Location pins: So the market is centered around this area: goo.gl/maps/hnpDfz65CaKUGnUa6 ...but my best recommendation is to start there, then just follow the people. Not a lot of pins corresponding to everything awesome out there. Market (as far as I'm aware) is Sunday only, although the indoor component and some of the restaurants might operate during the week. The place we visited with Htin: maps.app.goo.gl/fkn2SUPUQkGZhr157 And Htin's new brewpub: maps.app.goo.gl/5r9t6RMC7Udj8wHw6 Cheers and enjoy!
Have you ever eaten the Burmese deserts like the coconut jelly? And if the civil war in Burma is over go to yangoon sea food city for a buffay for only 12 dollars love your channel
We have two Burmese restaurants (that I know of) in Michigan, and both are delightful. I'm so blessed one is within a few miles of me. The use of pickled items and different kinds of savory sauces is soooo gooood. I'm looking forward to finding more when I visit Thailand!
Burmese migrants have formed the backbone of Thailand's economy for generations now. As a Burmese, I always feel a certain sense of home when in Thailand. This wasn't mentioned, but we can't forget how exploitative Thailand's fishing industry is. Countless doves of Burmese workers are still enslaved at sea in exchange for a pittance, all to meet global demand for cheap seafood. Some do not return home.
Yes, that's absolutely true. The only reason I didn't go into that was from everything I could find re: data after the brutal Greenpeace report a few years back, the problem with exploitation and human slavery most likely exists in the factory cities, but has been dramatically improved and is not related to the giant processing companies where we filmed. It's much more concentrated on the fishing boats themselves and in that part of the industry, which was not part of this video. But candidly- it's the reason why away from the channel, I personally avoid seafood here unless it's necessary for a video, or we trust the restaurant/chefs knowledge of their supply chain.
Originally from Burma (Karen ethnic), lived in Thailand before resettling in America, I appreciate this video so much. You just don’t show the food, you tell the story.
Being Thai but also having been born overseas, what I love and immensely *respect* about your channel is that, "Wow, this random white guy legit knows more about food in Thailand than I do." It made so much more sense (and I stopped feeling mildly jealous) after learning that you were a Sichuan food chef which in and of itself is very Asian-Asian. It is heartbreaking but I know of Chinese people here who simply don't "get it" with Sichuan pepper, for example. :( I adore your work and while I would especially love for you to keep exploring food in S.E.A., the way you approach the topic makes me genuinely interested in your perspectives on other foods as well. Exemplary job.
Thank you so much for bringing Myanmar food to the limelight. As Myanmar is less known to the world compared to Thailand, most foreigners do not know about our food as well. This documentary is so informative. As a Myanmar citizen, I really appreciate your efforts for this video.
just found your channel and what a wonderful window this was into the world of the Burmese community in Thailand. I've worked with the Burmese in Bangkok for the last 15 years and they really are the most amazing people - clam, kind, honest and so hard working. Much of Thailands infrastructure was built by the Burmese and the ones who work as domestic workers have raised the current generation of Thais too. I have found them to be genuinely some of the nicest people I have ever met.
I worked at Thai Union several years ago but never got to eat Burmese food there! Last time I had Burmese food was in Virginia of all places, in 2000’s while working in DC. I’m inspired by your channel to go seek out Burmese food in Bangkok!
This video is so thoughtful and historically intriguing. And your delivery is smooth and uplifting. The foods looked fantastic, and deserving of a world stage. You my friend have offered up that stage, I’ve loved seeing the OTR team blossom.
One of the best and most memorable trips I have ever taken was traveling solo in Myanmar in 2016. I went to Yangon, Bagan, and Mandalay. I have to say though that I did not come back from that trip loving Burmese food. There is a small Burmese community in the Phra Khanong market in Bangkok.
As a foodie/ aspiring food truck operator I love learning about food history and theory almost as much as I love eating/ discovering food… this might be the channel I’ve always been looking for 😭😭
My daughter was living around that Maha Chai area and you could smell the fish processing. I remember it well, especially the junction onto the Pra Ram 2. Lots of Burmese signs. Your videos are top notch!
Thank you so much OTR 👍🙏🤩 for this amazing content about Burmese food and Migrants ! As always you have stunning researches with old footages - the story of Myanmar/Burma`s wars and oppression is just sad and insane - we can only hope for better future.....💔It was a very incredible beautiful country, worth to visit ! i`m happy to see some Burmese communities and markets in TH ✌with great diff. food, it is worth to visit and try out new tasty dishes ! Yummy ! 😊
Thanks for bringing Burmese Food into the spotlight. Burmese food is definitely unique and has a lot of cultural values, and some of it is a fusion of foods from its neighbouring countries.
