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excellent, very underrated choice in the UES. my brother lives near here and almost any time i'm over anywhere near dinner time, we order cafe mingala. he almost always orders the mango chicken, and i almost always order a either the beef or chicken curry with potatoes. i've also tried a number of the noodle dishes. they were good, but not spectacular - the sauces are what truly make the best dishes so great, and the noodle dishes tend to be too light in this area. golden triangles (very similar to samosas) must be added to any order - they make for an excellent appetizer.
quick, pleasant delivery person, and friendly staff in-house. plus, they don't mind answering questions about burma vs. myanmar, for those of us who are not as educated about this part of the world.
We went here two weeks in a row. Our order was twice as big the second time around because we wanted to try new dishes, but were not willing to give up the ones we had the week before. Obsessive... not quite yet.
The papaya salad is great if you love pickled salads. Very sour, be forewarned. The mango chicken is a classic stir-fry. I loved the flavor. The night market noodles are exactly what you'd expect, nice and greasy, but really-- sometimes you just need that greasy dish to bind it all together. The second time around we also had the keema. I really liked the combo of flakey bread, ground beef, and potato-- kind of like an empanada.
We weren't as impressed by their beef curry and coconut chicken noodle soup. Both were rather bland and I wasn't very keen on the flavors and textures.
I really enjoyed the service here. We've only been here on weeknights. The staff is all smiles.
they might not know me by name, but they know what i look like. they're sweethearts. i used to order their lunch special every day for a week a month a year. (i exaggerate. but i did go, again and again.) so much food! so good! their soup? yum. their stir-fries were decent. their spicy beef and broccoli...loved that stuff. i could have extra-spicy spicy beef and broccoli days in a row and not get tired of the stuff.
and their staff is smaller than the digits on your finger, so the wait might be for a bit, but it's worth it. (order ten dishes for delivery and it might take a while. it's a workout bringing it all back! but hey, we've got mouths to feed!) the prices make it worth it. the portions are generous. and hey, culture makes it up to the upper east side! there aren't many good cheap ethnic restaurants in that neck of the woods (are there really any others?). this is one of the small few.
Decent lunch special, nothing spectacular but I'd go back.
Tomato salad and the Green Tea Leaves salad.... is to die for. SO FLAVORFUL AND TASTY. A friend of mine who is a complete meatatarian who hates salad said and I quote... "Wow, this is some good salad".
The only type of Burmese food I've eaten before is the Myint (friend's place) household and I guess there is only TWO in the city so I have nothing to compare it to. This restaurant is up to par in terms of serving very flavorful food - you can't argue with that? We had a large table and no one had any complaints.
That salad.... if I figure out how to make that dressing... I can eat that all day and with everything from lettuce to tomatoes... to pork belly.... to chocolate. YUM-O!
If I randomly appeared at a random house in Burma, I envision the food to taste exactly what it did here. I also imagine the decor to be quite the same.
I've had countless fantastic meals here. I agree with other reviews that the Mo-goke pork is rocking, kind of like a Filipino adobo. The mango chicken is a fantastic blend of curry and sweetness that's not too sweet or spicy. The Lemon Grass Duck I had was also great because the duck was cooked perfectly.
But... the best part is the Thousand Layer Bread (or Thousand Layer Pancakes) because it's the right amount of bread with a perfectly sesame flavor loaded with sweet coconut milk. It's serve warm and the best desert you can have.
I like this place a lot.
So, Burmese food in Burma wasn't all that memorable for me... Always on the oily side, though I did like all the noodle dishes they had. I wouldn't have chosen Cafe Mingala, but am glad I was invited there as it surpassed my expectations.
Having visited Burma, I knew that the food would have Indian, Chinese and even Thai influence. We stuck with dishes this time that were mostly Chinese like. We tried three salads, a ginger, a papaya and a tofu salad. My favorite was the ginger - basically lots of julienned ginger mixed amongst cabbage and lettuce with fried garlic bits. It was tasty, and fried garlic bits stirred memories of Burma (they used fried onions in the tofu salad). The papaya salad was spicy - which we liked. My least fav was the tofu, which was fried tofu amongst the salad.
Entrees included pineapple fried rice (which our host claimed was his absolute favorite), okra and prawns, spicy beef, and some sort of lo-mein like noodle dish with shrimp. I was most impressed with the okra dish - came out with full plump okra, simmered with the prawns, and crunchy snap peas. The fresh vegetables made it to the table without being overcooked, always a good thing. While not overly memorable, all the other dishes at the time seemed good - not oily, and good flavors.
