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Yangon market,
Myanmar, Myanmar bazaar, Myanmar
black market, Yangon
precious stones market, Myanmar
market, Yangon bazaar, Yangon black
market.
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Almost all fruits and vegetables native to
South east Asia are grown in Myanmar and
available on Yangon's normal markets
plus on many
street markets where some goods are offered
until they are
sold out and the vendor
disappears. Sometimes they run when the
police is behind them, since officially its
illegal to sell the goods on the roadside.
Many fruits
such as oranges and apples come from Shan
State.
Not all of this wide selection is always
available in the market because of
distribution difficulties. There is a Myanmar adage handed down through
the centuries that still holds true for most
residents today: “of all fruits, mango is
the best, of all meats, pork above all else,
of all leaves, tea excels the rest.”
The taste of a good ripe mango lingers on
the tongue, delights and satisfies. Its
delicious flavor and special aroma have
been likened to ambrosia. One westerner
wrote that the tropical zone mango has the
best flavor of all the fruits in the world.
Myanmar produces a number of varieties of
mango: the Net Tet, Yin Kwe, Shwe San Yan,
Tala Phet and Ma Chit are top quality and
are often exported.
Onions and tamarinds:
onions, pounded in a
mortar and pestle with chilies, garlic, ginger,
and other spices, are a favorite Myanmar
seasoning.
Myanmar's also relish sliced raw onions served
with many foods and snacks.
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Fruits and
vegetables are offered right on Yangon street
market
Street market outside Yangon
Street market vicinity of Yangon
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Onion fries and
fritters are also a delight. Fruits of Tamarindus
indica — one basket of light-coloured freshly
plucked fruits and another of darker-hued ones
were gathered a month before this picture was
taken. Acidic in taste, tamarinds are used in
sauces and flavourings, to sweeten soft drinks,
as a preservative and as a laxative. The
tamarind is widely used in indigenous medicine
Chilies: pounded and powdered — heaps and piles
of chili to excite the palate and whet the
appetite. Most Myanmar cuisine contains chilli
in various forms to add a tempting colour and
piquant flavour. Tea or “leaf of spirit” to Myanmars, is
indispensable, particularly at religious and
social events in communities and villages. One
can enjoy green tea, plain tea, with sugar or
milk, pickled tea or laphet taken with sessamun
oil and savouries.
It was customary for
litigants to share laphet together after
settlement of court cases to show satisfaction
with the ruling and the absence of any ill will.
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Raw Chili
Pineapple and other fruits on Yangon street
market
Onions and tamarinds are offered right on Yangon
street
market
Chilies pounded and powdered on Yangon street
market
Native Myanmar Medicine offered near Yangon's
Bogyoke
Market
Fish on the street market on Yangon street
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At the Yangon
market the best tea is from Pinlaung, Namsan,
Kokkan and Kyaume township in Shan State.
Flower Market Yangon |
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