterior layer. Pa Yit

Pagodas There's a strict dress code when going to pagodas and monasteries. You are required to wear: long pants or skirts that cover your legs sleeved shirts or blouses Bargaining Always bargain even if the salespeople say the prices are fixed. Sometimes, you can get items at 10% of the quoted price. Street Food Street food is not recommended as there is a lack of clean water to wash beside the streets. Bring medicine in case you want to try street food. Walk Around Town Ther