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Two weeks in Myanmar:
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8 Yangon’s City Hall: A European design with Myanmar flourishes 10 People: Chin : Face Tattoo 12 Religion: The Buddha Footprint 14 Infograph: 10 Flowers 15 Language: Question
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River Gallery: Celebrating 10 years supporting Myanmar artists
16 Festival: Kekku Pagoda Festival, Pindaya Shwe Oo Min Pagoda Festival, Ko Gyi Kyaw Spirit Festival 17 Calendar
Exposure
20 Min Hla Oil field
Picturesque 26 Transportation Chaos
in focus
36 Restaurant Review: Where Science meet flavours 42 Kitchen Confidential: NGA SOKE YAH CHO (Fish cakes in Gravy)
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56 How to get stuff: A basic Myanmar survival guide
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64 River Gallery: Celebrating 10 years supporting Myanmar artists
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Two weeks in Myanmar: Little time fora big journey
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Snapshots • Check In • Exposure • Picturesque • Travel Log • Arrivals • In Focus • Departures • Underground
ISSUE #07 | March • 2016
Two weeks in Myanmar: Little time for a big journey 46
Departures
hOw TO GET STUFF: A bASIC MyANMAR SURvIvAL GUIDE 56 RELIGION
ThE bUDDhA FOOTPRINT 12
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Kitchen confidential
NGA SOKE yAh ChO (Fish cakes in Gravy) 42
EXPOSURE
MIN hLA OIL FIELD
Next theme for picturesque photo competition is “COUNtRYSIDE” for more information Check out our website: www.mymagicalmyanmar.com
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Phoe Nyan
Ma Thanegi Ma Thanegi writes prolifically about Myanmar, especially the people who are the country’s true representatives. She lives in Yangon.
Publisher
Mohana Gill Mohanna Gill is passionate about promoting Myanmar cuisine, culture and customs to the world and is a five-time World Cookbook Gourmand Award winner. She was born in Myanmar and lives in Malaysia.
Yamin Htin Aung
Noe Noe Aung Noe Noe is a Yangon native who has worked as a journalist at The Myanmar Times for five years. Finally, she decides to spend her life as a travel writer. Noe Noe is interested in people and their stories. Her sense of curiosity drives her to explore new places and she also loves to share what she experiences.
Lyndal Pearce Lyndal first made Yangon her home 18 years ago. She is a researcher, writer and editor who loves travelling with her family and showing her two sons new places in Myanmar and around the world.
Teza Hlaing From 2012 to 2015, Teza worked as Mandalay based photojournalist of Irrawaddy news agency. Teza has a strong background of covering news in the lands of religious conflicts, ethnical conflicts and chaos regions.
PHYO HEIN KYAW Phyo is Video Journalist from AFP since 2012. Constantly on the move, he enjoys sharing his passion for Photography with others and regularly contributes on tourism images and cooperate with our team, for contests’s pages of Photo Essay and Picturesque of My Magical Myanmar.
Editor Lyndal Pearce Assistant Editor Noe Noe Aung Contributing Writers Mohana Gill Ma Thanegi
Jared Downing
Natty Tangmeesang Contributing Photographers Phoe Nyan
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Publisher’s note... Dear Readers.... The days have become been hotter and summer is arriving. Myanmar might face one of the strongest summers in awhile this year; which is a great reason to travel to some of Myanmar’s cooler places. My Magical Myanmar team has tried their best (as usual) to bring a fresh batch of stories to our readers this month. The content is slightly different to usual in our March magazine. This month, our writer, Jared Downing, has offered some ideas about places worth prioritising on your destination list when visiting Myanmar and your time is limited. He has also written a “Basic Myanmar Survival Guide” with some tips for enjoying your stay in Myanmar. For travellers with time to enjoy Yangon we have two reviews of new places to try. If you’re looking for a good night out we recommend Roof Alchemy that has opened a new level to their bar where they serve creative molecular cocktails. We have also reviewed a great new Vietnamese restaurant in town. Hope you enjoy. This month we have spotlighted the oil fields of Min Hla township, in Magway region, in a photo spread. It is a fascinating place to visit and certainly off the beaten tourist trail. If you visit there, or anywhere now that the summer heat has arrived remember your water bottle, stay in the shade - perhaps use an umbrella like the Myanmar people do, keep calm and read My Magical Myanmar.
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Snapshots
Yangon’s City Hall a European design with Myanmar flourishes By Noe Noe Aung
Snapshots >>> YANGON’S CITY HALL | 9
mymagicalmyanmar.com >>> March 2016
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round Sule Pagoda in downtown Yangon is a set of magnificent heritage buildings that reflect the past of Yangon. From the Mahabandoola Park, next to Sule Pagoda, you can see a panorama of these buildings – the former Ministry of Tourism building, Sule Pagoda itself, City Hall, the former Rowe & Co building, Emmanuel Church and the former High Court building all show the grand past of Yangon. Yangon’s City Hall is an enormous four-storey edifice located in the very centre of downtown Yangon. It was a unique structure when built as it was the first large-scale masonry building to combine European design with traditional Myanmar flourishes. In 1886 Yangon’s municipality authorities purchased Ripon Hall, a community dance hall located on the site of the present
City Hall. As the Ripon Hall was not big enough for the team, a larger building was planned that would reflect the city’s growing importance as a regional trading hub and capital city. In 1931, the Municipal Committee held a design competition. The consulting architect to the Government of Burma assessed over 30 entries and a winning design was chosen. However, the following year, World War I broke out and the plans were shelved. The construction could not begin until over a decade later in 1925. At that time, nationalistic sentiments were growing and it was demanded that the building incorporate Burmese architectural features so that the new design of City Hall would reflect the ornamental features seen in the buildings of the ancient capital Bagan. Though European members of the council disagreed with the use of religious-inspired
architecture for a civic building, Burmese politicians won the debate and the famous Burmese architect Sithu U Tin was selected for the job of reimagining City Hall. The construction was conducted in stages. The north wing was erected first. Construction progressed anti-clockwise and the final wing to be built was the section facing Mahabandoola Garden Street, which was not completed until 1940. The building has remained in use as Yangon’s City Hall until the present day. The Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) occupies the building and manages the city’s urban needs. The building was for many years a creamy tangerine colour that became stained with dark patches of mildew. In 2011, it was repainted a strikingly luminous lilac with purple finishes. Ref: 30 Heritage Buildings by Dr. Thant Myint-U.
