The best Burmese salad noodles (hkauk hswe thoke) in America come from one very talented woman. Daw May-yu, who is originally from Mergui (Myeik) Tavoy (Dawei) in Tenassarim Division (Tanintharyi), sells them from her home for $2.75 a box, fish soup included. Although she makes money through an illegal food establishment (for health safety reasons), [...]
The one thing I regret about going to Burma is this: Burmese food in America no longer compares. The one-no-hkauk-swe (coconut milk noodles) aren’t as fragrant as the ones on the Rangoon streets. The hkauk-swe-thoke (noodle salad) doesn’t compare nor does the phaluda (falooda).
Today was the annual Neibban Zay (Nirvana Market) at the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area, with profits from the different stalls going to the Brahma Vihara Monastery, which has been the source of controversy among Burmese Buddhists in Southern California. My aunt, who had planned to sell hkauk hswe thoke (salad noodles) decide not to, after [...]
Students plant physic nut plants in Tedim Township, Chin State.
Source: Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation website
When the Burmese government mandated that all Burmese citizens in rural areas cultivate the physic nut (Jatropha curcas), I thought the idea was absurd. Physic nut, commonly known as jatropha, is a poisonous plant that comes from Central America. The shrub [...]
I forgot to mention that yesterday was my birthday. I am finally able to legally smoke cigarettes, not that I intend to.
My family celebrated by going to the Golden Triangle Restaurant, a moderately-priced Burmese and Thai restaurant in Uptown Whittier. (I have no idea why the restaurant is named after the major opium-producing area). [...]
A monk from the local monastery preached to the family and recited Pali verses.
Today, my family held the annual memorial gathering (yet le) to observe the date of my grandmother’s passing 9 years ago. The yet le is either held at the local monastery or at one of my grandfather’s children’s houses (he has 7 [...]
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