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Love yangon: RestauRants / BaRs / sHoPPIng / BusIness / CoMMunIty / tRaveL / aRt

your complete guide to yangon

Make a RaInBow in a jar

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yangon'sMonsoon

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PublisherLei Lei Khine (00039)Yangon Directory Publication House

Editor in Chief: Aung KyawEditor: Tatwin Owen EdmundsGraphic Design: Nyein Chan Ko Ko Htun, Pyae Phyo Aung, Thet Nu Aung, Win HtaikWriters: Aimee Lawrence, Cliff Lonsdale, Letizia Dia-mante, Hla Phone Aung, Si Thu Phyo, Zaw Min Lay, Win Win Htwe, Myat Ko Naing, Aye Chan KhaingPhotographers: Letizia Diamante, Kyaw Swa Htun, Aimee Lawrence, Si Thu Phyo, Aye Chan Khaing, Saw Tin Maung(Cover)Sales: Sabai Oo, Akari Min Htut, May Thatoe Win,Saw Sandar Htet Distribution: BCG (The Yangon Directory Group)Press: New Vision (10087)Circulation: 5,000

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this month in My yangon...It’s a Monsoon! For many people the rainy season is a big bad bummer; terrible traffic, constantly soggy clothes, gray skies and the occasional piles of floating monstrosity bearing down on unsuspecting ankles. There is the infrequent smugness of being tucked up indoors as the elements play the wrecking ball outside. However, more often than not the rainy season is remembered by the one moment you somehow forgot your umbrella, you are stranded knee-deep in run-off, in a part of Yangon you have never been before, and every passing taxi just steams past with a splashing cackle - ‘Your wet keister in my nice dry taxi you must be drinking drain water mate!’

Adolescent analogies aside, the meteorological forces that conjure up this annual event deserve respect and should be mocked with caution. In no way was this more clearly illustrated than in 2008 when cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar with such devastating effect. Even without the cataclysmic, the rainy season brings a spike in health issues, damage to infrastructure and often a slump in local trade. It’s a tough time of year.

This year, however, just might be the hint of a turning point in Yangon; YCDC have started implementing new drainage plans, since last year’s rainy season communication infrastructure has leapt forward and plans are abound for future development. This might just be the last of the ‘rainy seasons’ as we know them. The change is rolling in just as surely as the monsoon storm clouds.

Publisher’s StatementAccuracyEvery endeavour is made to ensure that the information in this publication is accurate as possible. If telephone numbers are incorrect or have changed please inform us in writing and we will try and include it in the next edition. However, neither MY Yangon nor its agents or employees can accept liability for any loss or damage leading from any use of information in this publication.

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Don't ForgetYou can pick up your free copy of MY Yangon in many Yangon restaurants and hotels including Sule Shangri-La Hotel, Savoy Hotel, Chatrium Hotel, Union Bar and Grill, Gekko, Mojo and Tony Roma's. You can also see some of our past articles @ http://yangondirectory.com/my-yangon.html

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06 street style

08 Plot ahead

10 we Love township

12 Daily Life

14 escape to

18 Kids

20 trends

22 Best of

24 Business

40 shopping

38 Health & Beauty

32 Meet

45 Dining

52 night Life

26 Property

42 art

Monsoon specialYour guide to surviving the rainy season in Yangon. Find out where to shop how to get around and more...

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yangonDrainagesystem

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the sketch of umbrella

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the Heart ofCooking

Pizza

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eatingBugs

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style

this brand new reflexology and finger pressure massage follows exactly the techniques of Hikari Reflexology, their main clinic in tokyo. their therapeutic reflexology procedures are designed to ease tension and inject energy into a customer’s body and mind in a rhythmic manner.

as is widely recognized, the professional stimulation of acupunctural points effectively works on organs which helps blood circulation. with a smoother metabolism, the inherent healing power of our body can be strengthened.

Mizu aoi says “By each treatment, an individual therapist communicates with the customer’s body to unwind respective stiffness, stress and worries. after a professional therapy on all acupunctural points over the body, customers are sure to be relieved from ailments such as strong stiff shoulders, eye strains, dizziness, headaches, back pains, sciatic nerves, edemas, and stress”.

Japanese style massages effectively work from a medical point of view when therapists are properly trained by taking anatomy classes. the owner Ms. Mika eoka, who is originally

street

CHARM clothing No.9/10, C onstruct ion

C ompound. Yankin Road

Mizu aoi

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from Japan, said, “50% of our clients are Japanese, 45% are other foreigners and the remaining 5% are local Myanmar people. there are so many foreigners living near our clinic, so they come for a massage. Most of them are european and singaporean. we make their minds and bodies relaxed. a Reflexology and Physical Massage is strongly recommended for those suffering from stiff shoulders and back pains from long hours in front of a computer, walking on unconventional sidewalks and exhaustion from unfamiliar daily practices!”

the clinic offers a range of fantastic massages including a 30 minute foot massage for 7,500 kyat and they are currently offering a special discount on some of their treatments for their opening period. treatment starts with pressing the acupunctural points in the soles of the feet, providing a massage around the knees and finishing with applying steamed towels to stir the blood circulation.

their oil Lymph massages are also an effective way of drawing wasteful substances out of your body. the 45 minutes “neck shoulder and arm” massage is particularly soothing (11,500 Kyats) and, for the ladies, by detoxifying the wastes out of your neck and shoulders, your face will be sure to have a more shaped line and decreased skin draggings.

Reservation01-251344, 09-250197626

09-258454372

open11:00 – 23:00

Myanmar therapeutic Room

Mizu aoino.14, ground Floor, 19a

Bo yar nyunt street, Dagon townshipyangon

Capita l SupermarketNorth Dagon

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winner

salsa8:00 pm

I salud salsa Club (Latin Restaurant)

no.7C, wingabar Road,Bahan township

Lady’s night, exceptionally Red8:00 pm – 11:45 pm

B2o Bar and Bistro no.98, 20th street, Latha

township

auto expo Myanmar 2015 (Myanmar International auto

Parts & accessories exhibition) (22 july to 25 july)

Bando Kick Boxing Class6:00pm

Fitness wharf studioocean Center, Pyay Road, 9

Miles, Mayangone township

Japanese Food & 90s Music Classics

7:00 pm – 11:45 pmgekko,no.535,Merchant Road,

Kyauktada township

1Real estate show Myanmar

2015 (29 june to 1 july) tamadaw Hall, u wizara Road

Fight Camp yangon Physical Fitness (eating Healthy)

no.103, Corner of university avenue Road & thanlwin

street,Bahan township

Myanmar Banking and Finance Conference 2015

(27 to 29 july)adress to be confirmed

Jenny yoga7:00 am

Jenny yoga Hall, no. 237, 3a, anawyathar Road

education & Career exhibition (5th July to 8th July)

9:00 am - 5:00 pmMCC, Mindama Road,

Mayangone township

Myanmar echoes : Inside Heritage Homes (12 July to 9 august) 10:00 am to 5:00 pmMyanmar Deitta, no. 49, 3rd

Floor, 44th street,Botatung township

tuesday with movie2:30 pm to 4:00 pm

Connect Institute 3a, Pansodan Business tower ,Corner of

Pansodan Rd & Mahar Bandoola Rd, Kyauktada township

9Myanmar Phar-Med expo

2015 (9 july to 11 july)9:00am to 5:00 pm

MCC, Mindama Road, Mayangone township

2 3urban and City Planning

Conference (june 30 to july 2) Myanmar event Park, shin saw Pu Road, sanchaung township

Food and Music night union Bar and grillno.42,strand Road,

Botataung township

BBQ night 7:30 pm the Rendez-vous

340, Pyay Road,sanchang township

Film deadline for & Proud film festival. a film festival that

celebrates LgBt lives in asia

Informed by the past, looking to the future conference

(10 july to 12 july)yangon university,

Kamaryut township

Port autonomy FridayHappy Hour

5:00 pm to 10:00 pmPort autonomy, 22 a, Kabar

aye Pagoda

all you can eat Dim sum Lunch11:30 am

Royal Pavilion Restaurant,no459,Pyay Road,

Kamayut township,novotel Hotel Max

Happy Hour at novotel Hotel4:00 pm

studio Bar, no459, Pyay Road, Kamayut township, novotel

Hotel Max

yangon Hash House Harriers saturday Run

2:45 pm – 8:00 pmyangon university, Kamaryut

township

nightly Live Music6:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Kokine Bar & Restautrant no 32, Kokine swimming Club

Lane, off sayar san Road, Bahan

salsa night9:00 pm

union Bar and grillno.42,strand Road,

Botataung township

Raggae Happy Hour8:30 pm

Kandawgyi natural Park, Mingalar taung nyunt

township

Miss Myanmar, Han thi releases her mini music album

on her 18th Birthday.

Capoeira Class5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Institut Francais de Birmanie, Pyay Road

Cocktail night8:00 pm – 11:45 pm

B2o Bar and Bistro no.98, 20th street,

Latha township

Public Holiday (Martyrs’Day)try out sunday Brunch at Inya

Lake Hotel11:30 am to 2:30 pm

37, Kabar aye Pagoda Road 01 9662866, 9662857

austrade education exhibition 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

sule shangri-La, no, 223, sule Pagoda Road,

Pabaedan township

tuesday snippet Pansodan gallery

7:00-10:00 pm Pansodan Road

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Hope you enjoyed theshopping issue last month.this month look forward too...

next month get clued up about how yangon is booming in our Business issue...

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website @ www.yangondirectory.com/myyangon

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neigh-bour-hood

to Find out More and search Local Business visit the yangon Directory website @ www.yangondirectory.com

ExplorE Yangon neigh-bour-hood

enjoy some golf at

oakkala golf Course Facilities include a fitness room, billiards, a chipping green for short game practice, and a large putting green. there is a 280 yard driving range. Ball Rates are 50 balls for 1300 Kyats, 100 balls for 2,500 Kyats, 150 balls for 3700 Kyats and 200 balls for 5000 Kyats.

gandamar Rd., Corner of waizayandar Rd; ward (9), Mayangone township , yangn, open Daily: 6:00 am to 7:00 pmPhone: 01- 572036, 572302, 570942, 09-250 622479

we LoveMayangone

tucked away above Inya Lake is the sprawling township of Mayangone, an intriguing mix of lake-side restaurants and road side shopping malls – this is yangon’s suburbia. although far removed from the mania of downtown and more sprawling than its midtown counterparts, Mayangone still holds many secret spots for those intrepid enough to find them.

eatParami PizzaPizza cooked from the heart - really fantastic. No. 11/C, Corner of Malikha St. and Parami Road 01 667449

L’opera Italian Restaurant and BarBeautifully set on Inya Lake, L’Opera offers French fine dining. The outside tables are the most picturesque, however in the monsoon season they are often off limits. That said the indoor tables are still nice and the food is expensive but good. 62 D, U HtunNyein Street, 01 660 976

shwe sa BweA social enterprise restaurant that trains up a group of young Myanmar people in cooking and hospitality. The food is excellent and they regularly have guest chefs from Europe exhibiting special menus. Sadly closed over monsoon. 20 Malikha Road 01 661 983

Chew Q (BaR & RestauRant)A lovely place with an outside terrace and great variety of Thai foods.No.11(A), Kan Yeik Thar Road, 01-661 572~9, 09-502 1322, Opening Hrs: Open Daily - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

L’alchemiste (French Restaurant)Great French food and good service with a magnificent view of Inya Lake.No. 5, U Tun Nyein Street, 01-660 612, Opeining Hrs: Open Daily – 11:00 am to 11:00 pm

yunan BBQ (thai Restaurant)A quick tasty BBQ that serves a variety of barbequed seafood, meats and vegetables.No 48 (A), Corner of Kanyeikthar Street and

Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, 01 664496, 01 665 398, Opening Hrs: Open Daily - 10:00 am to 10 pm

yKKoA famous Yangon chain that serves BBQ and Kyay Oh. 57 (Rm. G/A), Ground Flr., Kyaik Waing Pagoda Rd., Danathiri Tower, 01 656 097, 09-421095475, Opening Hrs: Open Daily – 10:00 pm to 10:00 pm

golden CrabThis shop is one of the best in town. Serving spicey crab and salted eggs. 8 mile junction, Pyay Road, 09 731 52892, Opening Hrs: Open Daily – 9:00 pm to 9:00 pm

golden Duck shwe BaeA Chinese restaurant that specializes in roasted duck, prawn mayonnaise, and fish head soup.

