Burma languishes, Burma Town flourishes. Recently discovered this restaurant and introduced it to LIBA folks. Fans of Kailash Kitchen are sure to like Burma Town. Same kind of tasty, crispy and exotic foodie goodies. For the sweet-toothed: Burma is a little too hot for your tongue to handle, so be sure to tell them "no spicy at all" .. And they'll reply "okay medium spicy" .. then you say "not medium spicy, I want no spicy .. very very mild okay" .. thereon you negotiate and bring it down to edible levels of capsaicin.
There arent too many "varieties" per se, but thats okay -- for the average Indian each of those 8 or so varieties is itself extraordinary enough, if not exotic .. and hey you gotta take this seriously, it is the only Burmese restaurant in Chennai. Theres none other. The guy who runs the show tells me there are some Burmese food stalls of the stand-and-eat kind (kai aendhi bhavan) in North Madras - from where he got inspired. Ofcourse, he aint got a single drop of burmese blood in his circulatory system .. but the chaps learnt his trade pretty well.
Clincher: Burma Town is not an upscale eat-out. It competes with Annai mess and other idly/ parotta stalls on Choolaimedu street for business -- so the pricing is as irresistable for your pocket, as the food is irresistable for your pallette.
There arent too many "varieties" per se, but thats okay -- for the average Indian each of those 8 or so varieties is itself extraordinary enough, if not exotic .. and hey you gotta take this seriously, it is the only Burmese restaurant in Chennai. Theres none other. The guy who runs the show tells me there are some Burmese food stalls of the stand-and-eat kind (kai aendhi bhavan) in North Madras - from where he got inspired. Ofcourse, he aint got a single drop of burmese blood in his circulatory system .. but the chaps learnt his trade pretty well.
Clincher: Burma Town is not an upscale eat-out. It competes with Annai mess and other idly/ parotta stalls on Choolaimedu street for business -- so the pricing is as irresistable for your pocket, as the food is irresistable for your pallette.
>> it is the only Burmese restaurant in Chennai
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I read this, I was about to ask, "what about the kai aendhi bhavans of Burma Bazaar?"
And then I read the next sentence. ;)
Good post! Is this the place where we ate?
Thanks , Abi :). Not sure where we ate, but this restaurant has been around for only 3 months or so..
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