August 3rd, 2009 | Food Preparation, Traditions, Burma, cabbage, chef, culture, fermentation, food, healing, health, Inya Lake, kimchi, lactobacilli, live, longevity, Myanmar, sauerkraut, symbiotic, traditional, Yangon
Published August 2009 in Healthy Options magazine, New Zealand
Recipe for homemade lacto-fermented dill pickles.
Lactic Acid Fermentation: Symbiotic Man’s Secret Ingredient for Health and Longevity
Many years ago, I worked at the Inya Lake Hotel in Myanmar which also does catering and events for the various embassies in Yangon. It was Korea’s National Day and the embassy was having a big function in the hotel ball room. While the rest of the kitchen was in the usual uproar creating the hot dishes for the buffet, I stepped into the cool room we normally reserved for ripening fruit. It was like stepping into a different world.
July 13th, 2009
Click here to view exotic images of farmers markets around Myanmar.
Who can resist an open air market? In Shan State they have a very clever system by having their farmers market run on a five day cycle. So, for example, around the mystical Inle Lake, the market will be one day in Nyaung Shwe, th ...
July 13th, 2009
"The Burmese have been forced to maintain their traditional methods of farming and subsistence living, which may in the long run be a blessing in disguise for them and the rest of the world." More...
Click here to see images from various markets in Yangon (Rangoon). ...
July 11th, 2009
Click here for images from market around Yangon.
The first time I visited Burma/Myanmar was in December of 1995. We stayed in the YMCA in downtown Yangon (formerly Rangoon) and were harassed by bed-bugs all night. I remember the streets being particularly gray at that time, except for the bright ...
July 11th, 2009
My favorite market in Yangon is the Indian Spice market which is on 26th St and Anawratha, and there I love to buy thick honey-rich sandalwood oil, turmeric, fragrant sandalwood beads, freshly ground whole wheat flour and blocks of beeswax. An old friend hangs around his buddies spice stall, and alw ...
March 8th, 2009
Burmese Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Kaukswe is one of the most famous of Myanmar's wonderful breakfasts, Mohingha is the most famous and is made with fish and banana trunks.
Breakfast is a very special time in Myanmar, there are so many tasty things to choose from, but you have to get up early ...
February 23rd, 2009
Another of the famous Burmese lethok literally "mixed by hand" salads.
This one was first brought to my attention by my little sister who was a mad fan of eating Naw Rosie's Min Kwa Yuet Salad on her home-made brown bread while she was going to high school in Myanmar.
It is definitely addictin ...
November 28th, 2007
I was given a melted popsicle from a local ice-cream seller while visiting a pagoda in the suburbs of Yangon/Rangoon. It was a bit of a surreal experience. The old man smiled so kindly as he eagerly handed it to me. He was so sweet and toothless. He had come across me as I was trying to find ...
October 4th, 2007
An Introduction to Myanmar Cuisine by Ma Thanegi
I had a great opportunity to meet Ma Thanegi, the amazing lady who authored this book, while in Myanmar (Burma). She is full of the spirit of adventure and has had some amazing experiences in her travels that she shares with vibrant energy. S ...
August 2nd, 2007
Shwe Yone Kalay Store -- The Little Golden Rabbit Shop
Myanmar Books for Myanmar Kids
After a long journey from Yangon to Sittwe and then up the Kaladan river we finally made it to Mrauk-U, Rakhine State, Myanmar. We were heading back to our guest house before the electricity went off we ...