I also think I made a good choice by ordering beer. I had a feeling the wine would only disappoint. Beer was perfect for cutting the heat of the spicy beef and the papaya salad.
The murals on the wall were also a trip - literally down memory lane. I would return - this time to perhaps branch out and try more exotic dishes - ones with Indian influence.
I just never "got into it" here. Maybe I don't like Burmese food? Maybe it's a shabby, dingy digs that could really use an updaye? Maybe it's that everything was sooooo greasy?
I much preferred the (now closed) Boon Thai that was next door.
Sorry. Those "Night Market Noodles" that sounded so intriguing just weren't that good. A salty, greasy mess.
I won't be back - yet somehow after all these years Mingala stays in business. Somebody out there must like it.
But not I.
The food was "okay" and it wasn't as good as a mom n' pop kinda place. The servings were a little smaller than I expected...and were missing a kick. I miss Mandalay in SF...and this one little place in DC where they did EVERYTHING right.
The decor was interesting, but made it look like a dark pub in some ways. It looked vaguely like an opium dragon den, because of the lighting and color scheme.
Table seating was a little awkward for me to move around. Long and narrow against the wall, with few breaks in between. I suppose I would get take out if I were here, and then just doctor it up when I got home.
My parents and I went to this restaurant and we all loved our meals. My Dad had pork and broccoli, my mom and the Mango Chicken and I had the Ginger Chicken.
Both of my parents have mild (no spice) pallets and they catered to them perfectly. No complaints from them about it being to hot.
On the other hand, I'm a spice demon; the hotter the better. And they had a yummy chili sauce that I'm still thinking about today.
Lentil fritters appetizer was a crowd pleaser too!
As a Burmese gal (who can't cook Burmese food even to save the universe) in the big city, it's disappointing that there are only two Burmese restaurants in Manhattan (I have not heard of any in Queens or Brooklyn--although "word of mouth" family catering businesses do exist).
Cafe Mingala is the UES sister of Village Mingala. They're both owned by the same people. Mingala is a more formal way of greeting and not many people use it nowadays.
Compared to my mom's cooking, Cafe Mingala cannot compare.
Plus, Burma (or Myanmar as it is called by the military regime), is comprised of many indigenous ethic tribes, all with different cultures as a result of the days of the Silk Road when the area was subdivided into kingdoms, when cultures meshed and migrations caused cultural melting pots as a result of trading with many cultures from what is now modern day India, Thailand, China--as far as Portugal.
So every "Burmese" person, depending on their indigenous Shan/Karen/Naga/etc. roots along with Chinese and Indians (those who remained over from the British occupation of Burma) who integrated, will have a varying say on if Cafe Mingala or even Village Mingala is "authentic."
Both Mingalas try to cover as many of the popular dishes represented by all the ethnicities and indigenous tribes in Burma--which is why you can go from very Indian dishes like Keema to dumplings reminiscent of Chinese dumplings with a flip of the menu.
However, they are missing quite an array of national dishes consumed during holidays (Burmese version of biryani, gyee-oh which is the Burmese version of Chinese hot pot noodles, the Rangoon Night noodles don't taste or look anything like the ones you find at market stalls in Burma or in the homes of Burmese expats) and there are great desserts which are not showcased---probably because brown sugar jaggery encased in rice flour, in a soup of coconut, or the Burmese version of Indian falooda--would require too much work and doesn't equate well in terms of cost=labor=value)
Dishes you should try:
1. Mohinga. (it's better at the UES Mingala, than at the E. Village one--it actually tastes as good as my mother's--maybe even better). Mohinga is a thick fish broth, with rice noodles and a boiled egg. It's a Burmese national dish, sort of like the ramen stall culture in Japan. They only prepare it at home for major holidays because it's so labour intensive. Each region varies in terms of what fish goes in, how much gram flour, etc. Order crispy lentil fritters or calabash fritters--eat part of it as an appetizer--and cut up the rest and put it into the mohinga as a condiment, along with the complimentary condiments (squirt of lemon juice, crispy onions, and chilli powder). It's how ex-pats and the Burmese would eat it.