Myaing Hay Wun Park, 8 Mile, Pyay Road 01 661 779, 09-8617477, Opening Hrs: Open Daily – 11:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Min Lan Rakhine seafood RestaurantVery much a local restaurant and certainly not glamorous, however the Rakine Seafood is some of the best you can find in Yangon and very reasonably priced. One for the adventurous.16 Parami Road, near West Maykha Road and AD Junction, 01-656941, 09-73036990, 09-73112984

shopsJunction 8 shopping CentreYangon’s first and foremost Shopping Centre that contains a considerable number of shops including a super market, fashion shops, restaurants, and beauty salons. Throughout the year, sales festivals, stage shows, promotion events, charity events and lucky draw programs are often held in and around the centre. Myaing Hay Wun Condominium, Kyeik Wine Pagoda Road, Tel : 01-652909, 651092 , 651093 . Opening Hour : 9:00 AM ~ 9:00 PM

gamonePwint shopping CentreA busy shopping centre that contains many shops, such as cosmetics, electronics and clothing targeting local shoppers. No.108/B, Kabar Aye, Yae Ku Ywa Ma Street, 01-653 644 ~ 60, 09-420284945, Opening Hrs: 9:00am - 9:00pm

things to doKabar aye PagodaKabar Aye (World Peace) Pagoda was built in 1952 and is dedicated towards the realisation of global peace. North of the Pagoda, there is a huge man-made cave called the Mahapasanna Cave, meaning "Great Cave of Stone". The cave is made in the shape of the Sattapani Grotto in India where the first Buddhist Synod was held shortly after the Buddha went through Parinivarna (the Decease). The cave was built one year after the pagoda and hosted the inauguration of the Sixth Buddhist Synod in the year 2498 of the Buddhist Era (1954 CE). At the inauguration, 2500 venerable monks convened to recite and verify the words of the Buddha, the entire Tipitaka, in Pali.

Inya LakeA well-known park that is a popular dating area. The park also includes a swimming pool, a sailing club and a rowing club.

Myanmar gems MuseumThis austere looking museum contains various showrooms that exhibit traditional Myanmar artwork, paintings, stone and bronze images and other artifacts from Myanmar history. Opening Hours- 9:30 am to 5:00 pm daily, except Mondays and gazette holidays. Admission Fees- US$ 5 per person, 66.Kabar Aye Pagoda Road. Tel: 95 -1 - 660365. 650487

DJ BarA popular local nightspot located in the grounds of Inya Lake Hotel. Inya Lake Hotel, 09 511 6767, Opening Hrs: 9:00 pm - 3:00 am

Places to stayInya Lake HotelWith a lakeside views, a pool, and large grounds, Inya Lake Hotel is one of Yangon’s most luxury hotels. The main entrance and dining room is a bit echoey, and the food and board is expensive. However, they offer a great Sunday Brunch, have the full range of hotel services and have plenty to offer on the hotel grounds including a nightclub. 37, Kabar Aye Pagoda Road 01 9662866, 9662857

Hotel yangonLocated close to Junction 8 shopping mall, the Hotel Yangon is one of the most recognisable landmarks as you drive into the city from the airport. Rooms cost approximately 100USD per night.91/93, Corner of Pyay Road & Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, 8th Mile Junction

avenue 64Avenue 64 Hotel is a new clean boutique hotel whose unique perks include a hot tub, fitness center and sauna. Rooms cost approximately 120USD per night. No. 64-G, Kyaik Wine Pagoda Road01-656192, 09-8631392, 01-656912~9

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Daily Life

1. RadioThe weather report is announced at the end of the news announcement at 8pm every day. If there is an emergency, they declare the special weather report on occasion.

2.televisionYou can hear weather reports at 7 am, 12 noon, and 8 pm everyday at MRTV News Channel in brief. You can hear the river level and condition at 8:45 pm on Myawaddy Channel.

3.onlineDaily weather reports are on the Manladay Directory Facebook page.You can see monthly weather reports on the “Average Weather in month for Yangon” on www.weather.com website online. This site shows temperature, precipitation, sun condition, cloud condition, snow condition, wind condition, and humidity in detail.

4.newspapers/ JournalsThere is a weather report in the Myawaddy newspaper on page 6 every day. The Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper has a brief weather report on page 13.

5.government Meteorology DepartmentOccasionally the Government Meteorology Department declares the weather report and news on TV and radio.

ExplorE Yangon

Hla Phone Aung

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great escapesExplorE Yangon

to Find out More including where to eat read the full article on the the yangon Directory website @ www.yangondirectory.com

Hsipaw is a small town on the road to Lashio, 200km north of Mandalay. Once a quiet dreamy place in the foothills of tea plantations it has reinvented itself somewhat as a trekking destination and fast became a mecca for independent travellers looking to get off the normal tourist trail and escape the bus loads of day trekkers hitting the Kalaw trails. Though not a regular stopping off point on the more traditional tourist routes, some travel companies are now including it in their itinerary, and in high season your accommodation options may be limited. That said if, you plan ahead, you

could still pick up a bedroom with shared toilet for as little as $7 - a rarity in Myanmar.

If you want the best fruit-shake in the country then you’d be hard pressed to find a better one than the one produced by the fabulous Mr Shake. He started his operation in a humble shop with just a basket of fruit and a blender and has now expanded his offering into a decent sized restaurant, which is currently ranked on TripAdvisor as the number one place in the town to eat. No trip to Hsipaw is complete with stopping by for a chat with Mr

Shake and his wife (Mrs Shake I assume) and a taste of their potent and pleasurably cheap mojito’s.

Mr Charles has always been the man to see about anything tourist related, and his ever-expanding backpacker orientated empire provides a level of accommodation to suit all sizes of purse. Even if you are not staying there it is a useful focal point to get information or meet people. He has recently opened a more upmarket river lodge just outside of town.

the success of Hsipaw as a tourist destination has been surprisingly rapid, especially as it has

always been talked of as a well-kept secret. However, it is still managing to retain it’s charm as

a riverside market town despite the throngs of independent travellers. there was a period of

time where the town was in danger of becoming the setting of a children’s book with invented

antonyms such as Ma BoatBoat, Mr Book, Mrs Popcorn, Mr shake and Mr Bike. thankfully

recently opened establishments have steered clear of this naming trend, and we can only hope

that a Mrs twentyfourhourdisco isn’t currently putting together her business plan.

getting there.Local buses head from Mandalay to Hsipaw twice a day (6am and 2.30pm) expect to pay about 6,000Kyat for the six hours journey. Shared minibuses cost more than double that, and take about an hour less.

The best way to travel to Hsipaw, if you have the time, is by train. The Lashio train leaves Mandalay at 4am and takes a steady 11 hours to get to Hsipaw at a cost of 4,000Kyat. It’s all uphill, so it’s not a particularly fast journey, but this gives you plenty of time to relax and watch the stunning scenery of the Shan hills pass by. The train crosses the incredible viaduct over Gokteik Gorge at walking pace, and is worth the long journey, it really is something special.

things to doTrekking is the thing to do in Hsipaw, and the reason most people head this way; some of the trails are more challenging and perhaps less populated than ones from Kalaw. It is possible to do some simple trails around Hsipaw without a guide, but it is a lot more pleasurable to take someone along who can translate and introduce you to villagers and arrange food. There are areas around Hsipaw that are out of bounds for tourists, so ask about them before heading off. Longer overnight treks of two or three nights can be arranged but a guide is required for these.

You can’t walk down the road without bumping into someone who’ll be able to arrange a day or overnight trek at a moments notice. Be aware that not all ‘guides’ are as experienced as others, and few are officially registered with the local Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. If you take the time to look around and speak to people, you’ll be able to find an excellent guide who is knowledgeable about the area and speaks good English. Try to get to know your guide before committing yourself to spending the next 24-48 hours together, and discuss your expectations and the difficulty of walk you’d like to take.

Expect to pay about $20 per person per day for overnight trekking, if you have a large party you may be able to negotiate down a little, but be mindful that this price not only includes the guide, but also the food and accommodation you will receive when staying in the local villages. An extra dollar or two goes go a long way there. If you book through a guesthouse or hotel expect to pay a small commission on the price.

Hsipaw is the location of the palace of the last Shan Prince Sao KyaHseng, it’s not really an official place to visit, nor an actual palace, more of a fancy run down house. But, if the gates are unlocked, you’ll be welcomed in by relatives of the former Prince and allowed to look around and listen to stories about his life. You can pick up a copy of ‘Twilight Over Burma’ (which is soon to be released as a film) written by Inge Sargent, the Austrian wife of the former Prince, at Mr Books in town.

Nam Hu Nwe Waterfall is a few hours walk away with a small deep clean refreshing pool at the bottom for cooling off in. The Hot Springs are closer to town but they are used locally as a bathing and washing place so not always the cleanest.

There’s a rough and ready 9-hole golf course, a few kilometres out of town on the Namtu road to whack a few balls about, or if you prefer something more relaxing, then a boat trip up the Dokhtawaddy river makes for a restful couple of hours (See Ma BoatBoat!).

The early morning market is a nice place to wander around, but you have to be up early, it’s all over and done with by 9am. At the other end of the day you can hire a bike and cycle a couple of kilometres out of town to either Five Buddha Hill or Nine Buddha Hill to watch the sunset.

where to stayOptions from Budget to Luxury are available and range in price from less than $10 to over $60.

Budget:Mr. Kid guest House is on the noisy Bogyoke Road and has budget accommodation for less than $10.

nam Khae Mao guest House is near the clock tower also overlooking Bogyoke Road and has rooms starting at less than $10.

yee shin guest House, (My personal favourite) on Namtu road has a good central location and a variety of rooms available from less than $10 for a single with shared bathroom, up to over $30 for an air-conditioned room with a proper bath!

Mid range: Mr Charles guest House is on Auba Street near the football field, and expect to pay from $20 up to $60, though some cheaper rooms are sometimes available.

Lily guest House (now known as Lily the Home) is on Hin Street towards the river and rooms are available from $10 to $40

Luxury:Hsipaw Resort is a little out of town overlooking the river, and they provide a free boat service to bring to the town. Expect to pay over $60 per night.

Did You KnowThe Yangon Directory Lists843 Travel Serviceswww.yangondirectory.com

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ExplorE Yangon

My yangon writer Myat Ko naing investigates the current state of yangon's drainage system, what the plans are for the future and how this will change how the people of yangon experience monsoon season.

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Face the rainy season with a beautiful

“RaInBow in a jar”

Monsoon activities For

KidsExplorE Yangon

are you bored of all this rain? why not build your own rainbow at home? easy peasy to make and a lot of fun to try.

Materials• 50-100mLvegetableoil• 50-100mLtapwater(dyeitwithfooddyeifyoucanfinditinYangon)• 50-100mLdishsoap• 50-100mLmilk• 50-100mLhoney• Transparentandtallcontainer(forexampleyoucanrecycleanemptylittleplasticbottle,justcutoutthetoppart)

experiment1)Startbypouringalayerofhoney2)Poureachliquidslowlyslowlyintothecenterofthecontainer(withouttouchingthesidesofthecontainerwhileyouarepouring),inthefollowingorder:honey,milk,dishsoap,water,vegetableoil.Donotworryiftheliquidsmixalittleasyouarepouring,thelayerswilleventhemselvesout

3)Aftertheliquidlayershavesettleddown,younoticethattheyremaininthesameorderyoupouredthem.Andvoila':the“Rainbowinajar”isdone!

4)Trytodropapopcornkernel,asodacapandalittlecherrytomatotoyour“Rainbowinajar”.Willitsinkcompletelyorfloat?Tryitoutandimpressyourfriends!

5)Testanother“Rainbowinajar”withdifferentliquids(like:jaggery,syrup,lampoil).Whichliquidsmix?Whichliquidsseparatefromeachother?

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How does it work? The“Rainbowinajar”ismadewithliquidswithdifferentdensities.Theliquidsthatweighmore(haveahigherdensity)sinkbelowtheliquidsthatweighless(havealowerdensity).Lighterliquids(likewater)arelessdensethanheavyliquids(likehoney)andsofloatontopofthemoredenselayers.Density=MassdividedbyVolume.Basedonthis,iftheweight(ormass)ofsomethingincreasesbutthevolumestaysthesame,thedensityhastogoup.Likewise,ifthemassdecreasesbutthevolumestaysthesame,thedensityhastogodown.

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the sketch of umbrellawriter Myat Ko naing walks us through the history of the umbrella in Myanmar and shares with us his personal experience, underneath the nylon fortress.

I remember nargis every 2nd of May. not only me but every person in our region has a feeling deep in our hearts when we hear a radio announcement of a storm in the Bay of Bengal. we talk to each other, ‘nargis comes again?’

Heavy, rude rain drops are strongly beating my back. I see white lace curtains everywhere, all over the surrounding fields. I had never seen rain this heavy. I had grown up in this field from a young child to a university student. But today is the first day I had felt such heavy rude rain drops. Po Lay, Aung Ye Kyaw, Myauk Kyee and I went along the road which was across the field to Pya Maut village to fish and bathe in the rain.

First, the rain drops are not so strong. But they were strong and heavy when we reached the halfway point. So we came back to our village. That was 4 o’clock in the afternoon 2nd May 2008. Actually, many people had already been killed on Higyee Island by Nargis at that time. Kaut Mhu, our village is 20 miles from Yangon city and 100 miles from Higyee Island and knows nothing about Nargis. In the next few hours, Nargis will come to us directly. We heard that a storm is coming but whoever takes notice of just that?