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People
Chin
a unique tradition of facial tattooing By Noe Noe Aung Photo by Maximillian Horsley
Chin people mostly live in the Chin hills in the northwestern part of Myanmar, in the Chin State bordering India. The mountain ranges where the Chin live includes Myanmar’s highest peak Mount Victoria. The Chin are one of Myanmar’s major ethnic groups and the origin of their ethnicity is Tibet-Mongolians. There are more than 20 Chin languages and many tribal groups. The best-known tribes are the Asho, Chro or Cho, Khumi, Zomi, Laizo, Laimi, Matu and Mara. The Chin people are traditionally animists but Christian missionaries who arrived in Chin State in the late 1800s converted many to Christianity. A unique practice of Chin people is facial tattooing. It is traditionally common for Chin women to have multiple tattoos on their faces and the tattoos represent different mythical stories of importance to the Chin people. A famous story represented in the tattoos is about a Burmese King who took a beautiful Chin lady as his new bride and brought her to his palace. The Chin bride was unhappy away from her homeland and she ran away from the palace to return home. So she would not be recognised she made incisions with a knife on her face. Chin has more than 50 tribes and women of each tribe wear distinct tattoo designs, including: Pa Mae – which covers the whole face including the ears and eyelids; Pa Pyouk – which drops black spots across the whole face; Pa Khyaung – which puts eight lines across each cheek; Pa Kyar – which draws four lines and four drops; and Pa Wine – which mixes circles and lines. The true beauty of the tattooing is when the women match their tattoos with traditional costumes, large earrings and necklaces. In 1891 when the British Government conducted the Burma census Chin were not counted as their were dismissed as a hill tribe. In the 2015 Census conducted by the Myanmar government the total population of Chin was recorded as 478,801 in the 13 townships of Chin state.
mymagicalmyanmar.com >>> march 2016
Snapshots >>> chin:face tattoo | 11
12 | Snapshots >>> The buddha footprint
Religion
The buddha
footprint By Ma Thanegi
S
ymbolic representations of footprints of the Buddha (Buddhapada in Sanskrit) are found in all the countries to which Buddhist teachings spread and are especially revered in Myanmar. Thailand and Sri Lanka. It is common for Buddhapada to feature the 32, 108 or 132 distinctive marks of a Buddha. Buddhapada are found on the The Chauk Htat Gyi Reclining Buddha Image in Yangon, which is featured elsewhere in this magazine. The 108 symbols found on Buddhapada represent the three worlds of Buddhist cosmology, the tri lawka. The 108 symbols comprise the: 59 symbols of the inanimate world (okkasa lawka), 21 symbols of the animate world (sutta lawka), and 28 symbols of the world of impermanence (sinkara lawka). The symbols on Buddhapada are often set around a Sekkya (in Sanskrit, Dharma-chakra) wheel and arranged in a grid and in certain order.
Snapshots >>> The buddha footprint| 13
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List of footprint symbols 1. 2. 3. 4.
Lance Mansion Zalut flower Noble three lines on the throat 5. Bejewelled forehead band 6. Meal 7. Inn pyin 8. Elephant handler’s spike 9. Tiered roof 10. Ornamental gate pillar 11. White umbrella 12. Short sword 13. Palm leaf fan 14. Peacock tail fan 15. Samari bird’s tail fan 16. Decorated frontlet on the Buddha’s forehead, or thin kyit 17. Ruby bowl 18. Myat lay flower sprig 19. Brown lotus 20. Red lotus 21. Padonmar lotus 22. White lotus 23. Ponna yeik lotus 24. Full pot 25. Full bowl 26. Ocean 27. Mountain of the universe 28. Himalayas 29. Mt Meru 30. Sun 31. Moon 32. Planets 33-36. Four islands of Burmese cosmology 37. 2,000 small islands 38. Sekkya Min, the king who rules all 39. White conch shell 40. Pair of fish 41-47. Seven rivers 48-54. Seven mountains 55-61. Seven lakes 62. Galon min 63. Crocodile min 64. Banner tagun kokkar 65. Gold palanquin 66. Horse hair fan 67. Kaythalar mountain 68. Lion king
69. 70. 71.
Tiger king Wala hakka horse king Upaw thahta elephant king 72. Hsandan white elephant king 73. Wathu ni naga dragon king 74. Hintha goose king 75. Bullock king 76. Erawun, elephant king 77. Maggan, a sea creature of many parts from different animals 78. Boat with four faces 79. Cow and calf 80. Keinnara 81. Keinarri 82. Karaweik bird king 83. Peacock king 84. Kyokyar king 85. Setta wut bird king 86. Ziwasoe bird king 87-92. 6 realms of nat 93-108. sixteen realms of Brahma
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10
There are 10 Myanmar traditional arts,
Flowers
which are metaphorically called "Ten Flowers".
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PANBE
the art of blacksmithing
PANBU
PANTAW
the art of sculpture
the art of making floral designs using masonry
PANPUT
the art of turning designs on the lathe
PANTIN
PANTAMAW
the art of bronze casting
the art of carving stone and marble
PANCHI
the art of painting
PANTAIN
the art of gold and silver smith
PANYAN
the art of bricklaying and masonry
PANYUN
the art of making lacquer ware
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Language
Question
When? (Time) Where? (Place) Who? (Person) Why? (Reason) What? (Object/Idea/Action) Which (one)? Whose? Whom? How? (Manner) How much? How many? How long? How far? What kind (of)?
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bal ah chein le? bal nay yar le? bal thu le? bar kyaunk le? bar le? bal har le? bal thu har le? bal thu ko le? bal lo le? bal lauk le? bal lauk le? bal lauk kyar hmar le? bal lauk way le? bar ah myo ah sar le?
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Kekku Pagoda Festival Dates: Begins 14th Waxing Moon Day of Tabaung.
Pindaya Shwe Oo Min Pagoda Festival
Location: Kekku ancient pagoda complex, near Taungyi, southern Shan State
Dates: 11th Waxing Moon Day of Tabaung In 2016, the full moon day of Tabaung is March 26.
Duration: Three days
Location: Pindaya, southern Shan State
There are more than 2,000 pagodas in the Kekku Pagoda complex, built several centuries ago. It is in a valley surrounded by beautiful scenery. Usually deserted at other times, tens of thousands of members of the Pa-O, Shan and Danu national races arrive by foot or boat to celebrate this festival.
Duration: Eight days The Pindaya Caves are filled with thousands of Buddha images of antiquity, without any records of when they were enshrined and by whom. Every year pilgrims from throughout the country celebrate at this festival, which is also attended by the national races of the region.
Ko Gyi Kyaw Spirit Festival Dates: 3rd Waxing Moon Day of Tabaung Location: Pakhan, Yayza Gyo Township Duration: Eight days Ko Gyi Kyaw is a happy spirit who loves to drink and gamble and see his worshippers sing, dance and be merry. He is the patron of gamblers. This annual festival in his honour is celebrated in his hometown.
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CALENDAR
Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda Festival March 25 - April 6
Kekku Pagoda festival, near taunggy February 24-March 3
festival timeline Bawgyo pagoda festival, Hsipaw, shan state Feburary 25-March 1
Kekku Pagoda festival, near taunggyi
February 24-March 3
Bawgyo pagoda festival, hsipaw, shan state
Feburary 25-March 1
pindaya Cave festival, pindaya Feburary 25-March 1
The limestone cave with over 8,000 Buddha images. Pindaya Shwe Oo Min Cave festival
The festival takes place on the full moon day
The festival is held between February and
of Tabaung of Burmese calendar. It is not only
March in the eastern Shan State, Myanmar. It
a religious festival, also a time for trading,
is a wonderful festival to view pieces of hisotry,
chit-chatting, exchanging news between local
culture and locals.
to the cave during festival time. A good chance
Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda Festival
Ko Gyi Kyaw Spirit Festival
Thingyan festival, Country wide
Shwe Maw Daw pagoda which is located in
This festival takes place in Pa Khan, Yayzagyo
Thingyan is Burmese new year festival usually
Bago township have its festival in March. As
township, Magwe division. It is a festival for Nat
the pagoda is an interesting historical site in
worshipers who worship Ko Gyi Kyaw Nat - a
Myanmar, the festival is also well attended from
happy spirit who loves to drink and gamble.The
the local residents and neighbor townships.
attended people sing and dance happily. Event
ethnic people.
