According to both the 2014 census of the burmese government buddhism is the dominant religion, of 88% of the population, practiced especially by the bamar, rakhine. Awarded for best burmese restaurant in the bay area. Spoon the tea leaf dressing into the center of the lettuce. Apparently, in burma, the salad is made up entirely of dried beans, legumes, nuts, and seeds, and then tossed with the dressing.
Finding laphet, the fermented tea leaves at the heart of burma superstars signature salad, can be a challenge. The salad contains one special ingredient called b e bohk in burmese literally rotten beans, a thin, dried, pressed cake of fermented soybeans which is known by the shan and in northern thailand as tua nao. The recipes do seem true to form from the restaurant rainbow salad, etc. Nov 12, 2019 rainbow salad salad made with 22 different ingredients. Burmese pork curry, mogokstyle wet thar hnut burmese rainbow salad aka let thohk sohn. We like burma superstar and always relish the opportunity to savor the rainbow salad and the samosa soup, but the 2hour wait can be a bit much and believe it or not, there are actually other. I messed up and simmered the curry too long, so the chicken shredded on its own and the sauce reduced too much.
Fish sauce and lime juice impart complexity into each bite. An eclectic collection of 80 achievable yet spectacular recipes from famed san francisco bay area burmese restaurant, burma superstar. For years, bay area residents and outoftowners have packed the houseand lined up out the doorfor the salads, curries, rice, and stirfries served at burma superstar, a beloved burmese restaurant with four locations in the san. Our contributor melissa clark talked with desmond and kate about what makes burmese food unique. Some of our signature dishes include fermented tea leaf salad, coconut rice, rainbow salad, and samusa soup.
Weve made countless recipes from the book and nearly all of them have been integrated into our regular meal rotation. Best burmese food in san francisco misadventures with andi. The bay area legacy of the burma superstar restaurant family. Rainbow salad, chili lamb, and coconut rice i regret not coming here sooner. The chineseinspired chili lamb remains a favorite with our loyal customers.
A burmese salad with a variety of vegetables, fried tofu, eggs, potatoes, seasoned rice balls and many more. The burma superstar cookbook is inspiring, approachable. Burmese rainbow salad is a wonderful mix of flavours and textures that exemplifies food from myanmar to many, still a very mysterious land, thanks to the tourist embargo that seemed to have lasted a life time. The burmese kitchen combo fried platter is a great introduction to some of our most popular vegan starters. If using the be bohktua nao, toast by tossing in the same dry frying pan on a mediumhigh heat till it smells fragrant about 5 minutes, grind into a powder using a pestle and mortar, and set to one side. The tea leaf salad and rainbow salad are as good as everyone says and id recommend including them in any meal at burma superstar. Awardwinning food writer and recipe developer danielle centoni has a new book of recipes from stumptown that will rejuvenate your culinary repertoire and inspire you to book a flight asap. Here are the best burmese restaurants in san francisco that successfully fulfill our frequent burmese food cravings.
John lee burma superstars tea leaf salad and tea leaf dressing. Let thohk sohn is also served more prosaically at roadside stalls and tea shops, with a cup of steaming burmese green tea called yay nway jun, and a dish of fritters on the side. Burmesian restaurateur desmond tan and food writer kate leahy have released a new burmese cookbook, burma superstar, named after desmonds bay area restaurant. Let thohk sohn let thoke sone, burmese rainbow salad recipe vegetarian cooking. Mixed tableside, this saladappetizer is enjoyed by burmese people throughout the country. After i ate at burma superstar for the first time, i searched online for a recipe for tea leaf salad so i could recreate it in my kitchen. While we perused the menu deciding what to have, tiyo just started sending dishes out to us from the kitchen. From burma superstar by desmond tan and kate leahy.
The fermented tea leaves make the salad savory plus the leaves are full of nutrients and antioxidants. For those in the bay area, however, theres really no. With just a friend and myself, we tried the rainbow salad, chili lamb, and coconut rice. Burmese cuisine reflects a history inspired by surrounding countries and ancient traditions. Teriyaki salmon, crispy chard and pak choi, recipe. See more ideas about food recipes, burmese food and food. Home of original samusa soup, rainbow salad, and burma cooler. This one comes courtesy of burma superstar, a dish of many. There is no official state religion, but the government shows preference for theravada buddhism, the majority religion of the nation. In this beautiful book, desmond tan and kate leahy bring one of my favorite bay area restaurants, burma superstar, to the world. Burma superstar menu, menu for burma superstar, alameda.