I wake up at about 10 pm. First I don’t know why our house is shaking. The wind howls. I ask my father what is happening. My father replies to me that it’s a strong wind because of a storm. Actually, we are in Nargis. A little later, the sound becomes louder. At that time heavy rain drops fall on us. Then I see, our roof being blown away bit by bit. But fortunately, our shed-roofed annex remains. My father, my cat and I stay in there. Our house shakes all through the night. We can’t see our neighbours' houses. We are in hell all through the night.

We see light at 9 am. We see our surroundings hazily in the continuous rain. There was a gigantic old tamarind tree that two people could easily hug in front of our house, which has fallen across the road. All of our neighbours’ houses have no roofs.

Storm ceased at noon. Our village is like an island in the sea, I couldn’t have imagined how much it has changed. Some houses are gone and big trees are fallen across the road. The surrounding fields have become endless water.

Later I heard that three girls were lost in the storm. Some girls in neighbouring villages were also lost. Totally 130,000 people died in Nargis according to the news. Many houses were destroyed.

After such a terrible natural disaster, we have learnt so much. Over the last seven years we have been rebuilding our region, together with the government, NGOs, and our people. The experiences that we learnt from Nargis now can be used to help protect us from cyclones in the future.

Sithu Lin Let

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the Heart ofCooKIng PIzza

Pizza is a globally recognized dish and is loved craved and devoured by teenage Mutant ninja turtles and humans alike. Here too in Myanmar Pizza is often the top choice for a favourite western food and there is a large range of new pizza joints popping up to choose from. However amongst all the new choice, what makes a truly excellent pizza and why do people love it? Is it the dough, the sauce, the cheese, the toppings? My yangon talks to Parami Pizza's Franseco Costa on what it takes to make great pizza.

"I learnt to cook from my grandfather, they are all his recipes. I only cook homemade real Italian food. At Parami Pizza you will get real homemade Italian pizza, also at Parami 2 where we cook cicchetti as well (chicchetti is Italian tapas)."

Making great pizza takes quality ingredients and time explains Francesco. "I take 6 hrs to make my pizza dough. Use quality flour sourced in Myanmar, water, eggs and my own yeast. I buy nothing pre-prepared. It is all prepared here onsite in the kitchen."

For the sauce, he uses real tomatoes, olive oil and basil. They only ingredients he regularly has to look outside Myanmar for are the cheese and the toppings, which he sources directly from Italy.

"You can taste the difference when food is homemade, it is really cooking, it is food made from the heart"

He is passing on his skill to a new generation of local chefs in Myanmar, which for Francesco has been a pleasure, "it takes patience, you must

be patient, but now my sous chef is excellent. He knows what to do, he is ready to learn and he always wants to work hard. This is what you need to cook Italian food, you need that heart."

As with the rest of the world, in Myanmar, the popularity of pizza shows no sign of waning and with more new pizza outlets opening and the Parami chain itself expanding, Yangon can expect more and more pizza options in the future.

Asking Francesco, what is the difference between his pizzas and other pizzas in Yangon he says confidently; "I love my customers and know what they like - they like quality homemade Italian cooking. That's the difference, you cannot taste it anywhere else"

Parami PizzaCorner of Malikha Street and Parami Road, 7th Quarter, Mayangone Township, Yangon - 01 667449

Parami 2A/001 Ground Floor, Shwe Gone Plaza, Shwe Gone Daing Road, Ngar Htat Kyi West, Bahan Tsp – 01 559 548, 09 262 625 862

They have a nice range of small and large plates, the latter perfect for sharing. The marinara sauce was rich and tangy and definitely the highlight. The pizzas are proper Italian style, served piping hot and bubbling with melted cheese. The ravioli, although delicious, was just a little too aldente for my taste and the meatballs a little chewy, overall it was an enjoyable meal. I highly recommend the baked Panini and next time I will leave a little room for dessert as they sound scrumptious like the pastry and blueberry composto.

The small plates range in price from $3-$10, the large plates $8-$22, Panini’s $6-$8, the pizzas from $8-$16 and desserts from $3-$7.

I do recommend Parami and next time I will try the pizza with the salami.

S p o n s o r e d b y P a r a m i P i z z a

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Shops

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Looking to escape the crowd? explore Yangon's hidden coffee shops...

ရနကနၿမ႕ရ႕ မးေအးေအးမာ အစားအေသာက ေကာငးႏစသကသေတြအတြက ဆငတစခ႕န႔ မတဆကေပးခငပါတယ။ အရသာလညးရ၊ ေစးႏႈနးလညး သပမမားတ ဆငေလးေတြ ျဖစသလ တစခ႕ေတြက သၾကေပမယ တစခ႕ေတြကလညး မသၾကပါဘး။ စားေကာငးၿပး အရသာရသလ ေစးႏႈနးသငတငမတတ ဗလတစေထာင ၿမ႕နယပတဝနးကင တစဝကက ဆငေတြန႔ ကနေတာႀကးထက ေကာဖဆငတစဆငကပါ ၫႊနးေပးခငပါ တယ။

နနးထက

ဗလခပေအာငဆနးလမးေပၚက နနးထက ကေတာ သသေတြမားပါတယ။ အဒဆငမာ ရမးအစား အစာေတြအျပင ငါးကင၊ ငါးသပရာေပါငး၊ ရမးဟငးထပ န႔ တစျခားစားစရာေတြရႏငၿပး ျမနမာဘယာန႔ တြဖက သးေဆာငႏငတာပါပ။ မသားစလက၊ သငယခငးအဖြ႕ လက လာေရာကသးေဆာငႏငတေနရာ တစချဖစၿပး လကတအခနမးဆရင ဆငမာေနရာရဖ႔ေတာင ခကခ တတပါတယ။ ေစးႏႈနးကေတာ အလယအလတျဖစၿပး မနကကေန ည ၁၀ နာရေလာကအထ ဖြငလစထားကာ ညပငးေတြမာ ပစညကားတတပါတယ။

Mickey Café

ဗလျမတထြနးလမးေပၚက အဒေကာဖဆင ကေတာ ဥေရာပစာေတြပါ ရရႏငၿပး တျခားတ႐တအစား အစာေတြအျပင အတလစပါဂတတ႔ရရႏငကာ ေစးႏႈနး ကေတာ ကပ ၅,၀၀၀ ဝနးကငခန႔သာ ကသငမာျဖစ ပါတယ။ ေကာဖအမးအစားစလငစြာရႏငၿပး အျခား ေဖာရညေတြ ရရႏငကာ ေအးေအးေဆးစားလသေတြ အတြက သငေတာတေနရာတစခပါပ။ မနကကးနာရ ကေန ညကးနာရအထ ဗလျမတထြနးလမး၊ မဟာ ဗႏၶလလမးန႔ အေနာရထာလမးၾကားမာ ဖြငလစထားတ Mickey Café က လာေရာကႏငပါတယ။

ေၾကးမကေဖး

ဗလတစေထာငဘရား သြားရင လမး ၅၀ နား မဟာဗႏၶလလမးေပၚက ေၾကးမကေဖးက သတ ထားမခငမ သတထားမပါလမမယ။ ဆကသြယေရး႐း ေဘးဖြငထားၿပး ဆငေနရာ ခပကဥးကဥးဆေပမယ အဒဆငမာ အထးရႏငတာကေတာ အာလးပတပါပ။ တစျခားဆငေတြန႔ မတဘ ျမနမာဆငမာပ အရသာရရ၊ ပဟငးန႔ ဟငးအႏစေတြက ပတႏစခပန႔ စတးလငဗနး မာ ျပငဆငခထားေပးတာပါ။ ကပတစေထာငဝနးကငန႔ အႏၵယအစားအစာက အရသာရရ သးေဆာငႏငၿပး လကဖကရည၊ ေကာဖ၊ ႏြားႏ႔အျပင ပပလာတာန႔ ပနျပားက ညေနခငးဖကမာလညး ရႏငပါေသးတယ။ မနကကေန ည ကးနာရေလာကအထ ဖြငလစထားတာ ျဖစပါတယ။

Rich Coffee Shop

ေစးသကသကသာသာန႔ ၫႊနးခငတေနရာ တစခကေတာ ကနေတာႀကး၊ ကရဝတဥယာဥကမာၻ ထက Rich Coffee ဆတ ဆငပါပ။ ကရ၀တနနးေတာ အဝငဝ လမးေထာငနားမာရၿပး ေကာဖအမးအစားစစြာ ရႏငကာ အျခားအစားအေသာကေတြလညး ရရႏငပါ တယ။ ဒထကပအဆငေျပတာကေတာ အဒေနရာနား မာ ကနေတာႀကးရ႕ Free Wifi က ေကာငးေကာငးမတာ ပါပ။ မးေရေတြထ ကနေတာႀကးရ႕ စမးလနးတအေငြ႕ အသကေတြ ခစားရငး အငတာနက သးရတာျဖစလ႔ ေကနပစရာပေပါ။ ေစးႏႈနးတြကေတာ ရာဂဏနးမစၿပး အစားစားရကာ ေစးႏႈနးသငတငတယလ႔ ေျပာလ႔ရပါ တယ။

Aye Chan Khaing

our Food Critic, siosana tora's review

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BusinessbUSInESS

For umbrella repairman u Mg Hla the rainy season can't come fast enough. unsurprisingly, during the long dry season the umbrella sales and repairs business is a tough one to be in! But, with the coming of the rains business is booming. with five children to feed at home, u Mg Hla works from 8am to 9pm every day during rainy season; repairing, making and selling umbrellas. My yangon writer, Hla Phone aung, talks to u Mg Hla about his life and learns a little more about one of yangon's few tradespeople who look forward to the rain.

uMBReLLa RePaIRMan u Mg HLa

xD;jyiform; oD;armifvs ဤေနရာတြင ထးျပငလာသညမာ ၁၅ ႏစခန႔ရၿပျဖစေသာ ကေမာငလသည

သားသမး ၅ ေယာကရၿပး သကယတငက ေမြးခငး ၁၂ ေယာကရသတစဥးျဖစသည။ သားသမးအႀကးဆးသည ၉ တနးျဖစၿပး အငယဆးသညကား ၂ ႏစသာရေသးသည။ ဇနးျဖစသမာ အမေထာငရငမအလပကသာ လပကငသျဖစသျဖင ေႏြႏငမးတြငေတာ သပမသသာလေသာလညး ေဆာငးရာသအလပပါးသည ကာလတြင ကေမာငလ တစေယာက မဘထမ ေငြေၾကးေလးမားျပနဆြကာ ႀကရညႀကတ ရျပနပါသည။ ေလးတနး ေကာငးသားတစဥးႏင ကးတနးေကာငးသားတစဥးရသညအတြက ေကာငးဖြငရင နညးနညး ကသတယ ဟဆပါသည။

မးတြငးကာလတြငမ မးနညးပါက မနကပငး ၈ နာရေရာကၿပး မးနညးပါက မနက ၉ နာရခန႔တြင အလပစ၀င ေလရသည။ အလပသမးခနမာ ည ၉ နာရပမနျဖစၿပး ဆငႏငအမမနးမေ၀းျဖစသျဖင ထးျပငသမားလာအပသည ပစၥညးမားကသာ သမးဆညးေလရၿပး မမကယပငပစၥညးမားကမ ဤအတငးထားပစခေလရသညဟဆသည။ မညသညပစၥညးမ ေပာကေလ ေပာကထမရဟဆသည။

တစေန႔၀ငေငြမာ ရဗစျပတ၊ တစခကခပ၊ ႏစခကခပ စသညတ႔ျပငခကအတြက အနညးဆး ၁၀၀ ကပမ အရြကလအမားဆး ၁၅၀၀ ကပအထ ရေလရသည။ တစေန႔ပမးမ ၀ငေငြသည ၇၀၀၀ ကပမ ၈၀၀၀ ကပအထ ရသညဟဆသည။ ခာလထးႏင တ႐တေခါကထးတ႔ အပကမားေလရသညဟ ဆသည။ ထးျပငရာတြင အသးျပေသာ ပစၥညးအေသးအမႊားမားက ေရႊဘသာလမးရ ထးဆငႏင ထးျပငဆငႀကးမားမ ၀ယယရေလရသည။

ကေမာငလႏငေတြ႕ဆေမးျမနးေနခက ထးလာ၀ယေနသတစဥးေရာကရလာၿပး အသးျပၿပး သား ထးလတလတတစလကက ၁၀၀၀ ကပျဖင ေရာငးခလကသညက ေတြ႕ရခရသည။ ေနာကပငးတြင ထးမားထတလပမႈမားလာသညအခါ ထးျပငသညအလပမရေတာဘ တစခါသး ထးမားကသာ အသးျပၾကမညက ကေမာငလက စးရမေၾကာငးလညးေျပာျပသည။ ယခလကရတြငမ မသားစ၀င ငါးေယာကအား မးမစေစရန မးစေနသမား၏ထးမားက ျပျပငဖာေထးရငး အသကေမြး၀မးေၾကာငးျပေနရရာသည။

