How does the availability of fresh, local ingredients influence cooking practices?

Dec 17, 2018 ... Food lovers need to visit this street ASAP for its incredible array of Burmese-Chinese food, a rare and special treat in this corner of Asia. Nov 19, 2021 ... More parents are eating less or skipping meals entirely so that their children can eat. They are borrowing money, spending savings, or selling properties, just ... When you're in Myanmar, eat a dish called tofu thoke, a salad made from chickpea tofu, mixed up with a handful of ingredients and a delicious dressing. Jan 22, 2021 ... If my order-fried samosas tossed in mint, tamarind water and cabbage-was a "salad," I was going to enjoy this crash course in Burmese cuisine. Nov 29, 2019 ... A wide variety of the freshest local vegetables, herbs, spices and fruits (both locally grown and locally gathered) as well as rich and flavorful broths, ... Jan 13, 2017 ... A vegetarian Burmese meal at Inle Lake: Fried Rice, Shan style noodles, Tomato and Cucumber Salad and Bean and Potato gravy Oct 23, 2020 ... While rats, reptiles and insects are often eaten by families in rural areas, people in some urban areas are now being reduced to getting ... Myanmar (previously called “Burma”) has many rice dishes and flour is not ... There was some unidentifiable black stuff on the bottom of the rice that I did not ... Apr 4, 2015 ... Buddhist temples are to Bagan, Myanmar as Starbucks coffee shops are to New York – there's one every few feet. Or so it would seem. For a comprehensive taste of the cuisine, we've chosen these 10 Burmese dishes and snacks. Every visitor to the country should seek them out.