Burma superstar tea leaf salad san francisco youtube. The gracious waitperson explains each component of the salads, e. Its a mix of indian, thai, chinese, and burmese dishes with very traditional burmese flavors. Jul 26, 2012 last year, before heading out to the bay area for some promotional events for my book, at least six different people gave me the same advice. Tilt the wok so the oil pools to one side and add the garlic cloves. Order burma superstar delivery online san francisco bay. Burmese ginger salad gin thoke global table adventure. Burma superstar tea leaf salad veggies save the day. I went to school in sf for 3 years and it took a visit to a friend to finally try burma superstar. Published 5 years ago and updated on th december 2016. Coastal, forest, tropical, and mountainous cultures within burma have all contributed to the rich tastes and smells you experience in each bite.
In his book, tan reveals that the meals include ingredients that are beautifully colored and textured, meaning that even salad can be exciting. Burma superstar, the perpetually packed inner richmond restaurant, is known equally for its flavorful burmese dishes, and the long waits that accumulate each. As promised, heres the recipe i found online that resembles the burma superstar rainbow salad. Burmese rainbow salad recipe let thohk sohn meemalee. How to make tea leaf salad, an incredibly special burmese recipe. Burma superstar has been serving its signature burmese dishes in the bay area since 1992, but it wasnt until the mid2000s when people began to line up out the door for its famous tea leaf salad.
This restaurant has officially entered my top suggestions for sf food. While the bay area restaurant chain now sells its dressing with tea leaf salad kits, online via good eggs and at select whole foods, the faux laphet dressing in burma superstar ten speed press. With influences from neighboring india and china, as well as thailand and laos, burmese food is a unique blend of flavors, and burma superstar includes such standout dishes as the iconic tea leaf salad, chili lamb, pork and pumpkin stew, platha a buttery layered flatbread, spicy eggplant, and mohinga, a fish noodle soup that is arguably myanmars national dish. Burma club burma superstar burma love burma love foods company 991 mission street, san francisco. Ingredients for the dressing 12 packed cup whole fermented tea leaves laphet. Fortunately, i was able to rescue it by adding more water, although the flavors got a bit diluted. The platter features classic burmese fried samosas, burmese style falafels, and our famous golden tofu made from chick peas served with a spicy tamarind dipping sauce.
Around the lettuce, arrange separate piles of fried garlic, split peas, peanuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, tomato, and jalapeno. See 182 photos and 80 tips from 2661 visitors to burma superstar. It is truly a party in your mouth and it will change your mind about what salad. Joining me for dinner were 9 friends from the bay area i didnt know i even had that many friends in the bay area, who were all veterans of burma superstar. Because of its location, trade routes between china and india passed straight through the country, keeping burma wealthy through trade, although selfsufficient agriculture was still the basis of the economy. Burma superstar fermented tea leaf salad the taste edit. Courtesy of desmond tan and kate leahy, burma superstar cookbook ten speed. Burma superstar, alameda, alameda urbanspoonzomato. Our tea leaf salad was voted by sunset magazine as the best of the westsalad and winner of the good food award in 2017. You can find the recipe for this sesame chicken and more in the burma superstar cookbook here. Burmese rainbow salad let thohk sohn with images myanmar. Burma superstar burmese restaurant in inner richmond.
A warm bowl of pumpkin curry to ward off those chilly nights or a refreshing tea leaf salad for when the fog finally lifts. This incredibly delicious burmese chicken salad, adapted from the burma superstar cookbook, gets its bulk, heft, and incredible texture from shredded green cabbage, sliced cucumber, shredded rotisserie chicken, crispy onions, raw onions, jalapeno, toasted chickpea flour, cilantro, and garlic chips. This burmese salad is extremely well balanced, which surprised me. Burma superstar burmese chicken salad a beautiful plate. Sep 27, 2019 shes sharing her picks for the best burmese food in san francisco and i have to say i completely agree. Social experiment thank you guys for watching this weeks episode on moeandet. The salad is so delicious and makes the perfect light vegetarian lunch or dinner, or accompaniment to another recipe in the book. The rainbow salad at burma superstar restaurant on clement st. Burmese food itself is related to the foods of thailand, china, and india. Jun 05, 2017 the beginning, for this book, is curry.
Shes sharing her picks for the best burmese food in san francisco and i have to say i completely agree. Mixed tableside, this salad appetizer is enjoyed by burmese people throughout the country. The recipe for tea leaf salad, that cult fave from san franciscos burma superstar, is included in desmond tans new cookbook. How to make tea leaf salad, an incredibly special burmese.