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၁။ သငအမၿခဝငးအတြငး အပကအစးအစအနမား ကငး ရငးေရး

ဆငကလနးေလမနတငးေၾကာင အပကအစးအစအနေပါငးမားစြာ ရႏငသည။အမၿခဝငးအတြငး အေႏာငအယကျဖစေစမညအရာမား ၾကတငဖယရားထားပါ။အပငႀကးမားက အကငးအခကမား ခးပစထားပါ။အမၿခအနးဝနးကငတြင အႏရာယျဖစေစမည၊ ေရာဂါျဖစေစမညအပငမား ရာေဖြစစ ေဆးထားပါ။

၂။ ေရထြကေပါကမား စစေဆး ျပျပငထားပါ။

မနတငးအမားစႏငအတ ေရလႊမးမးမႈမား ပါဝငလာတတပါသည။သငအမတြငးသ႔ ၀ငလာႏငသည ေရလမးေၾကာငးမား စစေဆးထားပါ။မနတငးအတြငး ေရစးဆငးမႈ အတားအဆးျဖစေစမညအရာမား ရငးလငးထားပါ။

၃။ အမေခါငမးက ကာကြယထားပါ။

ဆငကလနးေလမနတငးတကခတေနစဥအတြငး အမအမးအပကအစး ၉၅ရာခငႏႈနး ရႏငသည။တြစပခညေႏာငထားပါ။မနတငးအတြက အမးျပားမားက အျခားအမအစတအပငးမားႏင တြစပထားပါ။ဘလပေျမကငပါ။အမေခါငမးအတကြပျပား၊ သြပျပားမားက ဘလပေျမႏငမထားပါ။ခတပတပါ။အမတြငးသ႔ ဝငေရာကထားေသာ ၀ါယာႀကးေပါကမားအား ခတပတထားပါ။

ပးတြေဖာျပပါ အခကမားသည မနတငးအတြက မရမျဖစ လအပခကမားျဖစသည။

ဘကထရမးေခာငးႏင ေရဒယမား တာရညခသစသးသစဥႏငအစားအစာမား

တစပတစာ ေသာကေရသန႔ဘးမား

ဆလဖနးႏင အားသြငးဓာတခမား

ေငြေၾကးမား

ေစာငမား၊အပယာလပမား အဝတ အစားမား

ေရးဥးသနာျပ ၾကကေျခနေသတာ မား

အေရးေပၚေဆး၀ါးပစၥညးမား

မနတငးရနမ သငအမကကာကြယျခငး

၁။

၂။

၃။

PRoPeRtyPRoteCt youR HoMe FRoM FLooDIng + LIstIngs

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MeteoRoLogIstDR. u tun LwInFirst, I would like to ask you sayagyi Dr. u tun Lwin, can you get a Bachelor of Meteorology in our country?Yes, sure. You can get a Bachelor of Meteorology from the Physics Department in Yangon University. A student, who has passed the second year of Physics, can attend an honours class in Meteorology as a major. After two years he gets a Bachelor of Meteorology (Honours). We have offered this since 1997.

I read your biography on the internet; you got a Bachelor of Meteorology from Florida university in usa. I would like to ask you how many people have also received a B.sc Meteorology from a foreign university in Myanmar.

Actually, I got two Meteorology degrees from Florida University. The first degree was a B.Sc and the second degree was a M.Sc. Two people in the country have received a B.Sc in Meteorology from a foreign university. One is my teacher Saya Gyi U Htay Aung and another one is me. My teacher got it in 1950, much earlier than me. I got my B.Sc (Meteorology) in 1973-75 and my M.Sc (Meteorology) in 1987-1989.

I think people in our country are interested in weather after nargis in 2008. what do you think about that sir?Sure, in 2008 after Nargis; most of the people are interested in Meteorology and weather reports. And the importance of weather news was noticed. Nargis caused a greater public awareness about

weather reports.

we have seen your weather reports on tv screens since october 1980, so please tell me what distinguishing events or strange experiences have you had in that period?Exactly, I worked in Myanmar Radio and Television Broadcasting from 30th October in 1980 to March 2008, before Nargis, as a monthly tele-weather caster. 28 years in total. I don’t care if people are interested in or like me. I do my work only on the rules and regulations of weather reports. I always used a weather summary in my report because I telecasted monthly. In my reports I reviewed weather from the last month. After that I reported the weather forecast and the third

portion was weather commentary. That was my performance. It took half an hour. So TV watchers could get bored. But I didn’t change my performance. That is my stand on my work. I am not an actor or a singer. History decides on my work. I notice another fact is that our weather report comes after the TV news. When I was reporting the TV news took a long time so people didn’t stay to watch the weather report. And at that time Nagis hadn’t happened, so people weren’t interested in weather reports. Another reason is weather reports were mentioned in the government newspapers. So there was no need to take time watching the report on screen. But subsequently weather reports become less mentioned in newspapers. Actually, across the world weather reports are usually treated as breaking news. But in Myanmar we give them less air time (on Myanmar Broadcasting Services).

I use Facebook. I have only 5000 friends but 160,000 followers. This shows people recognise that weather reports are important.

How many books have you written and published?Yes, the first one was “The girl named Laninya and Natural Disaster”. The second one was “Ngae Chit” (The First Lover), which was about My Mother. The third one was “Rainy Season”. The fourth one was “Thu Ei Kaung kin” (His Sky), which was a collaboration with writer Than Myint Aung. And the fifth one is “Nargis and Me”.

we have a lot of estimated methods for weather prediction in traditional culture. are these true?Yes, dead sure: I have written a book about weather forecasting by traditional methods. It’s strange and true. For example: you know that we have a traditional saying “moe sanay lay yarhu”, which means rain comes from south-west and wind comes from north-west. It’s perfect; we have south-west rain and north-west wind in modern Meteorology.

are astronomy and meteorology related?Yes, very good question: Really, astronomy has a major role in meteorology - no one can dare to deny that.

Please forecast the weather news for July for “My yangon” Magazine.Monsoon entered very late this year, but we have

fallen into rainy season. Yangon is on the delta and near the Mutaban Gulf. So Yangon never has had drought or missed a rainy season in its History. But, the raining pattern has changed a little this year in Yangon. It is raining with loud explosive noise and thunder claps. We call it thunder rain. This rain contains a lot of water. Most of the delta area and everywhere in Yangon is submerged in water, but I don’t mean floods. The monsoon should stop at the end of September. At least 3 or 4 storms may come in beyond rainy season, (November, and December). Also it may rain in that period. The temperature is normal in Yangon. No onshore cyclone alarms.

will a cyclone like nargis come again?The Yangon Region and Ayarwaddy Region are not used to suffering cyclones. But I don’t dare to say either way as weather can be abnormal. Abnormal weather has a lot of facts and reasons. We found two facts having observed Nargis. The first one is that the temperature of the Bay of Bengal was high. The highest temperature was in an area called the “Preparic Island”. We have a book about “Storms” written by Saya Gyi U Thu Ta and U San Kyaw. We learned a specific fact in those books that storms that begin near the “Preparic Island” in May come into Myanmar. That’s notable. When Nargis came in 2008 the storm began in that area.

thank you very much sir.You’re welcome.

Sithu Phyo & Hla Phone Aung

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MeetbUSInESS

Dr. tun Lwin is Myanmar's foremost meteorologist. He has worked in Myanmar's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology since he was 17 years old. He retired in 2009 and now operates a free, non-profit online service called Myanmar Climate Change watch (MCCw) on which he posts regular weather updates and reports. He has also written numerous successful books about weather in Myanmar.

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Would it be too clichéd to start an article about eating

insects with a ‘Waiter, waiter’ joke? Probably, so we’ll take that bit as read. But eating insects isn’t a funny business, and according to a 2013 report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) it is something we should be paying serious attention to in the future.

In the Western word, eating insects has often been seen as a bit of a gimmick, with chocolate covered ants and novelty scorpion lollipops becoming popular at about the same time as coffee connoisseurs were swearing by civet-poo coffee. Television programs forced celebrities to consume insects as a form of entertainment to those so inclined as to enjoy the suffering of others, and intrepid backpackers whispered tales through their beads and about deep fried Tarantulas on sticks being thrust through their open bus windows in Cambodia.

EatingBugsIn many parts of the word however, insects have always been a recognised important and much loved source of food. According to the FAO there are over two thousand edible insect species on Earth, and if you are interested in partaking in this alternative cuisine, you’re fortunate that a large menu of options are available in Myanmar.

But where to begin?My recommendation, if you are venturing into Entomophagy for the first time is to start small, and carefully work your way up. The most common insect you’ll find to eat in Yangon is the cricket, known locally as Payit. You’ll see them at markets in large plastic bags, the biggest juiciest and most expensive are available after the monsoon season, the best ones coming from the Mandalay region.

They are deep-fried, often in front of you, and should be consumed in one go. It helps not to make eye contact with the cricket, though the large bulbous eyes that peer up at you are difficult to ignore. Most people remove the wings, and some take off the legs, which others say is the best bit, but watch out for the spiky bit on the back legs that could catch in the throat.

The crickets are crispy on the outside with a little bit of body inside to facilitate a good chew before swallowing. The closest description I can give to the texture is a bit like a cross between a shrimp and a pork scratching. There isn’t a great deal of flavour, maybe a hint of nuttiness, but they are actually quite nice if you can get over the squeamishness of it all, and great with beer. You can normally pick up a small bag of deep-fried crickets on 19th street for a few thousand Kyat.

''Most

people

remove the

wings, and

some take

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others say

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Cliff Lonsdale

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So far so good? Ready to move onto the main course? How about some worms?

In my extensive research for this article I failed miserably to source the large white grubs that I had seen for sale at the market on 19th street one drunken evening. I think they were Sago worms, and I’m disappointed now that I didn’t take the opportunity to try them then at the time. As long as a finger, and a bit thicker, they were thrown wriggling into a pan and fried alive for a minute, before being served. My drinking companion explained that once you had bitten through the crispy outer shell, the inside was gooey and tasty. Definitely one to look out for in the future.

Whether you are trying them for the fun of it, as a quick snack with a beer or considering drastically changing your diet, the eating of insects is a very healthy and environmentally friendly approach to food.

Although 100g of crickets contains about half the calories and protein of the same amount of beef or chicken, they require about twelve times less food input, thousands of times less water, and a fraction of the space to produce. The farming of insects is less of a burden on the environment, cheaper and more sustainable than animal agriculture, and

You can quite often find bags of bamboo worms for sale in the markets, especially in the rural areas of Myanmar. These little worms are deep fried and then often tossed in salt and chilli. They’re so small you should really take a handful and pop them in. Again they haven’t really got much flavour, perhaps a touch of smoky bacon crisps about them, but also great with a beer.

If you are in Shan State, you might be lucky enough to see ants for sale, these yellow coloured insects are sour, and taste not unlike bitter lemons, you can ask around, but they are seasonal, so you might be disappointed. At this time of year though you can often pick up a bag of flying ants called Palu. They are the ones that appear in the thousands out of holes in trees in the early evening just after a rainfall and then die shortly after. They are good eating, I’m told.

requires very little initial outlay to establish. Insects are packed with minerals and vitamins, are a vital source of amino acids, and are set to be an important ingredient in meeting the dietary needs of the world's growing population.

If the thought of eating insects is really too much for you, just have a look at the ingredients on the packets of food you are putting in your basket at the supermarket. If you see the words cochineal or carmine, then it’s too late; you’re already an a bug eater!

Bon appétit.

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Health&

BeautybEaUtY

Beauty Box The spa opened in November 2014. Daw Phyu Phyu Soe, the owner of the spa says “The different services we have are; an IPL laser machine for face treatment and whitening, a diamond peeling machine to remove dead cells from the face and fill the skin with vitamins (for skin that has been withered by the sun), and the treatment of acne by a dermabation wave machine. Another treatment to reduce body weight is the use of machines from New Skin. New Skin is a global beauty trademark that includes V shape face treatment and oil massage products”. “The body weight reduction

technique will yield results. I researched about face and skincare myself, by reading about spas on the internet. One of the New Skin

machines can cause change within five years. I tested this treatment on

my skin. It really changed me to look younger. I use this machine for body and face as part of my shop’s services” said Daw Phyu Phyu Soe.

Apart from these exceptional treatments the spa offers hair treatment, slimming sessions, nail art and make up. You can also get Mesp white, meso fat, botox, filler and lift treatment.

In October, the wedding season of Myanmar, they will be announcing a wedding service. They already do a make-up service for women customers.

As there are so many companies close to Beauty Box spa in Tamwe Township, she will be launching a new ‘door-to-door’ service. It will start on the first of July, for men and women. The focus is mainly on health and secondly beauty. The Spa can accept the 30 people on one course. They are trained how to eat and live a healthy life style. During this course you control what you do and eat the whole day. The clients pay for the food, drink, lunch box and diet.

So, if you are interested the spa it is easy to find, because it is located in Tamwe Township - a main region of Yangon. Be beautiful.