March 25 - April 6
March 30 - April 3
is held in his hometown, Pa Khan, Yayzagyo township.
is also held around fullmoon day of Tabaung. Thousands of pilgrims from nearby villages come to meet with friendly ethnic people.
April 12 to 16
falls around mid-April, the Burmese month of Tagu. The water festival is held all over the country in a belief of cleansing away the evil deeds in the past year with water.
Thingyan festival, Country wide April 12 to 16
Shwedagon pagoda festival March 1 - 5
Shwedagon Pagoda Festival happens in Tabaung (March) – the last month of Burmese calendar. It is also one of the most famous festival in Myanmar. The event takes place at Shwedagon pagoda, Yangon, thousands of people visit the festival.
Popa (Nat) festival, Mount Popa, Near bagan April 14
During the water festival, pilgrims from all over the country go to Mount Popa to pay respect at its Nat (Spirits) shrines.
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EXPOSURE
Min hla oil field Photo By: YAT group
The main product of Magway region is ‘petroleum’. It produces most of the oil and natural gas in Myanmar. The region is allegorically called as ‘the oil pot of Myanmar’ as there are plenty of oil fields located in the Magway region. Min Hla oil fields are one of the well-known fields in the region, oil wells have operated in the area for more than hundred years, and private constructors continue to ply their trade using old-fashioned methods in spite of giant multinational interests moving into Myanmar’s energy market.
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Picturesque
Transportation Chaos
grand prize Narcotic Dice
picturesque >>> Transportation Chaos | 27
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Koffee Korner is located in the heart of Mandalay, corner of 70th & 27th streets and very close to both US Embassy and Mandalay palace. It is the favourite hangout place for both locals and tourists. The restaurant is decorated with a magnificent setting, where you will find the luxuries of modernity. Sitting in any table from either outdoor or indoor, you can enjoy the cozy and pleasant atmosphere. Good Wi-Fi access also. The menu offers a wide variety of mouth-watering starters, exquisite European cuisines. All the dishes are made with fresh and the best quality ingredients. Yet the prices are incomparably reasonable. It also caters for all tastes by providing a large selection of the best cocktails and drinks in town. Accompanying the high quality of the cooking, charming waiters and waitresses are always around willing to serve the customers attentively. Open daily 9:00 am to 10:30 pm . For reservation: visit www.facebook.com/KoffeeKornerMandalayMyanmar
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CafÉ Inle Restaurant & Jewellery Shop
Would you like to buy locally sourced, handmade traditional jewelrise and handicrafts? Would you also like to enjoy a meal or a cup of coffee in an peaceful ambiance? Cafe Inle offers service to those who would like to avoid huge crowds and enjoy the time in Mandalay by combining two favourite activities together shopping and trying out local fusion cuisine. Come spend an afternoon with us for a remarkable shopping experience, at affordable prices on authentic products, as well as great tasting food. For reservation: www.cafeinlemyanmar.com Tel: 02 61243, 09 264542151, 09 2051784, 09 30553456
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Hotel Spring VANILLA GARDEN Restaurant
Myanmar traditional culture show (Live) on every friday night in VANILLA GARDEN Restaurant. There are European, Thai and Chinese menu for a la carte. It also have set menu and buffet for resonable price. The taste of the food, the experience of the culture show and the atmosphere of the garden restaurant will bring you to perfect enjoy moment. Address: 25, 31st Street, Between of 65th & 66th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: +95 9 91049010, Mobile: 09 2011110 Website: www.cafevanillamandalay.com Email: cafevanilla2011@gmail.com
Know as Pyin Oo Lwin, as well as Maymyo internationally for its well established environment, according with its still untouched nature so cool and beautiful, where as all the most beautiful flowers bloom the year round, blends it into a harmonious living place for its residents which had been living for more than a Century. Our Hotel, named for its elegant beauty as Hotel Spring offers you 24 lovely rooms, specially decorated with old Victorian style touches and ideas, with can make you so comfortable and homely. We have superior, junior suite, family rooms, and indeed our very special service. Please Try! Address: 3, Marlar Street. (Yuzana Street), Quarter-6, Pyin Oo Lwin. Tel: 09-400463444,09-400463555
In Focus
Good value
Vietnamese food in Yangon By Natty Tangmeesang Photo by teza hlaing
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ired of oily food or on a diet? Look no further than Vietnamese cuisine. Vietnam House recently opened in a quiet neighborhood on Pan Hlaing Street, opposite Asia Royal Hospital, in Sanchaung Township of Yangon. The restaurant offers your favourite fresh and healthy Vietnamese dishes in a cozy and friendly atmosphere. My guest and I had early dinner there one evening. We were the only table. The staff was attentive in explaining the menu, but there are also photos of the food on the wall to guide customers who are not familiar with Vietnamese food. We started off the meal with spring rolls, which the restaurant claims are “different than at other Vietnamese restaurants in town”; thin rice paper wraps with soft rice vermicelli, vegetables and pork and prawn in one wrap. Yes, you get two meats in one! It is served in two rolls along with two kinds of dipping sauces—soybean and fish sauce for only K1,000.
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For a’la carte, a popular dish among Vietnam House’s Vietnamese customers living in Myanmar is the braised pork and eggs with coconut milk.
For a main dish, Pho lovers should not miss the Vietnamese noodle soups. The Pho Bo comes with medium-rare or well-done beef, or both, in one bowl for just K3,000. Such a good deal! If you are not a beef lover, you can have the choice of sliced chicken with your Pho but note that the soup broth is made from beef. My guest and I asked Ms Phuong, the intern manager of the restaurant who has been managing the restaurant since it opened, for a menu recommendation for people who could not eat beef. She suggested their latest dish on the menu “Vietnamese soup with pork leg”, which is a popular dish from Southern Vietnam. “You were the first one to try. We just put the photo up on the wall yesterday,” she said. Though I am not a fan of boiled pork leg — usually I like it roasted - but I enjoyed the dish very much. The meat was very soft and so were the carrots, mushroom and rice spaghetti. The soup is a bit sweet but you can add lime and chili for a more intense flavor. Other main dishes include fried rice with seafood and fried noodles with seafood mixed with vegetable (Kya San Kyaw), which is a healthier version of the normal Kya San Kyaw. Vietnam House uses yellow noodles with less oil, less soy sauce, oyster sauce and more veggies. It is different to what I have eaten in Myanmar where it is usually cooked in a Chinese style. For a’la carte, a popular dish among Vietnam House’s Vietnamese customers living in Myanmar is the braised pork and eggs with coconut milk. This menu item
may not be as healthy as others. The dish is made of pork belly cooked with coconut milk. Served with lettuce and tomato, it was well presented. The pork was tender in texture, but a bit greasy and I recommend eating it with rice. For those who don’t mind fried food, the fried chicken here is a must order. The chicken was very tasty. The chefs mix the chicken with garlic, pepper and fish sauce for 10 hours before cooking.