2. Coconut chicken noodle soup (with egg noodles).
This is also a Burmese national dish and is revered just like Mohinga. I've tried varying version of Hmong, Malaysian, and Laotian coconut curry noodle soup---but as great as they are, this is also a favorite)
3. Mandalay Nungyi Noodles Thoke at room temperature (it's basically an udon noodle salad with chicken and tofu). It's not as good as my mom's (she adds regional touches like diced boiled potatoes, vermicelli rice noodles and dried shrimp) but really good for when you have no Burmese mom on standby. The heated, stir-fried version is soggy and lumpy--which I hate.
4. Any of the Phet Thokes (large dumplings stewed in a clay pot with sauce and veggies)--I think it's a Shan (indingeous burmese tribe) and Chinese influence---because my family comes from the deep sea dwelling south---it wasn't until I went to Cafe Mingala that I discovered the existence of Burmese dumplings.
5. The pork curry with potatoes are pure comfort food in the winter
6. chicken curry with potatoes also gets the same 'comfort food' logic.
7. the Mo-goke pork stew (it's a stewed pork minus the curry) is also yummy.
Do note, sometimes the curries are hit or misses depending on how busy things are in the kitchen---I like the curries at the East Village Mingala better.
8.the tofu salad. It's not authentic but still a really delicious flavor explosion of sweet,spicy, tangy--crunchy, and soft textures in your mouth (my mother takes gram flour (chickpea flour), stirs it in a vat of water over low temperature, seasons, and stirs and stirs away til the yellow "tofu" is thick, then it is chilled and congealed and the salad is made is squares of the gram flour tofu, chilli, onions and shredded kaffir leaves---totally different from restaurant Burmese tofu salad...but who has time to stand around a giant vat of chickpea with a giant wooden ladle, stirring for hours?)
9. The Mango salad
10. The tomato salad
11. The ginger salad
12. pickled tea leaf salad (not authentic though. Burmese usually use 60% ratio of pickled tea leaves vs. veggies and beans---but pickled tea leaves are hard to procure)
I've been to Village Mingala which I liked but this place is so much better!
The decor is simple but artsy. The walls are murals of different cities in Myanmar and a beautiful backdrop for this restaurant. In one corner there are family pictures which I found hilarious. I was a bit worried because my friend and I came on a Thursday around 7 and nobody was there. Luckily, 5 other parties showed up throughout our meal including a "regular" who brought her mother. She mentioned the basil chicken keeps brining her back. I had no problems with the wait staff.
I'm no expert in Southeast Asian food but I found everything to be tasty with great portions. Here is what my friend and I ordered:
-Keema-thousand layered pancake stuffed with minced ground beef & potato in curry sauce-which was so hearty and satisfying,
-Rangoon Night Market Noodles- fresh egg noodles with tender boiled duck in light garlic sauce topped with scallion & crispy sweet onions. a favorite at the famous Rangoon night market. This dish was phenomenal. The crispy onions on top and the slight spiciness made my day. By far one of the top 5 noodle dishes I've had in NYC. You can probably get this dish in SE Asia for a dollar but I was more than happy to pay full price for this dish. Also, I had more than enough for lunch the next day!!!!
-Classic Myanmar Phe- Htoke * boiled phet - htoke sautéed w. basil leaves & vegetable in basil sauce. It came in a clay pot but this dish was ok, It came with rice. The dumplings were nothing special and the veggies tasted like a stir fry
I will be coming back for the delicious noodles and to try the other dishes!
I was introduced to this place by a friend of mine who lived in the area. It is delicious! I have brought several friends here and they too were impressed. I love the basil tofu (I'm veg, but I hear the basil chicken is excellent as well). I also go for the appetizer combo which includes lentil fritters, out of this world. It's a quiet, calm atmosphere with lovely murals on the walls. Overall, great place and generous portions. (The dishes are served family style). And the prices are very reasonable.
(from 02/19/2008 via Citysearch)
We did not know what to expect at Mingala, since we just sort of wandered in off the street on a whim. But I must say, the restaurant is very quaint, pleasant, and low key. It was nearly empty at 8pm on a Friday night when we were there, and the service was good.
The food -- Burmese, which we had never tried before -- is similar to Thai/Chinese with a twist, and offers a nice alternative to our typical dinner spots. The atmosphere lacks a little bit but both walls and the ceiling are covered with a beautiful mural that's worth a look.
