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Food o Rama

Ending 2018 we decided to do what we love to and can do best.

Explore new foods and have a jolly end to the year.

With that in mind we enjoyed Burmese cuisine courtesy a neighborhood place that opened recently.

Curries do taste somewhat unique although a lot of the spice portfolio is similar to that found in India.

The countries do share a border where India's far eastern states butt up on the western edge of Burma aka Myanmar today.

We sampled chicken curry with Burmese masala and coconut milk, a garlic noodle prep with crispy shrimp and a green string bean dish made with garlic.




The food is delicious although our server by her own claim hailed from Hong Kong and spoke sketchy English.

I do find this annoying since I expect a service organization that operates in America to know its lingua franca.  It is rude to expect the customers to make accommodations to get their message across or a question answered because the servers are illiterate with language skills.

That was followed by a French style pastry shop visit not far from the Burmese food place.  Here we indulged the sweet tooth by consuming some Cronut (coffee flavored melange of a Donut and Croissant) as well as a matcha tea cake.




Yumm..

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