I'm glad that my first experience with Myanmar food was during my first visit to Myanmar 8years ago. I don't remember the names but OMG they were all so good. Then we tried again in Bnagkok local market and I fell in love with Mohinga and tea leaves salad. I asked tea leaves salad to go but it doesn't taste the same. I guess I should have mixed all the ingridients by hand.
@@nickialex1704The Main and probably rarest Ingredient is Pickled Tea Leaves :D The rest is fried Beans, Sesame and Garlic. You can add Lime and Peanut Oil for Citrus taste and Authentic oil Fragrance. Any Chillies for Heat Garlic if you love it. Chopped Cabbages if you love greens. And lastly Dried Ocean Prawns for the salty sea taste or just salt (and MSG) Thats all the ingredients I use at my home in Myanmar. No need to mix... can eat separately if you want :D My english is not good but I hope this helps 😊
OTR 🙏 thanks for your video ☝️I can’t help my tears 😭 to see my fellow citizens Burmese migrant workers and refugees in Thailand because I still recalled that they wanted to come home when like you mentioned once Burma became peaceful. Thanks again 🙏
What a wonderful video. You tell us a story not only of food, but of a people invisible to the English-speaking world, with masterful production on top of that. You are my new favorite UA-camrs.
Yes, these areas are not frequented by foreigners, only 2km south at the ferry crossing to Tha Chalom will you see plenty of foreigners en route to catch the train to the Maeklong Train Market. The rest of the area caters mainly to the processing of aqua culture and even the few hotels wont see many tourists there, it’s mainly people for work and business. I have been there because my gf often does social compliance audits in the factories, interviewing migrant workers and checking those factories to not breach labor laws. I also pass many times on my motorbike on the way to visit family Samut Songkhram. Next time I make sure I will try some of the dishes in the video. Thanks for sharing.
Another fantastic documentary. So many insights into modern history of Burmese food in Thailand... Personally I think that Burmese food will 'explode' soon around here - at least I hope so. Its diversity is just brilliant. Hopefully we can make it to some of the places when visiting Bangkok soon.
Thank you so much for sharing about Myanmar people, food and current situation. We also hope to start again new economic chapter and develop like other Asian countries with the support of good government.
I cannot describe how much I appreciate your video - describing situations of Burmese migrants in Thailand. Due to terrible Myanmar government, people suffered so much. Thax for bringing this to limelight.
Ohhh I love food from Myanmar! I’m practically salivating over that ohn no khao swe that you were having. I can’t imagine telling people to turn off their music though, I don’t know how you do it. Unfortunately I’ve never seen any Myanmar restaurant in Indonesia even though other Southeast Asian food like Thai or Vietnamese are quite popular. I once went to a Myanmar restaurant where all the migrant workers go to in Kuala Lumpur but I couldn’t handle the staring LOL I guess even local Malaysians don’t go to these places. Burmese food is OK, but what I REALLY miss are all the Shan dishes which are even more challenging to find in my neck of the woods. Living in Thailand is such a blessing, I envy you! 😢
Hah yeah I always feel bad asking, especially when they're enjoying themselves like at a karaoke- but it's not that we want "quiet"- it's just about copyright law. If a song we don't have rights to shows up in the background of the video, it gets us in trouble. And thanks for the nice words! Yeah, Shan food is my weakness as well.
Thank you for this beautiful video, Burmese food and Burmese people deserve to be seen! The video is shot/edited incredibly well, and I appreciate how open and informative you were :)
These videos are so interesting and cool man, I went to Thailand for the first time last year and fell in love with it, ended up staying for three months. The whole time I was absolutely spoiled with the amount of high quality food there was from all different cultures, I only wish I knew about your channel before I've learned so much about this awesome country from OTR. I'm planning to come back soon and I already have made notes of all the places you have been in your videos and plan to hit as many as I can, you guys rock easily the best and most informative Thailand content on youtube!
Very insightful, with history, politics and more on top of just tasting foods. And who helped you with the Burmese food names in Burmese script?! I was totally not expecting that and I can see the extra effort you have put in there.
Thank you! Again, amazing video! So glad you went back to Burmese food! Love it! Am also obsessed! There's plenty of places in Chiang Mai, some near a Shan style temple at the top of the moat. As far as I know there's only one weekly market of Shan/Burmese which isn't any where near the size of the one you explored. The migrants/refugees are spread out in the country side, doing a lot of the hardest field work. There's no centralized factory/business so, they're kind of hidden. Amazing food, amazing people, amazing stories!