The best thing about Mingala is that it is very inexpensive. We will certainly try delivery from this place, and I'm sure we'll end up going back to eat-in as well since I don't think it's ever going to be tough to get a table here. I would have given Mingala 5 stars if the ambience had been a little better, but 4 stars still earns this place another visit as far as I'm concerned.
Pros: Good Food, Good Service, Cool Mural, Very Inexpensive, Nice Alternative to Chinese/Thai
Cons: Lacking in Ambience
The restaurant is very quaint, pleasant, and low key. It was nearly empty at 8pm on a Friday night when we were there, and the service was good. The food -- Burmese, which we had never tried before -- is similar to Thai/Chinese with a twist, and offers a nice alternative to our typical dinner spots. The atmosphere lacks a little bit but both walls and the ceiling are covered with a beautiful mural that's worth a look. The best thing about Mingala is that it is very inexpensive. We will certainly try delivery from this place, and I'm sure we'll end up going back to eat-in as well since I don't think it's ever going to be tough to get a table here. I would have given Mingala 5 stars if the ambience had been a little better, but 4 stars still earns this place another visit as far as I'm concerned.
This place was such a disappointment. We were hungry and this was close to my BF's crib, so we decided to give it a try. We thought, Burmese...interesting. But oh so not interesting. The tamarind hot pot was awful, not spicy but very oily and I couldnt taste any tamarind! The vegetables were really good, but the sauce ruined it. I was so sad! The dumpling pot was good though, basil always makes any dish. The wine was awful. Guess people dont go here for wine. It tastes stale. And the thousand layer bread in coconut milk was blah. Will not venture here again. But still want to try good Burmese food...
I am so, so sorry to have to give this place two stars. I do love Burmese food. Eating here last night was just chock full of disaster and gastronomic mayhem.
A couple of girlfriends and I met up there on a grey Sunday for a post-workout, lazy weekend dinner. The restaurant was pretty empty at 7pm, with tables at the banquet set up as six-tops (???). Coming in as a party of three caused a huge amount of confusion for the host/waiter, who paused for a long while, contemplating where to seat three girls in an empty restaurant. We landed at one of the six-tops, where we were forcefully directed into the exact right seats by the host/waiter, who then started whipping plates and napkins away from right in front of us. What?
We started with the chicken satay appetizer, which came out charred but half-raw on the inside. Seriously, it was pink and not in the "oh-this-is-marinated-in-pink-juice" way. It took half an hour to get that sent back, as when I complained to the host/waiter, he insisted that it was JUST MY skewer that was raw inside. He had me cut open all four skewers on a plate to prove that they were, in fact, uncooked and thus UNSAFE TO EAT. I told him to take it away and remove the satay from our bill--the plate was left on our table for a good ten minutes while he looked conflicted. Half an hour later, while we wondered what happened to our main dishes, we received a plate of most definitely deep-fried, as in dropped in the deep fryer and burned to a crisp, chicken satay.
Finally, our three entrees came: monsoon vegetable stew (fine), keema (yum), and the supposedly house special burmese noodles. It was pad thai. There was nothing Burmese about it, at all. Of course, the wonderful thing about Burmese food is that it's influenced by Thai, Vietnamese, Indian, Cambodian, and Chinese food, but seriously? That's what you're calling special house noodles? The keema was great, although in the future if I am craving it, it's delivery for me.
After all that, our table was entirely dysfunctional. It was stable, sure, but one of the corners would jump up like there was a poltergeist in the room, and my friend sitting on the bench against the wall said it was vibrating. What is going on in there, is the place haunted or what? Friend C.'s "house wine" was half water, half wine. The restaurant's floorspace is on about fifteen different levels, with multiple places you're likely to trip and faceplant into the carpet. We felt like with the raw chicken, jumping table, and awkward service, we must have been on a Burmese version of Candid Camera.
In the two hours it took us to order, get our food, eat, pay, and leave, the place was at most half-full. It was just about the longest, most excruciating meal of my life. Cafe Mingala, you really need to step up your game--there is so much goodness within you, I can tell, but the execution is abysmal! Maybe if you had more than two guys working there at once, the place would be better, but seriously. You just can't get away with serving half-raw chicken satay. We walked away with vehement statements of "Never again!", "I can't believe this place is Zagat-rated, what the hell was going on in there?" and "Well, if we all get food poisoning, we can lay on the bathroom floor in sisterhood and get some time off of work."