Beauty Box Spa is located No.14, Thamainbayan Road,Tamwe Township, Infront of Orange Center. 09 5035556, 09 254228982.

what do you think? at first thought, a spa is normally the treatment of body and face. there

is one spa that is giving priority to health over beauty, and will be launching a ‘door to door’

service in July 2015. the spa’s name is “Beauty Box ” .

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1st Lady Beauty Salon | Asianfusion | 1A/42, U Zana St, Myathidar Housing, South Oakkalar Tsp| 850 001 7, 850 023 4, 09 506 662 2

Beauty Concepts | Unit-G11, No.231 Pyay Road, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 508 468, 01 508 469, 01 508 470

Beauty Choice | 65 Yae Kyaw Road, Pazundaung Tsp| 01 200 720, 09 450 061 156

California Skin Spa | 32. B Inya Myaing Road | 01 535 097

Inya Day Spa | 16/2 Inya Road, Kamaryut | 01 537 907 / 01 503 375

D Spa | 682 Thitsar Road (Ponnami Bus Stop) Ward 6 South Okkalapa Tsp | 09 25925 6686

La Source Beauty Spa | 80-A Inya Road | 01 512 380

Lemon Day Spa | No. 96 F, Inya Road, Kamayut Tsp | 01 514 848 / 09 732 08 476

London Bliss Spa | Taw Win Centre | 01 860 011

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Muguet Japon Spa | 1 F, New World Building 126 Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Sayar San Quarter, Bahan Tsp 09 732 29 205

Nacha Spa | Near City Mart, Shin Saw Pu Road | 094 211 65 929

Shangri-La Spa | Taw Win Centre | 09 315 51844

Central Hotel | 6th Floor, 335-337 Bogyoke Aung San Road Pabedan Tsp | 01 241 007 Ext. 533

Genky Physiotherapy Clinic | 285 Bo Aung Kyaw Road (middle block), Kyauktada Tsp. | 098 615 036

Health & Beauty Center of Hlaing Htet Veda Co.,Ltd. | No.14, Ground Floor, Block 19A, Boyar Nyunt Street, Dagon. Tsp

813 Hello I |59 & 63 Ground Floor, Seikta-thuka Street, Kyaukkmyaung, Tamwe Tsp. | 01 50 070, 097 308 1713

Hello II | 28 Maharsocial Street, Hledan, Kamaryut Tsp | 01 539 813

Iris | 570/A, Kaba Aye Pagoda Rd.,Ward (8)| 01 664918, 09 421 066 911

Magic House | (Rm 1/B), Bldg 16, Ariyta Maggin St., Ward (14), Yankin Tsp | 09 515 209 1

Spa Paragon | 51 (Rm 106), Shwe Hin Thar Tower (B), Pyay Rd., Ward (11) Hlaing Tsp| 01 507 344 Ext.112 09 526 164 2

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shop

we’re at the mercy of the monsoon season’s full throttled torrential downpours. July and august bring their promise of the heaviest of the incessant cloud bursting rainstorms. Indeed the initial ecstasy and relief we felt at the sudden occasional drop in temperature may have passed, and the childlike dives of jubilation into the rain have probably been replaced with some of us attempting to enter a state of solid hibernation. Dogged efforts to remain indoors at all costs aren’t realistic or possible for most of us. Life goes on and aside from a good few weekends of gorging on that tv series you never got round to watching, you will be exiting your homes. But for outdoor ventures, you will have already discovered that you have to rein in your fashion choices to avoid soppy, dirty clothes and ruined shoes. you might be ready to sacrifice your style, we use ‘might’ lightly for the fashionistas, but staying as dry as possible while wading through knee-deep rainwater under another day’s onslaught will be your daily mission.For the rookies and the pros, we’ve put together a list of must-haves for sheltering your bodies and becoming riders on the storm, until the arrival of the poncho-free dry season.

toP tIPs• Choose fabr ics care fu l ly. Cot ton keeps you cool but i t absorbs mois ture and takes longer to dr y. Polyester-blend clothes dry faster, even in humid air.

• Avoidlightcolorswhicharepronetobecomingstained.

• Packasetofextraclothestoslipintoincasethemeasuresyou’vetakennottoberinsed, catastrophically failed.

RaInCoatsJackets worn for the warmth factor is unnecessary. But for keeping your layers dry and save you walking around a soaking mess, you’ll probably want to invest in one of those waterproof ponchos you’re used to mocking tourists for wearing. PVC raincoats are also another member of the allied crew. But they needn’t be boring as they come in splashes of colour so be brave to be bright and bold to beat the gloomy blues.

tanKs anD teesLight-weight tank tops and loose t-shirts give us another excuse to experiment with print and colour. Women should also eye up men’s selections for tanks and tees, no need to minimise your options. Menswear often has a far more interesting selection of T-shirts and vest tops.

uMBReLLasThe umbrella is more than a mere necessity; it’s an accessory to be experimented with. No excuse to stick to basic black to match the heavy skyline. Be as adventurous as your tastes take you because now isn’t the season to be investing in colourful clothes only for them to be stained. Clash it with your PVC raincoat. Buy a couple in your favourite colours or prints because you’ll probably be misplacing a few.

RaIsIng tHe HeMLIneBelow the knee is a no-no as you’ll be wading through some heavy swirls of murky rainwater and unidentified objects. There’s not an inch on your leg that a muddy puddle is going to miss. Ditch the long trousers and the difficult to dry denims; it’s all about the shorts, skirts and the three-quarter lengths. If you can’t avoid wearing longer lengths, make sure you fold them up before you step out.

BagsThere could be the fear that even under the protection of your umbrellas, your smartphones, iPads, MP3 players and whatever else you keep in your bags, could become soggy victims of the monsoon. Invest in a waterproof handbag and purchase a plastic case for your phone and wallet – something you may have left over from the Thingyan dousing.

sHoesRain water and suede are enemies. Leather and fabric shoes don’t fare well against the downpours either, so it’s time to give these materials a rest. Rubber sandals and jellies are easy to keep dry and clean so these are a must-have. Thonged sandals will be no stranger to us, but you may want to find a pair with a buckle or sling back that can’t be swept off with the roadside currents. You may want to invest in closed water-proof shoes to keep your feet clean. They’ve become a fashion victim fail in some corners of the globe but seem to top the popularity charts during the monsoon season in South East Asia. Their practicality properties can’t be knocked.

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ဆရာမငးေဝေအာငရ႕ ပနးခကားေတြက ေကာေနာကဖကက အေနအထားေတြ၊ရဟနးသဃာေတြရ႕

ေနာကေကာပေတြ၊ ေတာကပတအေရာငေတြန႔ သ႔ရ႕ေရးဟနက လသမားပါတယ။ မငးေ၀ေအာငရယလ႔

သးသန႔ရပတညႏငတအထ ပနးခေရးဟနေတြက လသမားတာျဖစလ႔ ပနးခဆရာန႔ ေတြ႔ဆခပါတယ။

Que: New Treasure Art Gallery က ဆရာအေနန႔ ဘယခႏစမာ စတငတညေထာငခပါသလ။Ans: ၁၉၈၇ ခႏစမာ ျပညလမး ၅ မငခြ၊ တတားျဖမာရတ ခရမးျပာလကဖကရညဆငရ႕ အေနာကဘကမာ Treasure အမညန႔ စတငဖြငခပါတယ။ ပနးခဆရာ ၁၂ ေယာက၊ ၁၃ ေယာက စေပါငးၿပး ဖြငခတာပါ။ ၆ လ ေလာကၾကာမ တစဥးတညး New Treasure အမညန႔ ဆကလကဖြငခပါတယ။

Que: ဆရာရ႕ ငယဘဝန႔ ပနးခပညာလကဥးဆရာေတြက သလပါတယ။Ans: ဧရာဝတတငး၊ ဓႏျဖၿမ႕မာ ေမြးဖြားခပါတယ။ အဘးအဘြားအမကလညး ဘနးႀကးေကာငးန႔ နးနးေလး၊ ဥးေလးကလညး ဘနးႀကး၊ ငယစဥဘဝမာ အေနနးခရလ႔ အေငြ႕အသကေတြရခတယလ႔ ဆရပါမယ။ ဓႏျဖၿမ႕မာ ဥးဂြနး၊ ဥးဟနေအးႏင ဆရာႀကး ဒဂနသနး၊ ရနကနေရာကေတာ ပနးခပနးပေကာငးက ဆရာေတြက လကဥးဆရာေပါ။

Que: ရနကနမာ ပညာသငခတာကေရာ သပါရေစ။Ans: ပနးခပနးပေကာငးက (၁၉၇၉-၁၉၈၂) မာ တကခပါတယ။ ဆရာေတြျဖစတ ဥးသခ၊ ဥးျမေအးႏင ဥးေကာလႈင (ဘကေလး) တ႔ဆမာ သငခရတာပါ။ ေကာငးၿပးေတာ ဥးMတငေအး၊ ရနကနဘေဆြ၊ ဥးဘရငကေလး၊ ဥးဘရငႀကးဆတ ဆရာေတြဆမာ ပညာသငခြငရခတာပါ။

Que: ဆရာရ႕ ကယပငပနးခအယအဆ ျဖစေပၚလာပက သခငပါတယ။Ans: ၁၉၉၃ ခႏစ မတငခငအထ ရဟနး သဃာပေတြက ႀကၾကား၊ ႀကၾကားဆသလဆြခ ပါတယ။ ၁၉၉၃ ခႏစ ေရာကေတာ အေမရကန ႏငငက International University Program အရ ဆရာ ဗႏးဥးတငဝငး၊ ပနးပဆရာ ဆနနညမးတ႔ႏငအတ သတ႔ဆက ပနးခ၊ ပနးပ ပညာက တစလၾကာသြားေရာက ေလလာခြငရ ခပါတယ။ အဒမာ ပနးချပခနးေတြ၊ ျပတကေတြ၊ တကသလေတြ၊ ပနးခစတဒယေတြက ေလလာ ခြငရခပါတယ။ ၁၉၉၄ ခႏစ၊ ဂပနႏငင၊ ဖကအကာၿမ႕မာ Art Museum Workshop က တကခပါတယ။ အဒမာလညး အာရတစႏငင တစေယာကတကခၾကလ႔ ႏငငစပနးခဆရာေတြန႔ ရငးႏးခြင၊ အေတြ႕အႀကဖလယခြင ရခၾကတယ။ ဒါန႔ ျပနလာၿပးမ အရငက လငးစခတာက တစခခကပ Focus လပဖ႔ အသရခပါတယ။ ဒါန႔ ရဟနးသဃာပ ေတြက တစကမတမတဆြခတာပါ။ ဘကဂေရာငးမပါဘ ေနာကေကာဘကက ျမငကြငး ပေတြ ဆြခတာပါ။

Que: အျခားလငးေျပာငးၿပးေရးတာေရာ။ Ans: ရပါတယ။ ႐ႈခငးပေတြ၊ လေတြ ပေတြကလညး ဆြပါတယ။

Que: ဆရာရ႕ပနးခကားအေရာငေတြက Bright Color လ အပေရာငသးတာမားမားေတြ႕ရတယ။ ဒလ ကာလာက ဘာေၾကာင ႀကကပါသလ။ သးျဖစတာပါလ။Ans: ဒႏငငက အပပငးေဒသပါ ။ ဘယေနရာၾကညၾကည သမားႏငငလ အ႔မႈငးမေနဘ လငးထငးၿပး အေရာငေတြ စ၀ငးေနပါတယ။

Que: ပနးချပပြေတြက ဘယလစစဥခပါသလ။Ans: One Man Show တစကယေတာျပပြဆရင ကယစားလယေတြန႔ ရကညႇရပါတယ။ ပမးမ တစႏစေလာက အခနယရပါတယ။ ကယဆြတပေတြက Realism ထမာပါေနေတာ ဓာတပ၊ ဗဒယ၊ စတဒယေတြက အကးအကားလပက လပရပါတယ။ ဥပမာ သဃာေတာသကၤနး႐တာကအစ အမားအယြငး မရေအာငေပါ။

Que: ျပသခတပြေတြထက မေမႏငတ ပနးချပပြတစခက သခငပါတယ။Ans: အဂၤလနက King Road Art Gallery မာ ျပခတပြပါ။ ရနကနမာ အမးသားျပတကမာ အရငျပခၿပးမ သြားျပခတာပါ။

Que: ျပညတြငးျပညပမာ ျပလပခတ ျပပြအေတြ႕အၾကေတြက ေျပာျပေပးပါဥး။Ans: 1994 Fourth Asian Art Show Exhibition (Japan) ႏင စငကာပ၊ ေဟာငေကာင၊ အဂၤလနတ႔က ပနးချပခနးေတြန႔ Agent ေတြ ၾကးမႈးကငးပခတ Art

Show ေတြ လပခပါတယ။ ရနကနမာေတာ ႏစစဥ ေလးလတစႀကမ ျပပြက ဒျပခနးမာပ ျပလပပါတယ။ Member ေတြ ပါ၀ငတ ဆရာႀကးဥးသခအထမးအမတ ပနးချပပြကေတာ ႏစစဥ ႏ၀ငဘာမ ကငးပပါတယ။