Many burmese dishes carry the scents and flavors of neighboring india and china in this salad, the dried shrimp of yunnan, the part of china that borders myanmar, mingle with. Just like the rainbow salad, which is a lovely array of noodles and spices, these two salads are presented on a plate as piles of individual ingredients. From the tea leaf salad to chicken coconut curry, the book demystifies the ingredients and cooking techniques of myanmar, opening up the restaurants incredible flavors for everyone to enjoy. It is a fermented tea leaf dish tossed with a crispy mixture of nuts, beans, and garlic with shredded lettuce. The best food youre not eating in san francisco but should be. The addictive tea leaf salad from burma superstar kennejimaflickr. Burma superstar you can smell the delicious aromas a block away from this. She suggested the world should come up with a dish combining noodles and rice called nice, so i mentioned to her that us burmese already. I had arranged through friends to have my book party at a popular burmese restaurant in oakland called burma superstar, which also has several locations in sf proper. From the beloved san francisco restaurant, a mouthwatering collection of recipes, including fiery tofu, garlic noodles, the legendary tea leaf salad, and. Sprinkle with shrimp powder and drizzle with fish sauce.
In fact, this salad is called hand tossed salad in burmese. With influences from neighboring india and china, as well as thailand and laos, burmese food is a unique blend of flavors, and burma superstar includes such standout dishes as the iconic tea leaf salad, chili lamb, pork and pumpkin stew, platha a buttery layered flatbread, spicy eggplant, and mohinga, a fish noodle soup that is arguably. We take much pride in bringing you the taste and cooking from burma. Burmese shan noodles with an extraordinary taste golden egg curry that tastes the same as the one prepared by local chef an instagramworthy burmese rainbow salad coconut noodle soup that will impress you with the unique taste you are only one step away from all of the exotic deliciousness. It is a fermented tea leaf dish tossed with a crispy mixture of nuts, beans, and garlic with lettuce. Your wish may end up on the blog, along with the actual recipe from the chef. Burmese curries, at least as presented here, are simple stews, as close to onepot cooking as one can get with a bowl of rice on the side. Jan 12, 2006 just like the rainbow salad, which is a lovely array of noodles and spices, these two salads are presented on a plate as piles of individual ingredients. This incredible burmese chicken salad, adapted from the burma superstar cookbook, gets its amazing texture from shredded green cabbage, sliced cucumber, shredded rotisserie chicken, crispy onions, raw onions, jalapeno, toasted chickpea flour, cilantro, and garlic chips.
Where im from, we call this a thoke sone, or formally known as let thoke sone. For me, burmese food is the ideal cuisine for san francisco. The burma superstar cookbook digs deeper into the food of this country now called myanmar giving readers a peek at the deep flavors of this. This burmese restaurant excels at every dish it creates and after exploring other burmese options, im even more convinced that superstar is the best burmese around. Lee says the idea of starters is a foreign concept to burmese people, and that its best to serve rainbow salad alongside a variety of other dishes, raw and cooked.
A new burmese superstar comes to san carlos the san. This burmese chicken salad is a fresh, crunchy take. What does burma superstar tea leaf salad taste like. Follow us on social media, we want to connect with you all in real life. A surprising number of people have yet to try the savory, spiced and unique flavors of burmese food. The traditional burmese crunchy mix contains peanuts, yellow split peas, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, and garlic chips and is full of flavor. Dec 17, 2019 i dont believe our food is fusion of americanburmese. Skip the line for burma superstars tea leaf salad eater sf. Voted by sunset magazine as the best of the westsalad.
Burma superstar restaurant, san francisco richmond district. Apr 18, 2019 the american menu on burma uniques website appears to be an error. Gets busy but they have a wait list to sign up onyou can also leave your number. May 08, 2015 there was a cold noodle dish, for instance, with 20 ingredients that lee loved, but in burmese it was called hand salad, and hand salad wasnt going on the menu.
Jun 14, 20 a new burmese superstar comes to san carlos. Transfer the salad and any juices onto a rimmed serving plate and garnish generously with cilantro sprigs. Burma superstar by desmond tan amazing malaysian by norman musa flavors. Burmese ginger salad mayabugss recipes i used canned garbanzo beans instead of channa dal and made a dressing with less lemon, some fish sauce, the garlic oil and a little sweetner. Recipes from the burma superstar cookbook burma inc. With cumin and black mustard seeds complementing soy sauce, garlic, and rice vinegar, this dish comes across as panasian.