Hello friends,
First I would like to get some feedback of two things
1. If anyone is reading this, pls. send a comment or like with Facebook. I can see that the pages has been clicked about 400 times so far but no idea if anyone actually bothers to read anymore.
2. If you would like to know something about Myanmar or Yangon, send me mail or comment here.
Saturday morning started with downstairs breakfast set "C". It is Japanese breakfast having fish, steamed rice, coffee or tea,orange juice and Miso soup. Fish was OK, a bit bland. Miso soup has seaweed and tofu and is usually good but this was not very warm, so it also didn't taste anything. Three breakfasts tested, tomorrow the last "Chinese set" left.
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| "home made" breakfast set with Finnish cheese |
Since we now got some kitchen ware and COFFEE maker, we decided to have second breakfast at our flat. Blended coffee, cream crackers with Finnish cheese (that I brought with me) and local silk pastry with
Durian inside.
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| Myanmar silk pastry with durian |
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| Durian fruit |
Durian is a really special fruit. Western people either instantly like or hate it. The smell is really strong and it is usually not allowed to bring inside hotel rooms. Also many restaurants are not serving the fruit because of the smell, as it might make other customers leave or complain. It is said that if you enjoy it with alcohol, it will create toxins. I have no idea if it is true. I happen to like it and eat it always when it is in season.
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| Shan restaurant in Yangon |
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| Street corner, where restaurant is |
Afternoon we walked around hotel and found a very nice
Aung Mingalar Shan Noodle Soup Restaurant.
Shan state is north east part of the Myanmar, from where the most beautiful looking people are coming from :)
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| "Minaglaba" |
This restaurant is famous for it's Wonton noodle soup. And I have to say, I will come more often to this restaurant. Food was very good price/quality/taste considered.
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| Famous Shan pork dumpling soup, 1500Kyat |
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| Fish ball salad, 1500 Kyat |
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| Noodle soup with beef, 2500 Kyats |
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| Restaurant has an "open" atmosphere, no walls, natural air-con |
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| Restaurant menu |
Afternoon we had a walkabout around our hotel to look all kind of small shops and services available here.
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| Local water service, door to door |
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| Local delicacy with roasted peanuts and some roots |
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| Street vendor repairing shoes and other items |
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| Another vendor repairing bags and umbrellas |
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| Fresh custard pies |
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| Fresh fruits sold by the street |
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| Banana vendor adjusting umbrella |
Evening we had agreed to meet some relatives and Chinese friends at
Daewon Gak Korean restaurant. The link gives you Wifi password as the restaurant waiter said they dont have any :)
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| Daewon Gak Korean Restaurant |
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| Korean restaurant lantern |
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| Personal starters and spices |
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| Korean pickled starters |
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| Quick shot from menu page |
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| Korean white wine |
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| Hot pan fried beef, all BBQ was done outside door not to smoke inside |
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| Lettuce with chili |
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| Porkbelly with lettuce and kimchi |
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| Korean porkbelly |
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| Another pork dish |
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| Korean dining table, quests enjoying the food |
Evening was very nice and went too fast and it was time to hit back to hotel.
I hope, I will get some feedback about the blog as it takes several hours daily to work with this. As I am not a professional writer/blogger, I don't have any idea what you might be interested in and so would like to get some ideas, so I can take pictures and write about it. I will have (hopefully) some serious sightseeing starting next week and later I will visit some other cities. For those trips it would be nice to get some ideas also.
And thanks for all those that have liked or read these so far. I hope I haven't bore you death so far.
Cheers,
Pasi