Que: လြနခတ ငါးႏစေကာက ျပနၾကညရင ပနးခေလာက ေျပာငးလလာတယလ႔ ယဆပါသလား။Ans: ေျပာငးလလာပါတယ။ ပနးချပခနးေတြလညး မားလာတယ။ ၁၉၈၇ ခႏစ အထ သတမနန႔ ႏငငျခားသားေတြပ ၀ယေလရတယ။ အခေတာ ႏငငျခားသားပါမကဘး။ ျပညတြငးက ခမးသာၾကြယ၀သေတြပါ ၀ယေလရလာပါၿပ။ အခ႕ျပညတြငး၀ယလကေတြက ဟတယႏင အမအလဆငတေနရာမာ မပါမျဖစ ၀ယလာၾကတယ။ ဒါေၾကာင ေစးကြကပါ ေျပာငးလလာပါတယ။

Que: ဆရာတ႔ ေဖာငေဒးရငး အေၾကာငးေလး လညး ေျပာျပပါဥး။Ans: ဆရာႀကး ဥးသခ (၁၉၈၉-၂၀၀၇) ဟာ၂၀၁၈ ခႏစဆရင ႏစတစရာျပညပါၿပ။ အဒႏစမာ ရာျပညပြႀကးလပဖ႔ စစဥေနပါတယ။ ဥးသခေဖာငေဒးရငးဆၿပး ႏစစဥ ႏဝငဘာလမာ ပနးခအေရာငးျပပြလပပါတယ။ ပနးခကား ေရာငးလ႔ရတေငြေၾကးက လကရပနးခဆရာေတြႏင မသားစအတြက သာေရး၊ နာေရးႏင ပညာေရးအတြက ေထာကပပါတယ။ ရနကနႏင မႏေလးပနးခပနးပ ေကာငးကလညး ေထာကပပါတယ။

Que: ပနးချပပြန႔ ပတသကတ အနာဂတအစအစဥကလညး သခငပါတယ။ Ans: Art Exchange ျပပြေတြ၊ Workshop ေတြ၊ Outdoor အတထြကၾကတာေတြက ႏငငတကာႏင ပးေပါငးၿပး လပေနဆ ျဖစပါတယ။ အေမရကန၊ တ႐တ၊ စငကာပ စတႏငငေတြက ပနးခဆရာေတြက ဖတၾကားၿပး ေဟာေျပာပြေတြလပဖ႔ စစဥထားပါတယ။

Born in Danubyu in 1960, Min wae aung studied traditional landscape and portrait painting at the state school of Fine arts in yangon. His works often represent Buddhist monks or nuns painted plain shimmering golden backgrounds. the faces are rarely shown, which symbolizes the Buddhist ideal of turning from worldly temptations, and finding serenity and inner peace.

new treasure art galleryno. 84/a, thanlwin st, golden Hill avenue, golden valley ward, Bahan tsp, university P.o, yangon, Myanmar.tel: 95-1-526776, 95-1-503712

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Downtown50th Street Bar and Restaurant | Western/Bar | 9-13 50th Street, Botataung Tsp | 01 397 060

365 Café | Café/Western | No.5 Thamada Hotel, Ahlanpya Pagoda Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 243 047, 01 243 639-41 ext. 32

999 Shan Noodle Shop | Shan | 130 B, 34th Street | 01 389 363, 01 384 779

H APK | Thai | 392-396 Shwebonthar Street, Pabedan Tsp | 01 250 437

H Aung Mingalar Shan Noodle Restaurant | Shan | No. 34 Bo Yar Nyunt Street & Corner of Nawaday Street, Dagon Tsp | (no phone number)

H Aung Pyae Phyo Indian Foods | Indian | No. 37th Street, Corner of Mahabandoola Road (Middle block), Kyauktada Tsp | (no number)

Bar Boon | Café/Western | Just outside FMI Center, 380 Bo Gyoke Road | 09 420 321 058

Bharat Indian Restaurant | Indian | 356 Mahabandoola Road, Seikkantha Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 01 382 253

Café KSS | Café | 470-472, Mahabandoola Road, Cor. Bo Sun Pat Street | 01 253 126, 09 431 67288

H Cherry Man | Myanmar/Indian | 78/80 Latha Street, Lower block | 01 374 891, 01 389 705

H Coffee Club | Café | 232, Sule Pagoda Road (Inside E-city phone shop), Kyauktada Tsp | (no number)

Coka Suki Restaurant | Thai/Hotpot | 104/108, Kyee Myin Daing Strand Road, Ahlone Tsp | 01 229 904 ext. 229 905

H Easy Café & Restaurant | Asian | 30A/C1, Bo Yar Nyunt Road | 01 220 722, 01 246 755

Fat Man Steak | Western | Bo Yar Nyunt Rd, Dagon Tsp | 09 420 305 666

Feel | Myanmar | 124, Pyihtaungsu Avenue Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 732 08 132

H Frozee Gelatto Creamery | IceCream | No. 23 Nawaday Street, Dagon Tsp | 01 1233 874

Fu-Rin Japanese Restaurant | Japanese | No. 210, Anawrahta Road, Lanmadaw Tsp | 01 211 702

Gallery Bar & Restaurant | Café/Bar | 223 Sule Pagoda Road | 01 242 828 ext. 6430 or 6431

H Gekko | Japanese/Bar | 535 Merchant Road | 01 386 986, 09 431 902 32

H Green Gallery | Thai | No. 58, 52nd Street (lower block), Botahtaung Tsp | 09 313 151 31

Harley’s | Fastfood | 285, Ground Floor, The Corner of 6th Street & Anaw Ya Htar Road, (2) Ward, Lanmadaw Tsp | 09 250 086 204

Harley’s@Pansodan | Fastfood | 380 Maha Bandula Road, Kyaukada Tsp | 01 376 745

Heaven Pizza | Pizza | 38~40, Bo Yar Nyunt Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 855 1383

n Heiwa | Japanese | 207,32 Street (Upper Block), Pabedan Tsp | 01 375931

n India Kitchen | Indian | 297 Mahabandoola Road, Botahtaung Tsp | 01 389 367

Ingyin Restaurant | Indian | Anawratha Road (30th St) | (no number)

Junior Duck | Chinese | Nanthidar Jetty Compound, Pan Soe Tan Saikkan Strand Road, Kyauktada Tsp | 01 249 421

Kanpai | Japanese | 207 Bo Aung Kyaw Street, Botataung Tsp | 09 421 739 599

Kinsakura Restaurant | Japanese | BAK, Olympic Tower, 1st Floor, Bo Aung Kyaw Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 09 514 7840

H Kosan Café | Bar | Branch 2-Café/Bar-108, 19th Street (Upper Block), Latha Tsp | 01 503 232

H Linkage Restaurant | Myanmar/Asian | 221, 1st Flr, Mahar Bandoola Garden Street | 09 495 836 18, 09 430 529 16

Lotteria@China Town | Fastfood | No 827, Corner of Hledan Street and Mahabandola Road, Lanmadaw Tsp | 01 230 3097

n Lotteria@Central Tower | Fastfood | 79/81, Room (001/002), between 39th and 40th Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 09 258 521 385

n Marry Brown | Fastfood | 180-182, Mahabandoola Garden Street (Middle Block), Kyauktada Tsp | 01 384 780

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Maru Grill Restaurant | Japanese | 134 Shwe Taung Tan Street (Upper Block), Lanmadaw Tsp | 011 221 568, 09 420 308 350

H Miyoshi Ramen | Japanese | 42/E, Bo Yar Nyunt Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 420 098 866

H Mondo | Japanese | 26 (B) Yaw Min Gyi Street | 01 252 261, 09 450 066 782

H Monsoon | Asian | No. 85-87, Theinbyu Road (lower block), Botataung Tsp | 01 295 224 My Garden | Asian | Ahlone Road | 01 372 822

Nam Kham Shan Restaurant | Shan | 37th Street, Corner of Mahabandoola Road (middle block), Kyauktada Tsp | (no number)

Nan Yu | Indian/Cantonese | 81 Pansodan Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 01 252 702

H Nepali Food House | Nepalese | 63, Bon Sun Pet Street, Lower Block, Pabedan Tsp | 09 402 552 245, 09 731 423 86, 09 517 5640

Nilar Biryani | Indian | 216, Anawratha Road, Pabedan Tsp

Nooch Restaurant & Bar | Japanese/Thai | No. 387/397, Room K1, Upper Shwe Bon Thar Road, Pabedan Tsp | 01 378 166

Oishii Branch 1 | Japanese | 98, Latha Street(Middle Block), Latha Tsp | 01 708 685, 09 312 870 53

Olive Garden | Mediterranean| 170/176 Bo Aung Kyaw Street | 09260171411

H Pa Pa Pizza | PizzaDelivery | Yaw Min Gyi Street | 09 421 124 373

Parisian Cake & Coffee | CoffeeShop/Café | 46 Mahabandoola Garden Street (Lower Block), Kyauktada Tsp | 01 242 650

Peacock Lounge | Café | Sule-Shangri-La Hotel, 223 Sule Pagoda Road | 01 242 828 ext. 6456 or 6434

Phoenix Court (Si Chaun Dou hua) | Chinese | Park Royal Hotel 33 Alan Pya Pagoda Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 250 388

Rangoon Teahouse | Myanmar | 1st Flr, 77 Pansodan Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 09 517 832 9

Santino Café |zzCoffeeShop | 18/A-1, Bo Yar Nyunt Street, Dagon Tsp | 01 387 880

H Shiawase | Sushi | 38/40 A1 Bo Yar Nyunt Street | 09 492 591 84

Shiki-Tei | Japanese | Park Royal Hotel, 33 Alan Pya Pagoda Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 250 388

Shwe Kaung Hot Pot | Chinese/HotPot | 306, Level 3, Junction Maw Tin, Corner of Anawrahta Road & Lanthit Road, Lanmadaw Tsp | 09 731 120 46

Spice Brasserie | AsianFusion | Park Royal Hotel 33 Alan Pya Pagoda Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 250 388

H Sprouts | SaladBar/Café | 68A Yaw Min Gyi Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 421 102 223

Sukiya Japanese Resturant | Japanese | 42/B, Yaw Min Gyi Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 311 350 26

H Sule Shangri -La Café | Bakery/Café | Shangri La Hotel, 223 Sule Pagoda Road | 01 242 828 ext. 6421, 6422

H Summer Palace | Chinese | Sule Shangri La, 223 Sule Pagoda Road | 01 242 828 ext: 6428, 6429

Sushi Itchi | Japanese | No. 105, Phone Gyi Street, Lanmadaw Tsp | 01 218 282

H Sydney’s | WesternBakery(Orderonly) | 288/290 (Rm 106), 1st Flr, Shwe Dagon Pagoda Road, MWEA Tower | 01 381 607

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n Thai 47 | Thai | No (153), Cornar of 47th Street & Anawyahta Road, Botahtaung Tsp | 095169215

n The Blind Tiger |Western/Tapas | United Condominium, Nawaday Street | 01 388 488

The Manhattan Fish Market | Seafood/Western | 44/56 Kannar Road, Ground Floor M.M.G. Tower, 41st - 42nd Street | 01 375 064

The Lobby Bar | Bar | Park Royal Hotel 33 Alan Pya Pagoda Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 250 388

The Strand Café | Finedining/Western | 92 Strand Road | 01 243 377~92

The Strand Grill | Western | 92 Strand Road | 01 243 377

The Thiripyitsaya Sky Bistro | Asian/Western | 20th Floor, Sakura Tower, 339 Bogyoke Aung San Road, Kyauktada Tsp | 01 255 277

Titu’s Indian Banana Leaf | Indian | 235, Ground floor, 32nd Street | 09 302 583 77, 09 312 854 39

Toba Restaurant Café | Indonesian | 15 Nawaday Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 254 095 451

Tokyo Doughnut | Bakery | Mahabandoola Road, Between 31 st Street & Bo Sun Pat Street | 09 731 88772

Union Bar & Grill | Western/Bar | 42 Strand Road, Left corner of the Myanmar Red Cross Building, Botahtaung Tsp | 09 420 101 854

Ureshii Kitchen | Japanese | 111 Shwe Taung Tan Street, Lanmadaw Tsp | 01 224 810

Ya Kun Kaya Toast | Singaporean | 4th Floor, Junction Square, Corner of Narnattaw Road and Kyun Taw Road, Kamayut Tsp | 09 312 854 39

H Yhet’s | Japanese | 57, 37 Street (Lower Block), Kyauktada Tsp | 01 377 212

YKKO@Seikkantha Street- Also various branches | Chinese/Thai | 286, Seikkantha Street, Kyauktada Tsp | 01 379 754

MidtownAdamas | Seafood | No.14 , Kanbawza Road | 09-254 006 636

After Work Bistro and Bar | Café/Bar | 31, A1, Shan Gone Street, Sanchaung Tsp | 09 250 400 753

