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Virtual Tour – Eating in Kalaw

hellaD — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:17:30 +0000

Some of the many delicious dishes you can get freshly prepared in Kalaw, a lovely hill-station in Southern Shan State, Myanmar. Try Shan noodles, Burmese pancakes or donuts and traditional Shan dinners.
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A Shan Romeo and Juliet Story

hellaD — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:55:25 +0000

A romantic true tale of the children of two families who made Channa Dhal tofu and hated each other living in a village in the middle of the mystical Inle Lake in Shan State, Myanmar (Burma).
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2012 Calendar – Daily Life Yangon, Myanmar

hellaD — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:42:58 +0000

Images include a curbside roti chef, wild-eyed bus conductor, street scenes, side-car rides, local medicine man selling scorpion cures, local mango sellers, monks and more.
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Sour Radish Soup

hellaD — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:28:18 +0000

Recipe for a traditional Burmese soup made with daikons, fish stock and tamarind paste.
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Burmese Egg Curry

hellaD — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:01:18 +0000

A delicious, exotic and nourishing dish from Burma. Try this recipe for egg curry in Burma's signature tomato gravy.
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Conde Naste Hot Chef

hellaD — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:02:34 +0000

hellaD is listed as a Conde Naste hot chef and compared to Alice Waters, while executive chef of The Strand Hotel.
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Baking at Inle – Snakes, Opium and the West Cashing in

hellaD — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 08:08:08 +0000

A raw milk interlude--Memories of baking at Inle Lake, in Shan State Myanmar (Burma) what an amazingly beautiful spot.
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Traditional Fire Balloon Festival, Burma

hellaD — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:14:30 +0000

I was looking back over some of my diary entries during the time I was working in Shan State at a beautiful hotel called Inle Princess Resort on the shores of the mystical Inle Lake. During this time I was training some of the kitchen staff in baking and pastry skills as well as sourcing [...]
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Economics as if People Mattered

hellaD — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:42:36 +0000

From Small is Beautiful. Modeled on small scale self-sufficient communities, E.F. Schumacher developed his ideas while living in Burma.
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Burmese Mont Lin Ma Yar

hellaD — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:54:56 +0000

I recently had a wonderful interaction with a Burmese food lover over a photo I had posted on facebook of the famous Burmese Mont Lin Ma Yar. These delicious street corner snacks are a real treat, I wish I could get them on the corner downtown Vancouver, BC! She kindly translated the recipe for me [...]
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