Your experience at Vietnamese House will not be complete without traditional Vietnamese coffee. You can choose your coffee either with milk or without. When it comes to iced coffee, I would say Vietnamese coffee here is one of the best and cheapest in Yangon. They also offer Vietnamese traditional tea, which tastes mild but is actually quite strong. The restaurant opened in December
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with two Vietnamese chefs and one Burmese chef. Initially, it targeted local Myanmar diners, but Vietnam House has also become popular among foreigners living in Yangon wanting a taste of Vietnam. “As a new restaurant, we plan to improve our kitchen and services in the near future,â€? Ms Phoung said. Final thought ‌ the restaurant is suitable for all-day quick meals. The size of each serving is decent. It is also budget
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friendly. Most of the dishes and drinks are under K3,000, except the Vietnam Special Steamed Fish at K6,000. Alcoholic drinks are not listed on the menu. No dessert. The restaurant opens from morning till late night daily. I suggest visiting in the daytime, as it is an open restaurant and at night it can be a little bit uncomfortable because of mosquitoes. Overall, it was a satisfying experience and definitely worth a try.
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Where Science meet flavours By Noe Noe Aung Photo by Phyo hein kyaw
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efore it gets to the drinks, Roof Alchemy seems like a regular bar. Western music sweeps in the atmosphere of a simple stylish bar with black leather sofas. It is 8pm on a day when the weather has been hot and humid and young faces continuously appear at the entrance and the bar gets more and more crowded as if the nightlife of Yangon has been switched on. Roof Alchemy opened two years ago in the area surrounding the Yangon International Hotel where CafĂŠ 365, Music Box and Singapore Kitchen are located. To celebrate their second year Roof Alchemy is opening a new level with new furnishings and a new menu of unique cocktails. LEVEL 2 is the new edition to Roof Alchemy and it is a steadier, darker environment from my point of
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view. I had heard from friends a little about all the different, sophisticated, smoky cocktails but had never been along to try them before. Roof Alchemy introduced its new level with a new “mystery� menu on February 17. The menu promised a completely new offering of molecular goodness, exclusively serving experimental molecular cocktails and shots, made by a Cocktail Professor from Amsterdam. On the new menu, there are 16 entirely new signature cocktails. What I like about the new menu is that each cocktail is pictured along with an explanation of its ingredients and the kind of flavours the customer can expect. It is so easy for the first-timecocktail-drinker who might otherwise be confused or for people who enjoy experimenting and want to try something different.
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With the science we can do things we couldn’t do before. Before it was not possible. But now we can do what we are doing I guess because of our knowledge of certain chemicals ... its simple ......
“What I always ask is ‘what do you prefer?’. Some people don’t even know their preference. Some haven’t had a cocktail before. So I try to ask some questions like: ‘do you like style, do you like fresh’ and a little bit about the flavour profile the guest would like. And then we can make something especially to your taste,” said the Cocktail Professor. Roof Alchemy is trying to approach cocktail making as a kitchen would approach cooking a menu: lots of homemade syrups and infusions, fat washed and smoked spirits, aromatic mists and smokes, carbonation, ice baking and other molecular techniques. “With the science we can do things we couldn’t do before. Before it was not possible. But now we can do what we are doing I guess because of our knowledge of certain chemicals ... its simple. Nowadays you have all these abstract ingredients like seaweed and so on and so we can do crazy stuff like this. We have one cocktail on the menu, we serve it in glass pipe, you blow in it and it actually blows,” owner of Roof Alchemy, Ko Chan Nyein Soe said. “We try to take those inspirations from using chemicals to make a different texture. Then what happens is you can create strong, different textures; you can create
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substances that float and bubbles,” he added. I ordered Buzzling Ice as I thought it looked cute with three colours in the one glass. The menu refers to it as “vibrant, colourful and bustling”, like the atmosphere at Roof Alchemy. It is made with lychee, mango and watermelon with the addition of Bombay gin infused with lychee, lemon juice, homemade rosemary syrup and flavoured ice cubes. The surprise of Buzzling Ice is it will transform because of the different flavours in the ice cubes, getting fruitier by the minute. Actually I loved the shot the bar offered before my drink. It was called Raindrops – a crystal clear bubble over a betel leaf. The taste was sharp, sweet and strong. All the customers there that night seemed to be having fun trying the new cocktails. The music got louder, the crowd thicker. It is clearly a popular venue with a young Myanmar crowd. My friends were testing different cocktails one after another, taking photos of the cocktails when they arrived and posting them on social media. Seeing the unique cocktails that the waiters were bringing I thought: “This is not a bar. It’s a lab”. Level 2 is open on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday every week from 8pm to midnight. Cocktail prices are reasonable considering the science and creativity. They start form 8,000 MMK.
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Kitchen Confidential
NGA SOKE YAH CHO
(Fish cakes in Gravy) by Mohana Gill
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Fish cakes are very popular in Myanmar, and they are used in many dishes, from salads and noodles, to soups and curries. They are sometimes also deep fried and served as a snack. In Myanmar, the featherback is typically used when making fish cakes. If featherback is not available, carp or other white fish can be used. Scraping the flesh of the fish, then pounding the paste makes it firm. In the modern kitchen, this step can be simplified by using a blender.
Ingredients • 700g(1 ½ lb) boneless fish • 4 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped • 1-cm9 ½ inch) knob ginger, peeled and sliced • Salt to taste • Cooking oil for frying GRAVY • 4 Tbsp cooking oil • ½ tsp ground turmeric • 2 onions, peeled and sliced • 1-cm (1 ½ -in) knob ginger, peeled and finely sliced • 4 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped • ½ tsp paprika • 2-3 green chillies, chopped • 1 Tbsp fish sauce • 1 Tbsp tamarind liquid • Salt to taste • Handful coriander leaves for garnish Method • Prepare the fish cake • Place the fish, garlic, onion and ginger in a blender and process into a paste • Remove to a bowl • Add salt • Moisten your fingers and shape the fish paste into balls or flatten them • Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat • Cook the fish cakes for about 3 minutes on each side • Remove and drain on paper towels • Prepare the gravy • Heat the oil in frying pan over medium heat • Add the turmeric and onions and stir-fry lightly • Add the ginger, garlic, paprika, chilies and fish sauce • Lower the heat and simmer until the oil surfaces • Add the tamarind liquid • Add the fish cakes and heat through • Taste and season with salt • Add the coriander and dish out • Serve hot with rice, a hot soup and some vegetables. Note: I usually cook the fish cakes directly into the gravy so they remain succulent and tender, unlike the traditional method above, which gives the fish cake a chewy texture.
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departures
Two weeks in Myanmar:
Little time for a big journey By Jared Downing
Yangon
Yangon, formerly Rangoon, is one of Southeast Asia’s last “little big cities,” with a modest, ageing skyline peppered with half-finished towers. In terms of accommodation, Yangon excels in high-end luxury hotels and shoestring hostels. Check out Backpackers Hostel downtown, but be sure to book in advance.
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Day 1 Aim to arrive in the morning and spend the day getting settled in, then for sunset head straight to the mighty Shwedagon Pagoda, a stunning complex brimming with history and hidden secrets. At night, Chinatown comes alive with a thriving market and hole-in-the-wall street BBQ joints along 19th Street.
Day 2 This is where the jet lag really starts to kick in, so fight it off by exploring the narrow streets of downtown Yangon lined with colonial-era architecture. For a lesser-known gem, try the colossal Reclining Buddha at Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda, and then enjoy an early dinner at a restaurant around shady Kandawgi Lake.
