There might not be a more enjoyable experience while dining in San Francisco than watching your waiter or waitress mix together the legendary, crunchy and pungent tea leaf salad at your table when ...

Welcome to our weekly column, Lunch Box. It’s pretty simple: every week, one of D’s writers will report back on a fun place to get lunch. Think of it like being in a book club. If you want to join the ...

This week’s recipe comes from Rangoon Bistro in Portland, which just opened their annex bar Bone Sine to serve a range of cocktails and mocktails to sip with flavorful drinking foods. Old heads know ...

One of the Bay Area’s most iconic salads has gotten rather elusive these days. Burma Superstar and its family of restaurants is currently rationing its famous tea leaf salad due to supply chain issues ...

Eating tea leaf salad is as much a part of SF life as overnighters in Tahoe, or owning a 35-pound dog and treating it like a firstborn child. The pungent, fermented salad is a staple on every Burmese ...

The last time I tried Burmese food, I had to drive hours to get it. But on this sunny afternoon, the car only has to make it as far as Rancho Bernardo. Still, I’m impatient all the way there, ...

Never let it be said that Kalvin and Poe Myint are afraid of technology. A year before we learned what “social distancing” meant, the Myints launched Top Burmese as a virtual restaurant, slinging ...

Chef Zin Zin Htun’s rendition of the dish is a delicious introduction to the culture and cuisine of Myanmar. Zin Zin's Tea Salad dish. Photograph by Sarah Banks. The Local newsletter is your free, ...

What might be Brooklyn’s sole source of mohinga, Myanmar’s beloved fish noodle soup, and laphet thoke, the country’s enticing fermented tea leaf salad, recently opened steps away from 86th Street — ...