The Lavazza coffee experience
Barista Lavazza is the exclusive seller of Lavazza brand coffee in Myanmar and wants to provide this city with an alternative social venue than...
TURKEY ANOTHER LOOK FOR TRAVEL
To understand a country, a city, defi- nitely being there is the best way. However, being there is not enough by only seeing, viewing....
A Taste of India in Yangon
We live in a world where borders are more political demarca- tions, not cultural or culinary, and these ubiquitous forms move beyond any manmade...
Coffee by the lake
F inding a decent cup of coffee in Yan-gon isn’t all that easy, despite the ubiquity of tea-houses, where invari-ably the coffee served is...
Dawei’s Idyllic Charms
S ince the announcement of the Dawei Special Economic Zone in late 2010, Dawei has become more of a business destination rather than a...
Gekkō manages to merge the old with the very new
T he sprightly new Gekkō restaurant in the historic and beautifully refur-bished Sofaer & Co. building is lo-cated on Merchant St. in downtown Yangon....
Nacha thai Restaurant
Thai food in Thailand tends to be universally decent or maybe that’s my lucky experience. Perhaps, learning to cook is a part of growing...
The Governor’s Residence
Once home, as the name suggests, to the governors of the British Crown Colony of Burma, such as Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith (Governor from 1941...
Life Downtown
Roaming around Yangon’s downtown area over the past year has become one of my life’s little pleasures.
The aromas from the street food restaurants, combined...
Jasper House
Jasper House sits in the pleasant buffer zone between Yangon’s Dagon and Ahlone townships. On one side lie the leafy, pleasant homes from colonial...