24.11-2014 Myanmar, Yangon, day 6

Hello all,

Today was more relaxed day, just going  out at afternoon to a new mall Capital Hypermarket and end up having a Sigyet khaukswè:, Burmese noodle offered at Ykko restaurant.

Chicken or pork stock soup coming with noodles

Burmese noodles with chicken and fish balls

Same noodle as above but with pork

Fresh juices, pineapple and sugarcane

After this afternoon lunch, we walked to next door, the famous coffee house Shwe pu zun( Thar Kay Ta), that was just 5 mins from Capital Hypermarket.

Cafeteria actually has a bakery, coffeeshop in the garden and ice cream shop at front.

Beautiful garden behind the main building

Pond has different color and size of gold fish

This is the garden, even my mother would be proud of

Stone carved elephant statues

After having a coffee, we headed back to hotel for short relax and change of clothes. At evening we left for "Chinatown" as some of the evening action moves there after 7pm.

Busy street at Yangon Chinatown

Street vendors and customers 

You can buy all the seasonal fresh fruits from street vendors and there is a called the 19th street full of small restaurants, hawking all kind of stick satay dishes, fresh seafood and of course cheap Myanmar beer. Here is the small sample of seasonal fresh fruits:

Small mandarins

Pomelo fruit

Guavas

Water melon

Ready jack fruit

Peeling and packing of the jack fruit

Plums

Bananas

Strawberries and grapes

Apples

Grapes

Chestnuts

Custard Apples

Dragonfruit

We saw lot a of foreigners at 19th street, enjoying the evening. If you like to spend a relaxed evening out with good friends, food and drinks, you must try this area when you visit Yangon .BBQ satay sticks with Burmese Tamarind chili sauce and cold drinks was the experience, I want to try again soon. More people you take with here, larger variety of food you can enjoy with them.  Same as in many Asian countries, all food is shared and you can eat anything as much or little you can. In Finland,  everyone gets their own dish and have to finish it, regardless if you like it or not. Asian dining is in many ways more fun than that in western countries.

I will write some more about local BBQ sticks at some other time later when I have another experience with this type of dining.

For tomorrow I have planned a tailor visit to see what can they do and check out the materials and quality.  I will write something about it in next blog. Wednesday is the moving day, Friday evening I will have a dinner with some new Finnish friends, I met here at the hotel.

Keep following, if you like to see how Myanmar is today..

Cheers Pasi.