The name is something of a misnomer as I couldn’t spot any books.
Also while there’s quite a tome of Thai and other dishes the Burmese menu runs to one laminated page.
It was the Burmese dishes I was interested in and although they didn’t have one of my favourite dishes; Shan noodles there were enough dishes of interest.
I do love an egg curry (my local Burmese takeaway in London did an excellent one until it sadly closed down). This though was a duck egg curry. How could I resist? Very rich colour and flavour on the yolks. A very tomatoey gravy with a hint of shrimp paste. Very subtle on the spicing.
Chicken curry was like the egg curry also quite subtle but with a definite aniseed note from fennel or star anise.
No Burmese meal would be complete without pickled tea leaf salad. A bit shy with the tea leaves for my taste but the slight astringency worked well.
Nothing had overly assertive flavour or dominated anything else. Everything worked well together.
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Burmese Restaurantand Library
Su Thep, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai 50200
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