So many expat and settler communities around BKK, but still unknown or underrated like Arabs, Hindu, Sikhs, Laotian, Cambodians, Myanmar,.... Just walk into their alley/soi , we can sense different vibe , way of life and foods. Its a shortcut to learn different culture in one day here, super fun!
This is really interesting to me. Bangkok have always have small immigrant communities scattered everywhere like what you have already covered with Portuguese, Chinese, Mon and this with the Burmese community and how their food blend into Thai cuisine. What I find interesting tho is the new and currently growing community of west African in hua lam phong bc while Thailand had a long history of contact with surrounding countries in Asia, it’s a completely new thing for west Africa and just like how revolutionizing Portuguese cuisine become to Thailand, I’m also wondering whether in the long run this too will change Thai cuisine and how will their food spread to the Thai public. I still don’t know much about what’s happening inside the community tho, so if you made a vid it would be amazing! The Indian community too is obviously very influential and has a very long history but Indian food is well integrated enough into Thai cuisine that I think it had reached an equilibrium, and also people know about it already.
Have been very tempted for a while to do a story on West African food here- we've been to every West African restaurant in BKK (I think?) and as far as I can tell, only one of them has an actual foreign owner/chef; the others are either Thai or Pakistani but with some experience cooking Nigerian dishes. However it is definitely a growing community and something we're very interested in covering.
@@OTRontheroad hmm, so it’s Nigerian right? I’ve heard some people say there are cameroonis as well that’s why I say west African in general. I’ve only seen them walking around and never really entered the community itself (I live in Nakhon pratom) so I don’t actually know how many restaurants are there It’s still interesting tho if there’s one, I mean just like the one wa restaurant you covered before, this might be a trend starter for a new cuisine soon.
As someone who is secretly obsessed with Cameroonian food (I've only had "authentic" versions a few times, in Namibia and Zambia) if you hear of any details on this place, please let me know. Have no idea about its existence but that would be amazing news.@@thefolder3086
@@OTRontheroad I’ll try to find as much as I can 😅. I’m actually still in highschool and I’ve only heard from Thai discord that someone know a Cameroonian community in the same community as Nigerian. I’m unsure whether there’s a place opened yet. Maybe you can go there and see, and if there’s none, you can encourage some locals to do so!
OTR is the best professional very informative video each time by far the most interesting from all others Thank you so much for your work you doing an excellent job. would you consider putting Google links to the places that you visited or the names again Big thank you🙏
I was fortunate enough to spend 8 days in Burma on an eating trip in 1986, and I found it to have one of the most delicious yet underrated cuisines of my entire 9 month Asian culinary tour.
Again, great video from OTR, keep it coming! i was lucky enough to visit Myanmar 3 times before the current government took control, and really enjoined their food. I always wondered why there are no Burmese restaurants around, especially in Thailand. Glad to see that things changes, i really believe that Burmese food can be the next thing coming... Chizu Timbader (thank you in Burmese)
I'm surprised to hear the Burmese migrant workers that was in Thailand this is the first time I had learned about them. But better for them To live and work in Thailand a lot safer than their own country.
Lost 60 years of Myanmar left the country the bottom of development in Asia. When 60 yrs old treason by Junta ends, the wars will end. Myanmar people can return home! As far as food is concerned Burmese food is amongst the best in the world!
Yet another superb documentary. The three of you really are on another level in terms of content, production and storytelling, and I'm so happy your subscriber count is skyrocketing! As an aside, Mr. Wiens will be uploading a video next Tuesday about Palm Curry in Phetchaburi....but we all know who got there first!! An alert of a new Doc (to call your work a 'Vlog' would be an insult) is truly the highlight of my week. All the best to you, Jaspar and Miss Fs...sorry &B!
Haha thanks! Really appreciate it. And to the second point- as much as I’d like to be like, “oh- that Mark Wiens stole our idea!” The truth is it’s a UNESCO-honored dish and Phetchaburi is a unequivocally awesome town, I doubt his shoot has anything to do with us. I’m sure he’ll find some awesome stuff there.
Mark was invited by and traveling with the Tourism Authority of Thailand to promote a number of less known and unique regional dishes from north to south. I think there are many players researching and trying to promote the various aspect of Thailand complex culinary culture and I guess everyone finds their own unique culinary gems a few publish it. Most simply enjoy it privately and others take it to the national level.
