mylifesavour.com

So recently this poped up on my radar.

It's supposedly similar to groupon but unlike it you first join it as a membership and then you'll receive discounts at the restaurant affiliated with the site. You can find out which stores are currently affiliated with them by clicking on the site: www.mylifesavour.com.

Currently they do not have a paid membership just the trial:
And so I joined it.
I'll tell you a month later how my experience with this site goes. If it's worth the pay they'll be demanding requesting later.

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Tourist Map of Myanmar

I found this helpful image on the interwebs for those interested in visiting Myanmar and not sure where you can visit*. This is of course for those who are not just going to Yangon alone but want to explore Myanmar. I got excited finding this as I've not yet been to most. Perhaps I will accomplish this one day. Till then it's going to be part of the tick off list!

Hope you find this list hopeful! Tell me in the comments below where you've been and where you look forward to next! Tell me if you've done it all! you lucky person

Till next time!

*As you know, as of post date, not all of Myanmar are for tourist to go to and explore. No matter what you may believe, I truly believe you should heed this for your safety. You can believe what you want but some things are better heeded than to be sorry for later.

Blog: Myanmar Queueing Problem

Advise for visitors of Myanmar:
If you are surrounded by the average citizen and you don't see people queueing aka lining up. Don't.
If you see people queueing and you do, be prepared to stand your ground cause its very likely you'll get cut.

It saddens me to say this but the average common citizens of my beloved country do not know how to queue.

I first experienced this in Citymart when I had been patiently queueing to pay for my groceries. An older woman cut in with a basket full of item and positioned herself to be served. I politely told her we've been waiting a while and that it's proper to queue. That woman barked back and me and said I'm a rude girl. Unbelievable.
P.S: I didn't back down from that fight but that's another story.

I'm not sayin that my fellow citizens are rude, uneducated, Neanderthals.
This can happen anywhere in the world.
Myanmar people are the loveliest people.
Most just don't know how to queue.

Any experiences? Share your stories of queue problems - whether it be in Myanmar or around the world!

One Year Later

I cannot believe it has been one year ago when I left the big apple and came to Yangon.
My plan was to stay only one year, see how things are with family and the "new" Yangon and return.
And then plans changed when in 2014 I got myself a job. Now I don't know what the future holds for me.
But my past year has been amazing (no chronological order):


The birth of my kittens

Experiencing amazing food with amazing friends

Visiting Singapore since my last time in 1997 with my boyfriend

Getting my first ever full time job and getting to go to The Oxford Report event

Last but not least, my best friend's wedding. The biggest event of my past year in Myanmar.

And of course one can't forget meeting new people along the way.

And old friends visiting me all the way from Japan.


Thank you for reading folks. Sorry I haven't been able to take you along the last year's journey but this year on I will do my best!

Till next time!

Review: Xi Yang Yang

I found out via friends that there was a Xiao Long Bao place in Yangon and... not going to lie. I went MAD.

I bugged every soul to take me there (as yours truly has the worse road sense) and finally I was taken there Sunday by my childhood friend.



Note: Parking there is a nightmare (in that township area in general) so I highly recommend you go there via cab.

It's a two story narrow building. I can't attest for sure how many fits but I can safely say: not much.
I hope they have plans to expand.
Their utensils are cute.
This means that it was cleaned via a service.

And so we ordered... and we ordered a lot....
The main reason I'm here...

Sesame buns

The variety of soy milk. P.S: dark soybean was best

Fried dumpling + Beef rolls

Fried rice + Pork ribs
(we just wanted the rice to be honest...)

Shrimp wanton

Gotta have them vegies: Kalen

And we ordered this cause the other table ordered and it looked good: taro


Review: I was not disappointed. It actually surpassed my expectation and my expectation was top of all Xiao Long Baos: din tai fung. The soup dumpling had more soup and just as much meat. It didn't have that "msg" flavor. Not that there's any at din tai fung (or so they claim). Just natural flavor. Would I return? Most definitely! It's even my favorite. I truly hope they expand cause after this... I might no longer get a spot to sit anymore.

Till next time.

Review: Alamanda Inn Restaurant & Bar

In a secluded place of the pristine real estate area, the Alamanda Inn is a beautifully resort styled place. I've seen it before driving by there but never went there till the other night. And it is gorgeous!

I only went for the Inn's Restaurant & Bar but judging that I feel it is enough for me to declare the Inn as a BEAUTIFULLY decorated place! Just look at it!


Source:tripadvisor
Though while the decoration was beautifully done, the food... was missing a lot of quality control.

I ordered the pork loin and mash potatoes (priced 9000 kyats). The mashed potatoes were amazing but the pork loin... oh lord .... I wondered if the meat went through some tough times because it was HARD AS HELL! I could not even stab the meat with a fork!

I ordered pork because I've always had a tough time with beef in Myanmar in restaurants and the pork was just as bad... UNBELIEVABLE! The sauce was great but the meat being that tough was unbelievable. Apparently my meat was not the only one as the beef that was ordered by my two friends was not to their taste. One ordered hers medium-rare and got medium well... till one part where it was finally medium-rare. I think the fire just wasn't burning well or too well cause the other ordered hers medium-well done and it was practically well done.

Most of the main dishes are priced from 9000-12,000. Mode prices being 9500 kyats roughly 9-10$

Will I ever return? Maybe to try the chilli dish but if that fails, perhaps not unless for a drink.
If you don't own a car its extremely difficult to return from a place like that. Taxis waiting there are like vultures, ready to overprice you to get out.

Have you been there? Did you have a different experience. Let me know if there's something out I'm missing out or not noticing or anything.

Till next time!

Review: The Lab

The Lab, a tapas place, is the latest "restaurant/bar" to hit Yangon. Opened no more than a few weeks ago, it's already become the hottest spot for people to go hang out, drink, and eat.

I finally took a visit there to see what the hype was all about.
The place was pretty busy, there was one large group table, probably put together for large group convenience and four tables for a group of four.

We sat at a bar and ordered wine from the chalkboard located right above the bar:
We then proceeded to look at the food they have to offer from the digital Menu:
We ordered Baba ganoush and chicken balls.
(I swear they had a fancier name for it, I can't remember it now for the life of me.)

Food was amazing. Wine... not so much. I ordered a glass of Casa de campo. It was very sour and not to my palette for the night: I was in the mood for something sweet.

How was the overall atmosphere? It could have been less echoy. I feel that the echo destroyed the what would have been amazing atmosphere. Everything else was alright. Here's a panoramic view of the place:


Will I return? Perhaps. I've yet to taste their cocktails but based on their wine and tapas (their main focus) very unlikely. It wouldn't be my first choice but it's not a place I would scratch off.

Thank you for your reads. Comment below if you have visited and would like to share your experience.