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Bagan Time to strike out for Bagan, the legendary city of kings. If you have the cash, book a flight from Yangon, or take a bus from Mingalar Bus Station. If you want to save time, overnight VIP busses are surprisingly comfortable. The bus station is located in New Bagan, east of the archeological site, and the airport is in Nyaung U. Both locations have a variety of simple, inexpensive hotels and guest houses.
Day 3
Once the seat of the mighty kingdom of Pagan, Bagan is all about history. Rent a bicycle or motorbike from a hotel and spend an entire day simply exploring at least 2,000 stuppas built between the 9th and 13th centuries, some towering in the distance, others left hidden in a field. For dinner, try a restaurant along the river, like the Pavilion Lounge, to enjoy a decent meal and watch the sunset over the might Ayeyarwady River. In Old Bagan, a few upscale restaurants and hotels, like Bagan Golden Palace, offer traditional dance performances and puppet shows.
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Day 4 Bagan has the most famous sunrise in Myanmar. Get up early and climb one of the larger pagodas. For the best view in the house, nothing beats a sunrise seen from a hot air balloon expedition, but book well in advance.
Day 5
If you leave Bagan any way other than on a riverboat, you’ll be missing out on one of the classic Myanmar adventures. Boats to Mandalay leave in the afternoon from the dock in New Bagan. If you have the time, opt for a lazy overnight cruise through the fishing villages and countryside along the Ayeyarwady. Bedding is not provided, and the open-air deck can get chilly at night, so an extra blanket is a good idea.
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Mandalay Welcome to yet another royal city—Myanmar’s last, in fact, before the British unseated King Thibaw in 1885—brimming with historical and religious treasures, but also with a robust nightlife scene. Unfortunately, taxis can be a bit of hassle to find in Mandalay, so stick with a motorbike or a bicycle. If your hotel doesn’t have these, they will point you towards one of the numerous bike/motorbike rental shops.
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Day 6
If you indeed took the slow boat, you should arrive with enough time to get settled in and have a decent dinner. Accommodations are plentiful and relatively inexpensive. Nylon Hotel and Victory Point Hotel are good for the price. For shoestringers, Dreamland Guest House, a funky, family-run hostel/art gallery/music school, offers shared dorms and private rooms from US$10-25. If you still have the energy to hit the town, Mandalay has a variety of restaurants and nightlife spots, including Café City for some classic American style dishes, Aroma Wine bar and Lot 65 Gastro Bar for drinks.
Day 7
This is the day in town. The city centre is dominated by the huge walls of the old palace, with a smorgasbord of cultural and religious treasures around Mandalay Hill to the northeast. Begin the day by walking around the beautiful reconstructed structures of the old Royal Palace, then head to the southwest section of town to explore the side streets and alleys lined with colonial teak houses and hole in-the-wall sugar refineries, ending up at the teak-carved Shwe In Bin Monastery, as tranquil as it is magnificent. Then head to the foot of Mandalay Hill and roam the markets, pagodas and artifact stalls. As the day wanes either drive or, if you’re up for lots and lots of stairs, climb up to Mandalay Hill Pagoda for an unrivaled view of the city at sunset.
Day 8
Some of Mandalay’s best spots aren’t in the city at all. If you’ve rented a motorbike, a day trip to the ancient city of Inwa is a lovely drive past sunflower fields. Inwa itself, which can also be reached by taxi, is all shady lanes and half-buried, 1,000-year-old ruins, which you can tour by horse cart. After Inwa, head north to Amarapura for the iconic U Bein Bridge. The world’s longest teak bridge is much-photographed, and worth a visit at sunset.
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Hsipaw Surrounded by misty fields and bubbling mountain streams, this quiet hamlet tucked away in the Shan Hills is the perfect escape after Mandalay if you’ve been craving the fresh air. But an overnight trek and homestay into Pankam or another mountain village is the main draw, so skip it if you aren’t keen on the great outdoors. Catch a bus from Mandalay or the famous white-knuckle train through the Gokteik viaduct, if you’ve got the bravery and the time - the train takes about 24 hours.
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Inle Lake Nyaung Shwe
Day 9
This vast, tranquil wetland area, surrounded by cultural and historical treasures, rivals Bagan for the crown jewel of Myanmar tourism. Take a bus from Mandalay to Nyaung Shwe, the tourist’s home base at Inle Lake with many good, affordable hotels, restaurants, coffee shops and tour services.
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Day 10
The best way to get a feel for what the lake has to offer is by taking a guided boat tour. There are many agencies around Nyaung Shwe who can organise boat tours to places on the lake like the otherworldly lake village of Inthein, the hundreds of Kakku pagodas, and the jumping cat monastery. Tours usually end with a sunset dinner over the water.
Day 11 Rent a bicycle and strike out on your own and explore the hidden pagodas and fishing villages around the lake perimeter, including the half-land, half-water Maing Thauk. Then enjoy a tour and wine tasting at Red Mountain Vineyard & Estates, one of only two Myanmar wine producers.
Day 12 Catch a morning bus and head back through the Shan Hills and Ayeyarwady Basin to Yangon. If you have the time to spare, the capital city of Nay Pyi Taw, with its $40-a-night four-star hotels and deserted highways, is worth an overnight stop.
Day 13-14 Welcome back to Yangon. Spend the day recuperating or squeeze in some sights you missed, like the Myanmar Races Village or the National Museum. At sunset, catch the dazzling fountain show at the Myanmar Culture Valley, with its long, fountain-lined promenade under the Shwedagon pagoda it is a fitting place for a farewell.
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How to get stuff:
A basic Myanmar survival guide By Jared Downing
It is the very best time to travel in Myanmar. After years of isolation, the country is still something of a hidden gem, but now with more modern conveniences than ever before. But it can still be difficult for a newcomer to find what they need during their trip. This guide will help you get up to speed.
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Getting
in
Several once-closed land crossings are now open, but on-arrival visas are still difficult to come by. Your best bet is to stop first in Bangkok and apply for a visa at the Myanmar Embassy. It usually takes two days to process a visa, but you can pay extra to have it processed on the same day you apply.
Getting
around Most places in Myanmar can be reached by plane and bus. Boats and trains are also plentiful, but tend to be slower and sometimes—as with the notorious railway between Mandalay and Hsipaw—nerve-wracking. VIP busses are comfortable, often top-of-the-line imported Scania busses with built-in entertainment systems. Taxis are more than plentiful in Yangon, but can be more difficult to arrange in other cities. Rented motorbikes are an easy and fun way to see the towns and countryside outside Yangon.
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Getting
Money ATM
ATM machines are relatively abundant these days. They tend to work with most foreign credit cards, but it might take a few tries. You do not need to carry tremendous amounts of cash, but it’s a good idea to keep a MMK100,000 Kyat emergency stash somewhere when traveling outside the cities. Western Union branches are abundant and easy to use, but only for receiving money. Many foreign banks will not accept any wire transfers from Myanmar.
Getting
hotel Housing regulations for foreigners are still rather stiff, and accommodation is relatively costly, but on the plus side, hotels that are open to foreigners tend to be clean and comfortable. You can find budget hostels for around $10 a night in the popular tourist areas like Yangon, Mandalay and Bagan. For towns a little further from the well-trodden path, like Hpa-An, expect to pay $20-$30 per room.