H Agnes | French/FineDining | Kandawgyi Palace Hotel, Kan Yeik Tha Road, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp, Yangon | 01 382 919, 01 382 912

** Alamanda Inn Restaurant | French | 60B/Shwe Taun Gyar Road, Golden Valley | 01 534 513

Ananda Coffee and Cocoa | Café/Coffeeshop | Market Place by City Mart, Dhamazedi Road

Asagiri Sausage & Restaurant | Western | Corner of Kyun Taw Road and Nar Nat Taw Street, Kamaryut Tsp | 01 539 598

Aung Thuka | Myanmar | 17(A), West Shwegondine, Bahan Tsp | 01 525 194

H AV's | Indian | Room A, Ground Floor, No(76/80)(B), Banyardala Road | 09 254 345 381

Bangkok Kitchen | Thai | Kandawgyi Natural Park,Nat Mauk Road,Tamwe Tsp | 01 556 901

n Bar Boon | DutchDeli | No. 10K, Shwe Taung Kyar Road, Bahan Tsp | 09 431 851 44

Barista Lavazza | Café/Coffeeshop | 16 Kyaik Ka San Road, Tamwe Tsp | 018 604 415

n Barwachi | Indian | 37, Ground Floor 1, La Pyayt Wun Plaza, Alan Pya Pagoda Road, Dagon Tsp | 092535 00002

BBQ Chicken Restaurant | Fastfood | 44, Ground Floor, Pyay Road, Dagon Tsp | 09 250 613 329

Billion Gold Restaurant | FineDining | Yangon International Hotel Compound (Ahlone Road) | 01 216 001

Black Canyon Coffee | Coffeeshop | 330 Ahlone Road, In front of Yangon International Hotel, Dagon Tsp | 01 395 052

Café Bellagio | Western | 81 New University Ave Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 544 930

Café Dibar | Italian | No.9, Kabaraye Pagoda Road, Yankin Tsp | 095 114 932, 09 599 6143

Cafe Napoli | Italian | No,287, East Shwe Gon Dine Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 554 957, 09 420 207 233

Café Terrace 320 | Café/Thai | Corner of Pyay Road and Ahlone Road | 09 430 919 59

Chatime (various branches) | Café | 29 B-002 Shwe Pyi Aye Yeik Mon Housing, Bargayar Road, Sanchaung Tsp | www.chatime.com.mm

Chokdee | Dimsum | Yangon International Hotel Compound (Ahlone Road), Dagon Tsp | 09 732 271 77

Cocoon Bar | Asian/bar | 22/24 Shinsawpu Road and corner of Baho Road | 01 500 863

Coffee Circles | Café | 107(A) Dhammazedi Road, Kamayut Tsp | 01 525 157

Cousins Grill | Western | No. 28(A), Kokkaing Swimming Pool St., Sayarsan Rd, Bahan Tsp | 01 546 633

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Daruma | Japanese | Yangon International Hotel, Ahlone Road, Dagon Tsp | 09 492 702 71

Dining Fukurou Japanese Resturant | Japanese | No.81 (C), New University Avenue Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 542 871

Doremi Café | Asian/Western | No. 33, Nigyawda Street, Kyauk Myaung, Tamwe Tsp | 01 546 850

Dynasty Bistro at Marketplace | Chinese | 430/A, City Mart Marketplace, Dhamazeddi Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 523 840

n Easy Café | Café | 24D Nar Nat Taw St, Kamayut Tsp | 09 250 141 098.

H Edo Zushi | Japanese | No.290-B, U Wisara Road, 10 Ward Kamaryut Tsp | 09 259 040 853

EK Enjoy Kitchen | FastFood | 68-B, Daw Thein Road & Bandar Gone Street, Kandawkalay. 09 310 41 915

H Family Sushi | Japanese | A-27, Rm# 104, U Chit Maung Housing, U Chit Maung Street, Bahan Tsp | 09 731 194 56, 095 077 223

FC Box & Food Desserts | Fastfood | Yangon International Hotel Compound (Ahlone Road) | 01 216 001

Freshness Burger (Myanmar Culture Valley) | Fastfood/burger | People’s Park & People’s Square, U Wisara Road, Dagon Tsp | 09 323 160 61

n Freshness Burger (Nawaday Road) | Fastfood/burger | No. 18/D Nawaday Road, Dagon Tsp.

H Fuji Coffee House | Japanese | No.116, University Avenue Road, Kamaryut Tsp | 01 535 371 ext. 512561

H Furusato | Japanese | 137 Shwe Gon Daing Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 556 265

H Golden City Chetty Restaurant | Indian | Padonmar Street, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 518 248, 095 414 526

H Golden Duck Restaurant | Chinese | Kan Taw Mingalar Garden Compound, Shwedagon Pagoda Road | 01 240 216

Golden View Japanese Teppanaki Restaurant | Japanese | 23 Golden View Tower (A), G3, U Aung Myat Street, Mingalar Taungnyunt Tsp (opposite of Karaweik Park entrance) | 018 619 194, 095 080 466

H Golden Kitchen Tori | Asianfusion | 135 Inya Road, opposite of Savoy Hotel | 01 511 418

n Goya Restaurant | Western | Hotel Esperado, Top Floor, 23 U Aung Myat Street, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp | 01 861 9486

Green Elephant Restaurant | Myanmar | No. 37, University Avenue, Bahan Tsp | 01 536 498

Gusto Café | CoffeeShop/Italian | 150 Dhamazedi Road, Next to Monument Bookstore | 09 362 145 23

Happy Café & Noodles | Myanmar/Asian | 104(B), Inya Road, Kamayut Tsp | 01 536 985

Haru | Japanese | 81 Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Tsp | 09 421 149 721

Horn | JapaneseBeefSteak | 36(A), Golden Valley Street, Bahan Tsp | 01 513 404, 09 420 003 996

H House of Memories | Myanmar | 290 U Wisara Road | 01534 242

Ice Berry | Western | 230 Bargayar Road, opposite Dagon Centre | 01 516 506, 01 700 680 - Various branches.

H Ichiban-Kan | Japanese | G17-18, Gyo Phyu Street, Aung San Stadium (North Wing), Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp | 01 394 824

Jaspar House | Western | No. 54, Ahlone Street, Dagon Tsp | 09 517 2589, 012 302 011

Jing Hpaw Myay | Kachin | 2B Kyun Taw Street | 01 524 525, 09 420 247 034

H Kachin Agape Restaurant | Kachin | Shwe Pyi Aye, just off Bagayar Street (Closed Sundays) | 01 518 239, 09 421 167 008

Karaweik Palace | Western/Asian | Kandawgyi Compound, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp | 09 459 222 222

Kobe-Ya | Japanese | 615/B Marlar Street. Pyay Road, Kamaryut Tsp | 01 535 072

Kokine Bar & Restaurant | Asian/Western | 32, Kokkine Swimming Club Lane, off Saya San Road, Bahan Tsp | 095 411 253, 09 421 060 505

Kohaku | Japanese | Chatrium Hotel No 40 Natmauk Road, Tamwe Tsp | 01 544 500

Ko Piteria | Café | No.23, A-1, Hledan Road, Kamayut Tsp | 09 730 503 61

H Le Bistrot | French | Savoy Hotel, 129, Dhammazedi Road, Kamaryut Tsp | 01 526 289, 01 526 298

Legacy Thai Restaurant | Thai | Yawmingyi, Dagon Tsp

n Le Planteur | FineDining/French | 80, University Avenue, Kamayut Tsp | 01 541 230

n Lotteria @ Junction Square | Fastfood | Junction Square, Between Kyun Taw Road and Pyay Road, Kamayut Tsp | 012 305 798

Lotteria @ Ocean | Fastfood | Ocean Super Centre, Tamwe Tsp | 01 525 947

n Lucky | Singaporean | The Best Music Pub, Near Utopia Tower, Kandawgyi Nature Park, Bahan Tsp | 09 513 775 3, 09 250 648 820

H Manpuku | JapaneseBBQ | No. 30, Sagawar Street, Dagon Tsp | 01 214 284

Marry Brown | Fastfood | 220, Shwe Gon Daing Road, Bahan Tsp | 018 603 215

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H Min Lann | Seafood/Rakhine | 45 Baho Road, near Asia Royal hospital | 01 510 285, 09 431 251 52

H Mojo | AsianFusion/Tapas | 135 Inya Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 511 418

Mom’s Kitchen | Asian/Singaporean | Lay Daungkan Road (in front of Super One), Tamwe Tsp | 01 545 871

Mr. Sushi | Japanese | No. 330 Banyadala Street, Tamwe Tsp | 09 240 047 373

H Muses | Asian/Western | No. 485(B) Pyay Road, Kamaryut Tsp | 01 503 380

H Nacha Thai | Thai | 86 Shin Saw Pu Road, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 510 731

Nervin Café and Bistro | Café | Karaweik Oo-Yin Kabar, Kandawgyi Nature Park, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp | 01 541 188

n New Kham Wai | Fastfood | Green Leaf Hotel, S27, U Chit Maung Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 860 3851

Off the Beaten Track | Café/Bar | Kandawgyi Natural Park, Karaweik Oo-Yin Kabar, Mingla Taung Nyunt Tsp | 095 416 437

Oriental House Restaurant | Chinese/DimSum | No. 126(A), Myo Ma Kyaung Street, Dagon Tsp | 01 371 471

Pandomar | Asian | 105/107, Kha-Yae-Bin Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 538 895

Pepperoni Pizza | Italian | Union Business Center (UBC) Annex B, Nat Mauk Road, Bo Cho Quarter Bahan Tsp | 09 302 583 99

Peppers | Western | University Avenue Road | 01 548 046 n Port Autonomy | GastroPub | 22A, Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Tsp | 09 253 710 651

Potato Break | Fastfood | Myanmar Culture Valley, U Wisara Road, People's Park | 01 241 103

Putao Resturant | Kachin | 30 Ground Floor Dammayone Street, Myay Ni Gone, Sanchaung Tsp | 09 257 171 464

Radio Café | Sandwiches/Western | 30 Ma hlwa gone Street, Tamwe Tsp |

Royal Garden | Chinese | Natmauk Road, Kandawgyi Nature Park, Central Forest Zone, Bahan Tsp | 01 546 923, 01 546 202

Sai’s Tacos | Mexican | 32A Inya Myaing Road | 01 514 950

Salud Restaurant | Mexican/LatinAmerican | 7(C) Ground Floor, Wingabar Road Bahan (Its next to Clover Hotel) | 09 731 136 01

Samuri Sushi | Japanese | 4E/F Ground Floor, Wingabar Street, Bahan Tsp | 09 730 818 71, 095 123 240

n Secret Recipe | Cafe |Shwe Gon Daing Ocean Supercenter, 2nd Floor | 018604618

H Sharky’s | Western/IceCream | 117 Dhamazedi Road | 01 524 677, 01 373 009

H Shwe Kaung Hot Pot | HotPot/Chinese | No. 18, Ko Min Ko Chin Road, Shwe Gon Dine, Bahan Tsp | 01 559 339

H Shwe Li BBQ | BBQ | 485 Corner of Pyay Road & Narnattaw Road. Kamayut Tsp | 01 535 394

Singapore Kitchen | Singaporean | Yangon International Hotel Compound, Ahlone Road | 01 216 001

Singapore Restaurant | Chinese | 330 Ahlone Road, International Hotel Compound, Dagon Tsp | 09 730 167 88, 09 492 718 66

Sport Bar | Bar | Yangon International Hotel Compound (Ahlone Road) | 01 216 001

Swensen’s | IceCream | Myay Ni Gone, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 504 932, 09 731 817 58 | www.swensens-myanmar.com

Swe Thai Restaurant | Thai | 34 New University Ave Road, Kokkine, Bahan Tsp | 01 704 067

The Taj | Indian | B-9, Aung San Stadium, North Stand, Upper Pansodan Road, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp | 09 252 451 353.

Thai Kitchen | Thai | 126 (A-1), Dhamazedi Street & Inya Traffic Corner, Bahan Tsp | 09 730 377 99, 098 613 400

Thai Pot | Thai/Hotpot | 250 East Myin Pyine Kwin Road, Tamwe Tsp | 098 610 393, 095 007 997

H The Coriander Leaf | Indian | 12 Yangon International Hotel Compound, Alone Road | 01 293 006, 09 431 850 08 The Emporia | Western/Asian | Chatrium Hotel, 40 Natmauk Road, Tamwe Tsp | 01 544 500 ext. 6253

The Fingers Food Garden | Myanmar | 55 Shan Kone Street | 01535350

H The Garden Bistro Signature Restaurant | Western/Asian | Corner of Kan Yeikthar Street, Bahan Street, Near U Htaung Bo Roundabout, Bahan Tsp | 01 546 488

H The Lab | Tapas | 70a Shwegondaing Rd | 09 250 537 979

The Pizza Company (various chains) | Italian | Dagon Centre 1 Shopping Mall, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 534 036, 09 730 697 24 | www.facebook.com/thepizzacompanymyanmar

The Serenity Restaurant | Myanmar | No. 114/ B, Inya Road, Kamayut Tsp | 01 524 890

H Tiger Hill | Chinese | Chatrium Hotel, 40 Natmauk Road, Tamwe Tsp | 01 544 500 ext. 6294

Tony Roma's | SteakHouse | No. 42-1 , Sayar San Road (in front of Cafe SS), Bahan Tsp | 01 860 3907.

