Burmese

Idt I've had it grilled before, so it's hard to tell if this is considered well executed relatively. More often it's boiled till tender, but our table agreed that this was abit dry and tough

It's very mild and lukewarm. Better to get the pickled tea leaf in the salad instead

Fixed portion of 4 types

Basically Kueh. Potato?, tapioca, coconut and banana. It's coarser than the kuehs we are used to. The banana one is really good tho, it's the pink variety and the flavour is intense

Quite good. The veggie itself sucks but it's their skill that makes this into a lovely dish, the various components turn it into a something that has mainly a clean oil flavour.

Worth a try

Just rlly dark soy sauce, birds eye chili and perfectly crunchy well cooked pig intestines. Simple but delightful

Reasonably tender ckn, it's kind of a mild vegetable herbal soup

PSA this is located on the exterior of the mall, from the crossroad leading to city hall mrt, walk straight along the mall after crossing the road and go down the escalator which appears on the right

Food:
Choice of dry/soup ckn/pork. We had dried pork, you can't rly see the minced pork but you taste the umami. Noodles are the Thai glass noodles which really suck as dry noodles cos it clumps tgt. But flavour profile is mainly fried aromatics with fermented bean curd sauce. Ofc idk if it's exactly this ingredient but it tastes 90% like that. Quite interesting but not particularly good

Absolutely fiery but so delicious, there's an intense umami emanating from the dried fish flakes and it is one of the best chili's I've ever had. There are variations with dried shrimps or even without any meat but I have no doubt they're all delicious. Not to mention the veritable crispy texture of the mixture, much more than most

This was a gift from a friend who brought it back from Myanmar, however I heard some are available in peninsula plaza too

It's got hae bee inside. It's different from the onion sambal we are more used to cos this one has a more savoury slant.

Also using Google lens translate it says there's dried fish inside? Not sure tho, even my Burmese neighbour don't rlly know what's inside either

Not sure which stall it is but it's very similar to the umami type of sambal, at the same time w Chinese chili oil characteristics

Really familiar taste, I guess the closest thing I can think of is Chinese sour pickled vegetable. Very annoying that I can't rmb what this reminds me off.

Otherwise, super appetising. It's not the thin zippiness like sinigang, but a deeper more umami flavour(no less sour though)

Home cooked by cute neighbour's fam

Really glad to try a Burmese food as it's rare in Singapore!

This is noodle in coconut soup(homemade by my neighbour's grandma). The spices were extremely mild but it's still delectable due to the coconut milk in the soup.

Minced ckn was ridiculously good, it's mild but the chili used was unlike anything I've had before. The fritter was interesting as well, there's some veg inside(winter melon?) but what's unique was the batter with a refreshing sourness. At first I tot the interior was sour lol

Thank god for a cute Burmese neighbour

Peninsula plaza is the place to visit for authentic Burmese food, they rlly got some bomb gems. His grandma let me try a preserved mango paste bought from peninsula plaza and it's absolutely bomb. Full of savoury flavours, complex aroma and a tinge of sweetness and sourness. Incredible