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Getting
sick First, you can relax somewhat when it comes to vaccines. Don’t worry about encephalitis unless you’re Indiana Jones. An antimalarial (the most popular being Doxycycline and Malarone) might be advised if you are spending a lot of time in rural areas. But malaria is not a big threat if you are travelling in the urban areas. Dengue fever is the biggest threat, and the only way to prevent infection is by protecting yourself from being bitten by the mosquito – use repellant and keep covered when mosquitos are biting.
Getting
well You no longer need to flee to Bangkok to seek aid. Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw all offer perfectly serviceable care for most calamities, including broken bones, dengue and rabies vaccines if you have an encounter with a strange animal. As a tourist, your best bet will be the international wing of Parami Hospital in Yangon.
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Getting
clean food & water Yes, street BBQ and tea shop curry can look a bit dodgy by western standards, but it is generally safe to sample - thanks in no small part to the heaps of oil in most Myanmar dishes. Don’t guzzle tap water, but it is fine for brushing your teeth. Bottled water is everywhere. All this being said, sometimes you just get sick. It happens. Pack basic stomach medicine.
Getting
connected Wi-Fi is common these days, though usually slow. Cell phone data is also inconsistent, but can be fast enough even to make Skype calls and stream Netflix. To get yourself connected… Buy a SIM card for one of Myanmar’s major carriers (MPT, Oredoo and Telenor) for around US$1. Pop it into your own phone or buy an inexpensive smartphone (starting at around $80) on the street. Buy MMK30,000 worth of top-up cards for your carrier. Purchase a month’s worth of internet data for around MMK25,000, and keep the rest for ordinary phone calls.
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Getting
0ut Now that certain land crossings are open, why not use your newly-acquired Myanmar skills to make an overland adventure to your next destination? The road from Yangon to Mae Sot, Thailand, takes you past Kyaiktiyo and the famous Golden Rock, Hpa-An, and through the Kayin Hills on the newly-completed Asia Highway. Things to bring: Mosquito repellent Stick deodorant ATM card and backup, if you have it A passport photocopy Ear plugs Stomach medicine Things not to bring: Traveler’s checks Lots and lots of cash Iodine or water filter
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River Gallery Celebrating 10 years supporting Myanmar artists By Noe Noe Aung
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welve years ago, when New Zealander Gill Pattison came to Myanmar she had no intention of starting an art gallery. “I was living with my family in Hong Kong and I was working with a bank for many years. And then it felt like time for change. Time for a new adventure ... so we came to Myanmar and I was really not exactly sure what I was going to do,” Gill says, as we sit reflecting on how her River Gallery has now come to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Gill says she has always enjoyed art. Like many art lovers she has enjoyed visiting galleries, looking at paintings although she doesn’t have any formal qualifications in the art field. “I always liked to look and always liked to buy paintings - actually more than I like to
buy shoes and bags,” Gill said with a laugh. When she arrived in Myanmar, it was 2004. There was an ASEAN-wide competition organised by Phillip Morris and a lot of Myanmar artists were painting for that competition. There was a lot of hope and excitement among artists to have an international competition they could enter. “I started looking at the art when I came here, and after awhile, I found some really good artists,” Gill said. Unfortunately, three weeks before the art works were to be submitted to the competition, it was suddenly announced that Myanmar would not be included in the ASEAN competition. “It seemed to me a real shame. They all put in the effort; they had done their best work.
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“I talked with Ross Dunkley [an Australian businessman, Co-Founder of The Myanmar Times] as he is another art lover. He decided that we would run a national competition. So we launched the Myanmar contemporary art work competition,” Gill said. They believed that many of the paintings that were being prepared for the ASEAN competition would fit will into their national contemporary art competition and they were correct as many artists submit-
ted their work. Thirty finalists were chosen and hung in a gallery space. Gill says that seeing 30 different paintings from 30 different artists in a gallery space provided a vision of what a contemporary gallery in Myanmar showing Myanmar artists’ work might look like. “Really that was the thing that planted the seed of the idea for our gallery,” she said. River Gallery was born and has now celebrated its 10th anniversary. During the years, the gallery has
River Gallery was born and has now celebrated its 10th anniversary.
faced challenges. Before 2012, all paintings and art works had to pass censorship criteria before being displayed. They could not relate to politics, Aung San Suu Kyi, be critical of the government, be controversial in any way or depict any nudity. “Then there were changes. The censorship was eventually removed and artists could do the things that were in their mind for a long time. Then a lot more opportunities came because Myanmar could really enter the global art world much more
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than before,” she said. The River Gallery began showing modern Myanmar art pieces and installations. Gill says the core group of the original 30 artists who took part in the national competition had remained involved in the gallery over the past 10 years. River Gallery has two rooms now. The first one in The Strand Hotel Annex opened in November 2005. The second River Gallery opened in October 2013 at Chindwin Chamber Hall in 38th street
just next to The Strand Hotel. Both galleries are in colonial era buildings with large windows, good lighting and have simple, elegant displays. River Gallery’s 10th Birthday Exhibition was held at the Chindwin Chamber gallery with a gathering of friends, art lovers and artists. More than 50 paintings and two installations have been displayed for the gallery’s birthday celebration. The exhibition is running in both River Galleries until March 6. Gill’s next dream is to develop
ways to support Myanmar art students. “The art infrastructure here is undeveloped. There is no public support, no education, no foundations … everything is kind of being done privately or with a little bit of support from abroad sometimes, but nothing very systematic. What I want to do is I want to do a plan of some way for Myanmar art students to go to international art schools and art places and organization foundations,” Gill said.
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Embassies in Myanmar Australia
Italy
Singapore
88, Strand Rd., KTDA.
3, Inya Myaing Rd., Golden Valley, BHN.
238, Dhama Zedi Rd., BHN.
Ph:...................... 251809-10, 251797~98, 246462~63
Ph:..............................................................527100, 527101
Ph:.............................................................................559001
Fax:........................................................................... 246159
Fax:...........................................................................514565
Fax:......................................................................... 559002
austembassy.rangoon@dfat.gov.au
ambyang.mail@esteri.it
singemb-ygn@sgmsa.gov.sg
11-B, Than Lwin St., KMYT.
100, Nat Mauk St., Bo Cho Ward (1), BHN.
Bldg-72, Than Lwin Rd., BHN.
Ph:.............................................................526144, 515275
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Ph:.............................................................................. 511305
Fax:........................................................................... 515273
....545988, 540399, 540400, 540411, 549644~48
Fax:...........................................................................514897
bdootygn@mptmail.net.mm
Fax:..........................................................................549643
vnembmyr@cybertech.net.mm
Bangladesh
Brazil
Japan
jembassy@baganmail.net.mm
Vietnam
Sri Lanka
56, Pyay Rd., 6½Mile, MYGN.
south Korea
Ph:............................................................................ 507225
97, University Avenue Rd., BHN.