I've lived in New York since Feb 07, and I travel a lot so I don't always have the time and connections to find the amazing restaurants...not the places with all the hype, but the hole-in-the-wall kind where the food just blows you away.
This was my first find. Absolutely amazing food. I'm not Burmese, nor do I know anyone who is, but I would have to assume that this is where they would come if they wanted great authentic food. I had a beef and vegetable dish in a mango sauce that came with coconut rice. It was honestly one of the best dishes I've ever had. My girlfriend chose a tamer brown sauce dish but was not disappointed one bit.
Make sure you order some Nan (or Naan) on the side, and get the coconut rice it is amazing.
The atmosphere is dated and a little grungy, but hey that's what hole-in-the-wall places are supposed to be, right? I will certainly be coming back and am excited to try some other dishes. The menu is very large with seafood, duck, chicken, beef, noodles, soups, salads, cold dishes and all kinds of stuff. Great eat!
Oh, and to top it off, i left my check card in the payment sleeve and the waiter chased me down two blocks away to give it back to me. What a nice touch and a thoughtful gesture.
Ordered take-out from here last night. I was blown away. The food was ridiculously good. And portions are very generous. Here's what I had:
Mohinga - egg noodles in soup. To die for. I've made its equivalent with coconut milk (called Kao Sawy) and let me tell you, it's a production. To find this here, for $9 and more than enough for two people, all i can say is WOW!
Kheema - essentially a real Indian paratha, a bit thicker than an Indian paratha (I say real paratha because I have yet to come across any Indian restaurant that does it right) with minced beef and potato curry. The beef tasted more like lamb to me (which is a plus!) and was perfectly spiced. Also $9.
I can't wait to try more from this place.
I really can't say enough about this restaurant. Food is absolutely fantastic. Never overdone, always has the appropriate amount of sauce/spices. The Mango Chicken is sublime.
All the workers are incredibly courteous, delivery is fast if you order in, food comes piping hot, as though it was just taken out of the kitchen.
I have not have had experience with Burmese food before this, so I cannot compare it to anything, but if you're looking for all around great food that will never bore you, this is your place.
+great food and fresh quality and very interesting dishes
recommend the shrimp in lemon sauce
+healty and vegetarian dishes available
+cozy room, - too small for groups
+great prices for this area
I so much miss the Let Thoke Sone (noodle salad) of SF's Burma Super Star. So imagine my fucktastic thrill, stumbling into Cafe Mingala in the UES of all places. I can't compare them since memories of the former have been supplanted by the latter. But the prices can't be beat. $5.95 for lunchtime Let Thoke Sone, 7 days a week. Noodles are appropriately firm. Served with potatoes and a tamarind tartness, the salad's topped off with fried shallots.
Also noteworthy:
* Mango Soy Meat. Another dish with a great kind of sour.
* Coconut Rice: sweet and savory, simultaneously.
This place gets 4 stars for the items above.
- 2 stars for other less-than-stellar offerings.
+ 1 star for their lunch specials, and the fact that they consistently bring hot food to a broad delivery area.
As a celebratory dinner for getting new jobs my roommate and I took ourselves out to this unique establishment. Her grandmother was Burmese so she was jonesin' for some home cooking. She was able to order specifically what she wanted (some noodles in a egg sauce). I got some really good basil tofu. They give you lots of food. I was able to have some left over for lunch, and my roommate is still eating hers (3 days later)!
The service is friendly, the food is out quickly. The prices are reasonable. They have a good vegetarian selection.
It was my first time tasting Burmese food. I enjoyed the tart and spicy flavor. I was grateful for the wheatfree options of food. However, I think the style of food and even staff recommendations were too close to Thai cuisine. The decor is super cute and the staff very helpful. The best dish I had was the calamari salad. Very casual and laid back dining.
Service was nothing to write home about, however the mango dishes will keep you coming back for more. Excellent for an informal night out in the UES.
After eating at Village Mingala many many times I tried Cafe Mingala. Not the same at all!!! Cafe Mingala taste bland and gentrified. Skip this place if you have the taste for flavour and spice. Great if you want to introduce your palate to new coconuty flavours.
I read the reviews and can't believe I haven't tried this place in all my years on the UES. And what people say is true! I had the mango chicken and the street noodles. I've actually been to Burma, too, and while I'm no expert, I'd say this measured up to what I remember from my trip. The delivery arrives piping hot and the delivery guy was super nice.