It is one side story and shallow documentary, more like freedom and democracy propaganda. It is political stability that brings prosperity, not freedom nor democracy. The Burmese political un-stability is also from foreign interference. Burmese economy is suffer from long period sanctions by domestically democratic internationally dictate countries. The majority of the workers or refugees in Thailand are minorities Burmese. These minorities got weapon supply to make war with central gov from the west.
I am absolutely fine to be accused of spreading "freedom and democracy propaganda". The internet is full of comments exactly like yours, though most of them are written in Russian or Chinese. Those are "stable" countries that aren't democratic and where between Daria and I, we lived for a combined 35 years. I will very, very happily stand behind every word in this video- and if calling for the release of political prisoners makes you this angry, you might want to have a long look at yourself and take stock of what kind of human you actually are. This channel is most certainly not the place for you.@@totega
As a resident of Bay Area in California, Burmese food is actually not not known. I love the tea leaf salad. Altho covid did take out a few of them, there’s still a distinctive few restaurants out there.
I have a feeling that I rode a motorcycle passed you, I thought my eyes betrayed me so I didn't thought it was you. LOL An inch away from accidental meet and greet~ Anyway, keep doing what you are doing I actually think I will follow your style of video regardless if it still in Thai or not.
To my complete surprise, when I searched the maps app on my phone to see if there were any Burmese Restaurants in the US, it turned out that Indianapolis and Fort Wayne of all places have Burmese Restaurants. I had to pick up a friend at the Indianapolis Airport which is only a hundred miles from my home and stopped at the Yangoon Restaurant in the South Suburbs of Indianapolis. I was delighted to see it appeared to be oriented for local Burmese immigrants so the food would be what I assumed to be as authentic as you can get...(i.e. no "General Tso's Chicken" type fake dishes for the McDonald's crowd.) I tried that Tea Leaf Salad and a Beef Curry Dish and they were very good. The Tea Leaf salad was loaded up with those little red birds eye chilis was obviously not intended for the Olive Garden Crowd. It also came with a small cup of soup and a small plate of some sort of salad, (papaya?) Definitely worth a detour to visit should one ever be going through Indiana.
Believe it or not, I was actually just reading about the Myanmar community in Fort Wayne, apparently it’s quite large. If memory serves it’s actually the largest ethnic Mon community in the US- so if you meet someone there who owns one of the restaurants, look up a greeting in Mon language. Can’t even imagine the reaction you’ll get. (This is not a random piece of trivia I happen to know- we’re literally working on a video on the Mon right now, and I just read this detail about Fort Wayne earlier today)
Every country is beautiful and has something to contribute to the greater good of mankind whether it be innovation, arts, religion, culture, science or technology. No country deserves to go thru what Burma has been going thru for the past 70 years.....literally war and conflict for over 70 years.
What are those white powder on the faces of those Burmese ladies? I've also seen them on documentaries about Myanmar. Apologies for being unrelated to food...
Location pins:
So the market is centered around this area: goo.gl/maps/hnpDfz65CaKUGnUa6 ...but my best recommendation is to start there, then just follow the people. Not a lot of pins corresponding to everything awesome out there. Market (as far as I'm aware) is Sunday only, although the indoor component and some of the restaurants might operate during the week.
The place we visited with Htin: maps.app.goo.gl/fkn2SUPUQkGZhr157
And Htin's new brewpub: maps.app.goo.gl/5r9t6RMC7Udj8wHw6
Cheers and enjoy!
Your back nice
Have you ever eaten the Burmese deserts like the coconut jelly?
And if the civil war in Burma is over go to yangoon sea food city for a buffay for only 12 dollars love your channel
We have two Burmese restaurants (that I know of) in Michigan, and both are delightful. I'm so blessed one is within a few miles of me. The use of pickled items and different kinds of savory sauces is soooo gooood. I'm looking forward to finding more when I visit Thailand!
Burmese migrants have formed the backbone of Thailand's economy for generations now. As a Burmese, I always feel a certain sense of home when in Thailand. This wasn't mentioned, but we can't forget how exploitative Thailand's fishing industry is. Countless doves of Burmese workers are still enslaved at sea in exchange for a pittance, all to meet global demand for cheap seafood. Some do not return home.
Yes, that's absolutely true. The only reason I didn't go into that was from everything I could find re: data after the brutal Greenpeace report a few years back, the problem with exploitation and human slavery most likely exists in the factory cities, but has been dramatically improved and is not related to the giant processing companies where we filmed. It's much more concentrated on the fishing boats themselves and in that part of the industry, which was not part of this video. But candidly- it's the reason why away from the channel, I personally avoid seafood here unless it's necessary for a video, or we trust the restaurant/chefs knowledge of their supply chain.
u r more than welcome to go home if u think its so exploitative!