Ph:............................................................................. 222812
Fax:.......................................................................... 507225
Ph:...................................... 515190, 524148, 527142~44
Fax:...........................................................................221509
yangon.icamaraty.gov.vr
Fax:...........................................................................513286
srilankaemb@myanmar.com.mm, embsrilanka@
myanmar@mofa.go.kr
Kuwait
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CONSULATES
ORGANIZATION MYANMAR TOURISM FEDERATION (MTF)
Myanmar Tourism Transportation Association (MTTA)
Consulate of the People’s Republic
3(A), Cor of Thanthumar Rd. & Waizayantar Rd., Thuwunna Junction, TGGN.
3(A), Cor of Thanthumar Rd. & Waizayantar Rd.,
56, Main Rd., South Lanmadaw Quater, Sittwe,
Ph:................................................................01-8551012~13
Thuwunna Junction, TGGN.
Rakhine
Ph:......................................................................01-8551014
Ph:......................... 043-21126, 043-21969, 043-22241
Myanmar Hoteliers Association (MHA) 3(A), Cor of Thanthumar Rd. & Waizayantar Rd.,
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Thuwunna Junction, TGGN.
Association (MSEA)
Ph:......................................................................01-8551014
355, Ground Flr., U Wisara Rd., SCHG.
Union of Myanmar Travel Association (UMTA)
Ph:...................................................502923, 095195464
Myanmar Domestic Tour Operators
29, Rm-802, 7th Flr., Min Yè Kyaw Swar St., LMDW.
Association (MDTOA)
Ph:................................. 214941, 214945, 09 73050761
422/424, Shwe Bon Thar St., Upper Block, PBDN.
Myanmar Tourism Marketing (MTM) 204, Rm-4(B), Bo Myat Tun St., Nilar Condo, PZDG.
Ph:.......................................09 5029602, 09 5029603
Myanmar Restaurants Association (MRA)
3(A), Cor of Thanthumar Rd. & Waizayantar Rd., Thuwunna Junction, TGGN. Ph:......................................................................01-8551014
Myanmar Hospitality Professionals
Association (MHPA)
3(A), Cor of Thanthumar Rd. & Waizayantar Rd.,
of Bangladesh
Fax:...................................................................043-23968
Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China
35th St., Bet: 65th St. & 66th St., (Yadanar Lane), CATZ. Ph:.............................02-34457, 02-34458, 02-35937 Fax:......................................................................02-35944
Ph:..................................241863, 380141, 09 73251422
Consulate General of the Republic
General Services Association
Ta-1/25, 65th St., Corner of Ngu War St., Myothit,
Myanmar Tourist Healthcare and (MTHGSA)
330, Ground Flr., Ahlone Rd., Yangon Int’l Hotel, DGN. Ph:..................................................................... 218445~46
Myanmar Tourist Guides Association (MTGA)
42/44, Bo Soon Pat St., Lower Block, PBDN. Ph:....................... 256278, 09 5071608, 09 51272914
Myanmar Tourism Human Resources
Thuwunna Junction, TGGN.
Development Association (MTHRDA)
Ph:......................................... 01-8551256, 0931544603
267, 3rd Flr, Pyay Rd., SCHG.
of India CMTZ
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The Honorary Consulate of Switzerland
79/80, Bahosi Housing, Wardan St., LMDW. Ph:.........................................................................01-211536 Fax:............................................................................ 211540
Ph:.......................................................... 523200, 523623
UN AGENCIES Food & Agriculture Organization
United Nations High Commissioner
United Nations Programme on HIV/
Seed Production Centre (MAS), Insein Rd.,
287, Pyay Rd., SCHG.
137/1, Than Lwin St., KMYT.
Gyogone, P.O Box-101, ISN.
Ph:......................................... 524022, 524024, 524025
Ph:..........................................................538087, 538938
Ph:......................................................................641672~73
Fax:........................................................................... 524031
Fax:...........................................................................503160
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5, Kanbawza St., Shwe Taung Gyar (2) Ward, BHN.
1, Kanbe’ St., Cor of Kaba Aye Pagoda St., YKN.
Activities (UNRC)
Ph:.................................................................... 566538~39
6, Natmuak Rd., TMWE.
Fax:..................................................................01-2305976
Fax:......................................................................... 566538
Ph:................................................... 542910~19 (10 Lines)
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Fax:......................................................... 292739, 544531
www.ilo.org/yangon
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23-A, Inya Myaing St., Shwe Taung Gyar (2) Ward,
11-A, Malikha St., MYGN.
Fax:..................................................................650408~09
BHN.
Ph:.. 666903, 660556, 660538, 660398, 664539
lawin@searo.who.int
Ph:............................................................01-2305960~69
Fax:...........................................................................651334
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Fax:................................................................. 01-2305965
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Crime (UNODC)
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6, Natmauk Rd., TMWE.
6, Natmauk Rd., BHN.
Ph:.................. 546309 (Direct), 542910~19 (10 Lines)
Ph:................................................... 542910~19 (10 Lines)
........................................................................ (C/O – UNDP)
Fax: ........................................................ 545634, 544531
Fax:.......................................546029 544436, 545634
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Ar Yone Thit 365, Bogyoke Aung San Street, Top of 31st Street, Pabedan Township, Yangon. Tel: 241263 Bookworm 229, Pansoedan Street, Ground Floor, Upper Block, Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 389611, 09 780162900, 09421109960 bookwormbooksmyanmar@ gmail.com Book Worm Waizayantar Orange Shopping Centre, 2nd Floor, Room-S5, Thingangyun Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 421109960 Innwa 244-246, Pansoedan Street, Upper Block, Kyauktada Township, Yangon. Tel: 243216, 389838, 374324 Innwa 18, Ground Floor, U Htun Lin Chan Street, Kamayut Township, Yangon. Tel: 514387 Innwa Books and Cafe 206(D), 2nd Floor, Myanmar HAGL Plaza, Corner of Kaba Aye Pagoda Road and No.1 Industrial Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 09 263684559, 09 5119134 Khit Thit Sar Pay 470, Mahabandoola Road, Top of 31st Street & Bo Soon Pat Street, Pabedan Township, Yangon. Tel: 380968, 095194969 Monument 150, Dhama Zedi Road, Bahan Township, Yangon. Tel: 536306, 537805 Myanmar Book Centre 55, Ahlone Road, Corner of Baho Road, Ahlon Township, Yangon. Tel: 221271, 09 73015993,
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Aung Gyi Corner of 30th & 71st Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 91028214 City Mart 19 Shopping Centre (Book Stand) 19th Street, 65th & 66th Street, Aung Myay Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 61240, 61120, 61136, 61139 Innwa Corner of 31st & 84th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 43128820 Moe Kaung Kin sa-4/24, 66th Street, Between of Khaing Shwe Wah & Zalattwah Street, Chan Mya Thar Zi Township, Mandalay. Tel: 82047, 09 2043778, 09 91020367 Nagar 290-B, 83rd Street, Between of 29th & 30th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 35267, 39869, 21527, 22558 Nyo G(2-3), 71st Street, Between of 29th & 30th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 74418, 74764, 69701 Ocean 73 (Book Stand) Block-2, 73rd Street, Between of Thazin & Ngu Shwe Wah Street, Chan Mya Thar Zi Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 250896712~5 Ocean 78 (Book Stand) Basement, Yadanarbon Diamond Plaza, Between of 33rd & 34th Street, Between of 77th & 78th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 67187, 09 73031503, 09 73189726