H Vietnam Kitchen | Vietnamese | 1A Phone Sein Road, Tamwe Tsp | 09 431 839 89

H Vino di Zanotti | Italian | 61 University Avenue Road, Bahan Tsp | 01 525 935, 01 505 247

H Water Library | FineDining/European | Corner of Pyay Road and Manawharri Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 221 721, 01 214 361

Western Park Restaurant | Chinese | Newar Bahan 3rd Street Bus Stop, Maha Myaing Kyun, Kandawgyi Nature Park, Bahan Tsp | 01 554 266, 01 553 931, 09 730 064 91

White Rice Restaurant | Chinese | Nat Mauk Road, Kandawgyi Lake | 01 556 837

Win Star | BBQ/bar | No (27/30), Corner of Sanchaung Street & Padonmar Street, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 505 467

H Xie Yang Yang (Xiao Long Bao) | DimSum | On corner of Nyaung Tong (No. 4) and Baho Road | 01 502 582

Yamagoya Ramen Restaurant | Japanese | 520 Uyin Street, Sayasan Quater, Bahan Tsp | 01 556 774

H Yangon Bakehouse | Bakery/Café | Pearl Condo, Block C, Ground Floor, Kabar Aye Pagoda Road | 09 450 055 924, 09 250 178 879, 01 557 448, ext. 818

Zeal | Western/Café | No. 99, Myay Nu Street | 09 731 272 80

Zephyr Coffee & Restaurant | Asian | Inya Road, Kamayut Tsp | (no phone number)

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UptownAgora Café & Restaurant | Mexican | 84, Kanbae Road (Opposite Yankin Childrens Hospital) Yankin Tsp | 09 301 989 68

H Acacia Tea Salon | FineDining/Bakery | 52 Saya San Road | 01 554 739

n Always Café | Café | Ground Floor, Ga Mone Pwint Shopping Mall, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01 653 644, 01 653 660

Andaman II @ Yankin | Thai/StreetBar | Yankin Road

Arirang Restaurant | Korean | Thiri Mingalar Street, Hledan | 09 493 351 72

Aux Saisons | European/FineDining | 31/A Kan Yeik Tha Road | 01 661 125

BB Cake & Coffee | Café | 48, Coner of Parami Road and Myint Zu Street, Yankin Tsp | 09 421 180 670

Bo Bo Min Tea Garden 21/22 A, Pinlon Rd, Ward 29| 01-8011102, 8011100, 8011102-4

Café 47 | Western | 47 A, Pyay Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01 651 774

Fook Mun Lau | Chinese | 102, Nawaday Cinema Garden, Corner Of Kabaraye Pagoda Road & Oak Pone Seik Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01 661 839, 01 663 743

Frolick | FrozenYoghurt | Kyun Taw Street, Junction Square, 3rd Floor | 01 527 242

Fuji | Japanese | Hanthawaddy Road | 09 515 147 76

Gangam Restaurant | Korean | Kabaraye Pagoda Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01 650 689

Gourmet Corner Restaurant | Myanmar | Parami Road | 01 667 449, 092 006 777

Her’s |KoreanFood| 879, Pinlon Rd, Ward 34 | 01 663636, 0943155647, 09 31452829

Indian Tadka | Indian | 7(A), Pyay Road, 6 ½ Miles, Hlaing Tsp | 09 420 187 010

Innlay Ahmataya | Shan | 8 Kyout Kone street, Corner of Thitisar Road and Kyout Kone street, Yankin Tsp

Kone Myin Thar | Myanmar | 69 (A) Pyay St, 71/2 Mile, Mayangone Tsp |

Kosan Café-Bar Branch 1 | Bar/Café | 18, U Tun Lin Chan Street, Hledan | 01 503 232

L’Alchimiste | French | 5 U Tun Nyein Street, Mayangone Tsp | 01 660 612

La Maison 20 | FineDining | 20, Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Mayangone Township | 01 664 204

H L’Opera Restaurant | Italian | 62D, U Htun Nyein Street, Mayangone Tsp | 09 730 307 55

H La Tartine | FrenchBakery | Pearl Condo A, Corner of Kabar Aye Pagoda Road & Sayarsan Road | 01 557 448 ext. 858

Little Tokyo | Japanese | 10D, Kabaung Road, Hlaing Tsp | 09 731 851 68, 09 731 789 46

Lotteria @ Junction 8 | Fastfood | G21- G24, Junction 8 Shopping Mall, Kyik Wine Pagoda Road, Myangone Tsp | 01 650 771

H Min Lan | Rakhine/Seafood | No. 16, Parami Road & West of Maykha Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01 656 941, 099 926 959

Orchid Café | Café | Inya Lake Hotel, Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Tsp | 019 662 866

H Parami Pizza | Italian | No (11/8), Corner of Malikha Road and Parami Road, 7th Quarter, Myangone Tsp | 09 250 292 074

H Phai Lin | Thai/Chinese | 69, Pyay Road, 61/2 Mile | 01 525 403

Ryukyu | Japanese | 76 Saya San Road | 01 554 748

H Sabai@DMZ | Thai | Inside Mya Kyun Tha Park (Opposite Sedona Hotel), Kaba Aye Pagoda Road | 018 605 178

Scoop premium Italian Ice Cream | IceCream | Junction Square Shopping Centre, Kyun Taw Road | 09 732 183 21

Shake Bubble Tea | Cafe| No:1201 ,Pin Lon Rd |093023595, 095007202

Shwe Pyi Moe | MyanmarTeaShop | level 3, corner of Ngwe Ni 13 Street, North Okkalapa Tsp | 09 421 006 237

H Shwe Sa Bwe | French/FineDining | 20 Malikha Road | 01 661 983

Taing Yin Tar | Myanmar | 5A, Corner of May Kha Road and Parami Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01 660 792, 09 732 217 17

The Myths | WesternCuisine | 18 Thukhawaddy St., 6th Ward, Yankin Tsp | 09 431 688 08, 095 037 764

The Seoul Korean Restaurant | Korean | 142 Parami Road | 09 492 848 88, 09 421 177 524

Vietnam House 488/490 Shwe Thapyay St, Ward 48095051658, 0973184568

Yunan BBQ | BBQ/Chinese | 48 (A), corner of Kanyethethar Street and Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Mayangone Tsp | 01 665 398 | 01 664 496

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BarsYangon has an expanding nightlife scene. No longer limited to hotel bars and beer stations, there is now an emerging variety of places to party and socialise.

50th Street: 9/13 50th Street | PopularwiththeSportscrowd

After-Work Bistro and Bar: 31, A1, Shan Gone Street, Sanchaung Tsp | 09 250 400 753, 09 420 239 822 | AnewSanchaungbar

Blind Tiger: | United condominium, Nawaday Street, Dagon Tsp | 01 388 488 | OpenMonday-Saturday5pmtilllateopenforlunchsoon.Hiddenspeakeasywithcocktailsandtapas.

Captain’s Bar: Savoy Hotel, 129, Dhammazedi Rd Yangon | 01-526 289, 01-526 298, 01-526 305 | Casualyetclassic

Cask 81: No 81, Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd, Bahan Tsp | 09 254 083 981 | Forwhiskyfanatics

Cocoon Bar: 22/24 Shinsawpu Road and corner of Baho Road | 01 500 863 | Greatviews

Club Rizzoli: Chatrium Hotel 42, Natmauk Road, Tamwe Tsp | 01 544 500 ext. 6243/6244 | PrivatepartyparadisewithCubancigars,karaokeandwell-stockedsakebar

Escape Gastro Bar: 31D Kan Yeik Thar Street, Mayangone Tsp | 01-660 737 | AMyanmarcelebrityhang-out

Friendship Bar: No(135)corner ofDhamazedi Road & Inya Road | Cheapandcheerful

Gallery Bar: Shangri-La Hotel, Level 2, 223 Sule Pagoda Road | 01-242 828 ext. 6433 |ExcellentHappyHourwithcosycorners

Gekko: 535 Merchant Street, Kyauktada Tsp, 4th Quarter | StylishanddiscreetwithexcellentyetunusualJapaneseinspiredcocktails

Ginki Kids: 18 Kambawza Road, Bahan Township, Yangon | Relaxedatmospherewithcoldbeers

Ice Bar: Sedona Hotel, 1 Kabar Aye Pagoda Road | Notquitefrozenbutgettingtherewithdryiceandalivelyin-houseband

Kosan Bar-Branch 1: No.18, 1-A U Tun Lin Chan Street, Hledan, Kamayut Tsp | 01 503 232; Branch

2: No.108, 19th Stree (Upper Block), Latha Tsp | 01 503 232 | Popularwithtourists,expatsandlocalsfortheircheapandtastymojitos

Lobby Lounge: Chatrium Hotel, Ground Level, 40 Natmauk Road, Tamwe Tsp | 01 544 500, ext. 6277 | Arelaxedhotellobbybarwithgardenviews

Maru Wine Bar: 130, Shwe Taung Tan Street (Upper Block), Lanmadaw Tsp | 01- 122 156 8 , 09 420 308 350 | Smallandinterestingwinebar

Mojo: No.135, Corner of Innya and Dhammazedi Road | 01-511 418 | Popularspotwithgoodevents

Music Box: Yangon International Hotel Complex, No.330, Ahlone Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 730 364 33 | Akaraokebarwithindividualboothsanddance-floor

Off the Beaten Track: Kandawgyi Natural Park, Karaweik Oo-Yin Kabar, Mingla Taung Nyunt Tsp | 09 541 6437 | Aplacetomeetothertravelers

Penguin: 12 Hlwa Gone Street, Tamwe Tsp | Localhangoutwithgood,cheapcocktails

Pool Bar: Yangon International Hotel, 330 Ahlone Road, Dagon Tsp | Livelybarwithpooltables-openlate

Sapphire Lounge & Bar: Alfa Hotel, 41 Nawaday Street, Dagon Tsp | Discreetoutsiderooftopbarwithgreatviews

Space Bar: No.126 , Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Tsp | Outdoorandindoorrooftopsetting

Sports Bar: 20 Pearl Street, Mya Yeik Nyo Royal Hotel, Shwe Taung Gyar Ward (2), Bahan Tsp | 09 731 321 61 | Popularoutdoorbar/restaurant

NightlifeBars &

Clubs

The Lab: 70A Shwegondaing Road, Bahan | 09- 250 018 200, 09- 250 537 979 |Anewandbusybar/restaurantwithexcellentcocktails

The Phayre: 292 Upper Pansodan Road | 01 246 968 | Anew,no-frillsdowntownbar

The Strand Bar: 92 Strand Rd | 01 243 377 ext. 92 | Historicalspotwithsomeexcellentfreehappyhoursnacks

The Water Library: Pyay Road/ Manawharri Road intersection | Aswankyspotforhigh-endcocktails

The Yangon Sailing Club: 132 Inya Rd | Beautifullake-viewswithlivemusic.Onlyopentonon-membersonFridays

Union Bar & Grill: 42 Strand Rd, Left corner of the Myanmar Red Cross Building, Botahtaung Tsp | 09-420

180 214 | FamousfortheirMoscowMulecocktailsandwinnerofYangon’sBartenderscompetition.Runsagoodvarietyofevents,includingguestDJnights

Vista Bar: 168, Corner of Shwegonedaing Road and Old Yay Tar Shay Street | Open-airrooftopbarwithamazingviewsofShweDagonPagoda

Win Star Pub: 27/30, Corner of Sanchaung Street & Padonmar Street, Sanchaung Tsp | 01 505 467 | ALocalandpopularbeerstationwithfrostedbeerglasses

ClubsCafé Liberal: Nat Mauk Street, Next to Chatrium Hotel | 01 551 774, 09 642 093 0 | Forthelastonestanding!

Please check out "Plot Ahead" for Nightlife events

happening around Yangon.

Club Rizzoli: Chatrium Hotel 42, Natmauk Rd, Tamwe | 01544 500 ext. 6243/6244 |PrivatepartyparadisewithCubancigars,karaoke,livepercussionbandandin-houseDJ

DJ Bar: U Htun Nyein Street, Yangon | Loudmusicandagoodup-townoption

GTR: 37 Kaba Aye Pagoda Road | Popularwithayoungandhipcrowd

JJ: Mingalar Mon Market, 4th Flr, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp | Well-sizeddancefloor.Clubisspreadoutoverfourfloors.Entryfee(3000kyats)includesafreedrink

Pioneer: Yangon International Hotel, No.330, Ahlone Road |Funcrowdwithpop/clubmusic

The Music Club: Park Royal Hotel, Basement One, 33 Alan Pha Phaya Road, Dagon Tsp | 01 250 388 | Enjoytheoccasionallivebandandthemednights;aswellasregularnightswiththein-houseDJ

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