The Mango chicken was as good as prior reviews stated. Prices were also very good as my meal cost $15 (including tax, tip and Naan). I went with a large group so the food didnt come out as quickly as I would have liked but pretty much everyone in the group enjoyed what they ordered. The waiter described the cuisine as a mixture of thai and Indian. Whatever the mixture was, it only spelled out good food to me!
On the most average of NYC nights, a few friends and I headed into Cafe Mingala. Burmese food isn't something you come across much (unless you're in NYC or SF) - so I wasn't too familiar with what was going on. The food is pretty stellar. Too bad, but fortunatly, the only thing I remember the Ginger Salad (which was phenomenal and worth going for by itself).
Ate Cafe Mingala for the second time today, I ordered the Mingala noodles with Shan style red sauce, and my husband ordered the Mango Beef. The noodles really weren't flavorful, they had no spice, and no salt, I ended up adding my own soy sauce to them, and still have tons of leftovers. I did like that the noodles had big, tender pieces of chicken in them, and the portions were generous. The beef was excellent though, I really enjoyed the spicy coconut sauce. I was expecting it to be like thai curry, which I'm really not a big fan of because I hate that overwhelming taste of coconut milk. But the flavors were very subtle, which I liked, and the vegetables were fabulously fresh. Mmm the broccoli was blanched perfectly. I feel like I should add a star just for the perfect vegetables. Anyways, I'm sure Burmese food is delicious, from reading the Menu it seems like a lot of the flavors are kind of Indian meets Malaysian but I don't think that came through. Hey chef, stop being so timid, new yorkers demand more flavor.
The best part about this place is they have discounted lunch menu even on weekend...I had the Squash hot and sour soup which was very good. For the main entree I ordered the chicken curry with potatoes...with the three layered bread. This combination was amazing. The service was good...its a small place with a homey touch to it.
I stumbled up this place during lunch with a coworker one day about 6 years ago. We were in search of something new and different within walking distance of the office. Little did we know when we walked into this charming little restaurant that we just stumbled on a goldmine. First of all, this (and it's sister restaurant down in the East Village) is supposedly, THE only Burmese restaurant in NYC. The food is out of this world good - everything is fresh. The service is good and the prices are literally unbeatable. The $6.50 lunch special includes soup or salad, your main course and a generous helping of their amazing yellow rice with yellow peas which has the most delicious and unique aroma. The lunch special was $5.50 up until recently, when they raised the prices...seriously?!!! That's cheaper than eating crappy fast food at McDonald's...and a lot healthier! This place has gained a cult following amongst my coworkers - it's great food at an unbeatable price.
Great place! I wasn't sure how nice the place really is but it's very cozy and intimate. I like the Burmese murals painted on the walls.
My friends and I celebrated a cool friend's birthday here last night. We were a party of 8 and had a wonderful time! Everyone seemed satisfied with their food here. We shared a couple of the Assorted Appetizers Delight. I really liked the fried tofu and I'm not even the biggest fan of tofu because of the usual flavorless factor but theirs is seasoned well. Most of the party had either noodle dishes or chicken/ duck with rice. I had the Mohinga/ Festival Noodles Fish Soup. It was very tasty. I'm not a big fan of fish either but wanted to try something very Burmese. :-)
We also kept ordering the Thousand Layer Bread. It's almost like Scallion pancakes without any scallions. Very good bread!
Their service was awesome. Very hospitable! One of my friends even brought a coldstone cake in, they put it in their freezer for us, then brought it out with a "pony" candle once we finished eating to surprise the birthday boy. It was a great experience at Mingala. I will definitely go back and try more of their dishes when I get a chance.
my friend and i went there on a wednesday night for the first time after my trip home from sf where i went to burma superstar. the food may not be as good as superstar but still good. their service was prompt and very courteous. we ordered the green tea salad, the rangoon noodles, and the ruby chicken. i should have ordered the mango chicken seeing that was the most talked about dish, duh...
prices were very reasonable and all in all very good. i would go back. the only reason for the four stars out of five is because i just can't seem to get superstar out of my mind...
this place definitely exceeded my expectations with the quality of food that was served. i tried the restuarant out on a late evening, on sunday - they were almost empty. service was relaxed, but good and polite. the food was excellent. i have had burmese food once before, and this was far ahead. they have an extensive menu, and a large vegetarian selection - which i look out for. you should try it out!
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