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Energy Logistics Myanmar Co.,Ltd 295, Room-5F/G, 6th Floor, Myoh Ma Kyaung Street, Myoh Ma Kyaung Street Condo, Dagon Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 501213, 09 420148902 Fax: 501213 www.energylogisticsmyanmar. com Royal Wing United Co.,Ltd. Nan Myint Thu Car Rental & Travel Services No.56, Bo Ywe Street, Latha Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 951 246551, 375283, 959 420092759 nanmyintthu1983@gmail.com colwinkyi@gmail.com
Sharky’s 81, Pansoedan Road, Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 252702, 370971 Yangon Bake House (Inya Road) 30, Inya Road, Kamayut Townshp, Yangon. Tel: 09 977117932, 09977117954 Yangon Bake House (Pearl Condo) Pearl Condo, Block(C), Ground Floor, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon. Tel: 9977117947
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La Maison 20 20, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Yankin Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 664204, 667504
50th Street Building-A1, Star City, Thanlyin, Yangon. Tel: 397060 After Work 38(A-1), Shan Kone Road, Sanchaung Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 4202398224 Easy Café 24-D, Nar Nat Taw Sreet, Sanchaung Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 250360189 Easy Café 30-A, Bo Yar Nyunt Street, Dagon Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 250360189 Green Ice 58, Kyun Taw Street, Sanchaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 534989 KVAS 202/8, Yanshin Sreett, Yankin Township, Yangon. MAHLZEIT CAFE 84, Pan Hlaing Street, Sanchaung Township, Yangon, The Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Tel: 95 9 784 151 250 reservation@mahlzeit-myanmar. com www.mahlzeit-myanmar.com Monsoon 85-87, Theinbyu Road, Botahtaung Township, Yangon. Tel: 295224, 09 43121431 Saigon Baguette Cafe’ 11-A, Nawaday Street, Dagon Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 250956019, 09 250847211 Sharky’s 117, Dhama Zedi Road, Kamayut Township, Yangon. Tel: 524677, 373009
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Mandalay Palace Jewellery Corner of 26th & 66th Street, Sedona Hotel Compound, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 2003488, 09 91001538 Triple Diamond 102, 35th Street, Between of 75th & 76th Street, Chan Aye Thar Zan Township, Mandalay. Tel: 09 402578653, 09 5122785, 09 785122785 thihanyinyiaung@gmail.com
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Mahlzeit Restaurant Original German Food 84, Pan Hlaing Street, Sanchaung Township, Yangon, The Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Tel: 95 9 784 151 250 reservation@mahlzeit-myanmar. com www.mahlzeit-myanmar.com Myanhouse 56/58/60, Pansoedan Street, Lower Block, Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 09 73169056 The Myths 18-A, Thukhawaddy Street, (6) Ward, Yankin Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 43168808 Toba Restaurant 15, Nawaday Sreet, Dagon Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 30223875, 01 393443
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Gooday Tours Co.,Ltd Room-503, Building-D, 5th Floor, Pearl Condo, Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 01 400700, 400770 goodaytours@gmail.com
Asian Empress Travels & Tours 74, Ground Floor, Than Tha Dar Street, Sanchaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 501710, 0930382448, 0930382449 asianempresstravels@gmail.com www.asianempresstravels .com
Good To Go Travels & Tours Co.,Ltd No. 161, Lower Kyimyindine Road, Ahlone Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Office Tel: 951 214576, 959 250714150, 450062389 Mobile: 959 450008415, 5167921 Fax: 951 214576 info@good2gotravel.com, sales@good2gotravel.com www.good2gotravel.com www.travels2myanmar.com Harmony Services & Travel & Tours Co.,Ltd 254, 3rd Floor, 40th Street, Upper Block, Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 240856, 385750 Fax: 240856 harmony.servs@gmail.com Journeys Advanture Travel 53, Nagayon Pagoda Street, 8½ Miles, Mayangone Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 656259, 664275, 660104 Fax: 664451 Sales@journeysadvanturetravel. com www.peakdmc.com Kalaw Myay Travel & Tours
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Moby Dick Tours Co.,Ltd 89-91, Room-2, Ground Floor, 32nd Street, Between Mahabandoola Road & Merchant Road, Lower Block, Pabedan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 380832 info@mobydick.myanmar.com.mm mobydick@myanmartravel.cc www.myanmartravel.cc
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No.50, 2nd Floor, 164 Street, Tamwe Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +95 1 8604360, +95 9 795552666, +95 9 5145050, +95 9 43052625 info@myanmarallure.com sales@myanmarallure.com www.myanmarallure.com qq, we chat: 1931574079
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No. 40, 1st Floor, Ye Gyaw Street, Pazundaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Postal Code - 11171 Office Ph: (+95) 9 7310 7324 Moblie: (+95) 9 421029770 Fax: (+95) 9 73107324 Skype: amlwin85 www.orientalcentury.com.mm
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4th Floor, Room(7), 459 (C), New University Avenue, Bahan Township, Yagon, Myanmar. Tel: +95 1 540647, 401345 silverhillsyangon@gmail.com www.silverhillsmyanmar.com
No.35, Ground Floor, Lan Thit Road (Mawtin Road), Lanmadaw Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: (+95)-1-2301511, 2301522, 2300106, 09 253556655/77/99 Fax: (+95)-1-2300106 info@starzonetravels.com www.starzonetravels.com www.myanmartourserviceagency.com www.facebook.com/SZtravels Teo Myanmar Travels & Tours Co., Ltd. No. 4/A, Building-1, 2nd Floor, Parami Road, Chawdwingone Junction, Mayangone Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +959 5083179, 250067507, 49155327, 73095385, +951 657049, 657025 Fax: +951 650179 teo.myanmar@gmail.com teo.birmania@gmail.com www.teoguidabirmania.it The Wheel Tour & Ticketing No.14, Shin Saw Pu Paya Street, Sanchaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 01 511626, 01 518469 Fax: 01 518469 info@thewheeltravel.com ticket@thewheeltravel.com www. thewheeltravel.com Tour Mandalay Building-A, Room-02/03, 2nd Floor, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Corner of Saya San Street, Pearl Condo, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 540475, 545850
Kandawgyi Palace Hotel, Lake view ground floor, Kanyeiktha Road, Mingalar Taung Nyunt, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +951 399319, 399320 +959 5014842, 73114422 info@treasure.com.mm www.treasuremyanmar.com
No.27-A, Bo Nyarna 1st Lane (Sawbwa Street), 5th Quarter, 9 Mile, Mayangone Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 951 653020, 655964, 959 5155725, 5408921 Fax: 951 653020 whitelotus@myanmar.com.mm www.whitelotus.fr World EverGreen Travel & Tour Co.,Ltd. No.241, Bo Myat Tun Street, Botahtaung Township, Yangon. Tel: 09 780005357/58/59 No.464, 82nd Street, Between 34th and 35th Street, Mandalay. Tel: 09 792000878, 09 972000878
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No.20(D), B402, Baho Road, (Asia Royal Hospital Beside), Sanchaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: +95 1 532005, +95 9 440441440, 440442440 info@yangonplus.com www.yangonplus.com
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No.143, 2nd Floor, 37th Street, Middle Block, Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: (+959)730 48 430, (+959)254 202 985, (+959)448 540 747, (+959)420 311 282 info@victoriouskingtravels.com sales@victoriouskingtravels.com www.victoriouskingtravels.com www.vkmyanmartravels.com
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