Arri London wrote:
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> "Jean B." wrote:
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>> BUT there are nice foods in both places. Mohinga springs to mind
>> as far as Burma/Myanmar goes.
>>
>> This gets back to restaurants. What does "of good quality" mean?
>> That someone thinks this is what a foreigner wants to eat?
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>> --
>> Jean B.
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> That's the crux of the matter. Food that has been dumbed down for the
> forners isn't going to be very good.

The restaurants we ate in while in Myanmar were local restaurants rather
than tourist restaurants. Actually, unless you're in Yangon, Mandalay,
or Began, there are relatively few 'tourist' restaurants (although they
do exist. You do have to search for them though.) When spending a few
months there one is forced to eat where the locals eat. However, people
are so poor in Myanmar that the restaurants also use very few
ingredients for their dishes, probably to keep prices affordable to the
locals.