Burma Burma Brigade Road

Unit 109, Forum Rex Walk,

Brigade Road, Ashok Nagar,

Bengaluru 560001

Mob: 0 99202 40092

Meal for two: Approximately Rs 1800 + taxes, no alcohol

Burma Burma, which won over diners at its Indiranagar outlet, now has a brand new space downtown on Brigade Road. The brand celebrates the culture, taste, and cooking styles of a fascinating and largely unexplored country. With contemporary and minimalist design aesthetics that pay tribute to both Burma's old-world charm and the Garden City, the 120-cover restaurant/tea room is bright, airy, spacious.

The ever-evolving menu presents dishes and drinks borrowed and replicated from its street food, as well as tribal and heirloom recipes passed down through generations. The new Set Menu is a perfectly curated dining experience, designed to be a well-balanced and complete meal with complementing flavours. This multi-course spread comprises six courses; perfect for both small and large groups, guests can savour a variety of dishes.

The small plates showcase indigenous Burmese ingredients, typical of local household cooking like Bandel cheese, Balachaung peppers and laphet (fermented tea), sourced from Burma to transport you to the streets of Yangon with each bite. The Crunchy Shiitake Fingers is a textural delight of crusted shiitake mushroom served with a creamy cashew and smoked Bandel dip. If comfort could be packed into a bowl, it would be the Soba Noodles with Tea Leaf Pesto. The umami-flavoured King Oyster mushroom, in the Trumpet Mushroom Steak, is grilled to perfection with a chilli kaffir lime dressing, served with crisp Morning Glory and puffed black rice. A new addition to the signature baos is the pillowy-soft Taro and Tempeh Pan-Seared Bao, stuffed with slow-cooked tempeh, taro, and tofu, pan-seared, served with charred peppers.

The new mains are comfort bowls of homely goodness. The Mandalay Noodle Bowl is a hearty udon noodle bowl with coconut curry, charred bok choy and tofu, topped with crunchy shiitake. A Burmese meal is seldom complete without a rice plate – the Smoked Chilli Rice Bowl with aromatic jasmine rice is wok-tossed in smoked chilli sauce with seasonal greens and crackers.

Artisanal ice-creams launched this summer are fresh, creamy, and delicious. Made in-house, in small batches, the six unique flavours include Pineapple Energee, Dark Chocolate & Olive, Avocado & Honey, Caramelised Chocolate & Cheese Honeycomb & Sweetcorn and Durian Fruit.

The beverage programme at Burma Burma has an extensive selection of tea blends from black to oolong to herbal variants, along with specials like Camomile & Mandarin Tea and Ayurveda plus tea-based mocktails like Spiced Apricot Artisanal Iced Tea.