@kyogofurahashi It is. Jist because it's labor doesn't mean it's humane. Do you also think slavery of foreign workers in Dubai is ok?
@@OTRontheroadbtw all the shops you went through the road are almost illegal right?, lessor evil?
@@kyogofurahashithat’s the problem some trapped on fishing boats are not allowed to go on shore,let alone going home.
Originally from Burma (Karen ethnic), lived in Thailand before resettling in America, I appreciate this video so much. You just don’t show the food, you tell the story.
Thank you! If you have time, please watch this one: ua-cam.com/video/GSwG3qKC7Qg/v-deo.html
It's about the Mon and Karen ethnic groups.
Thank you. Not just for the great videos, but for amplifying the voice of the Burmese people.
Being Thai but also having been born overseas, what I love and immensely *respect* about your channel is that, "Wow, this random white guy legit knows more about food in Thailand than I do."
It made so much more sense (and I stopped feeling mildly jealous) after learning that you were a Sichuan food chef which in and of itself is very Asian-Asian. It is heartbreaking but I know of Chinese people here who simply don't "get it" with Sichuan pepper, for example. :(
I adore your work and while I would especially love for you to keep exploring food in S.E.A., the way you approach the topic makes me genuinely interested in your perspectives on other foods as well.
Exemplary job.
copy land? thai land copy everything
@@KOK-f7fyou very much sound like a salty Cambodian for me even though you didn't tell us where you from 😂
I love my Burmese friends and I have learned so much from them. I hope for peace soon, so they can all go back home!
Thank you so much for bringing Myanmar food to the limelight. As Myanmar is less known to the world compared to Thailand, most foreigners do not know about our food as well. This documentary is so informative. As a Myanmar citizen, I really appreciate your efforts for this video.
just found your channel and what a wonderful window this was into the world of the Burmese community in Thailand. I've worked with the Burmese in Bangkok for the last 15 years and they really are the most amazing people - clam, kind, honest and so hard working. Much of Thailands infrastructure was built by the Burmese and the ones who work as domestic workers have raised the current generation of Thais too. I have found them to be genuinely some of the nicest people I have ever met.
we are home sick and hope to go back home someday, so seeing the lovely food puts a smile on our faces😊
I worked at Thai Union several years ago but never got to eat Burmese food there! Last time I had Burmese food was in Virginia of all places, in 2000’s while working in DC.
I’m inspired by your channel to go seek out Burmese food in Bangkok!
This video is so thoughtful and historically intriguing. And your delivery is smooth and uplifting. The foods looked fantastic, and deserving of a world stage. You my friend have offered up that stage, I’ve loved seeing the OTR team blossom.
One of the best and most memorable trips I have ever taken was traveling solo in Myanmar in 2016. I went to Yangon, Bagan, and Mandalay. I have to say though that I did not come back from that trip loving Burmese food. There is a small Burmese community in the Phra Khanong market in Bangkok.
As a foodie/ aspiring food truck operator I love learning about food history and theory almost as much as I love eating/ discovering food… this might be the channel I’ve always been looking for 😭😭
Glad you found us!
You are literally the best youtube channel I've found in the last half a decade. Thanks for all the amazing content!
Thanks, makes my night to hear!
My daughter was living around that Maha Chai area and you could smell the fish processing. I remember it well, especially the junction onto the Pra Ram 2. Lots of Burmese signs. Your videos are top notch!
Guys on OTR, your videos are crazy good!! Really high quality. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much OTR 👍🙏🤩 for this amazing content about Burmese food and Migrants ! As always you have stunning researches with old footages - the story of Myanmar/Burma`s wars and oppression is just sad and insane - we can only hope for better future.....💔It was a very incredible beautiful country, worth to visit !
i`m happy to see some Burmese communities and markets in TH ✌with great diff. food, it is worth to visit and try out new tasty dishes ! Yummy ! 😊
Thank you so much for writing!
Thanks for bringing Burmese Food into the spotlight. Burmese food is definitely unique and has a lot of cultural values, and some of it is a fusion of foods from its neighbouring countries.
I'm glad that my first experience with Myanmar food was during my first visit to Myanmar 8years ago. I don't remember the names but OMG they were all so good. Then we tried again in Bnagkok local market and I fell in love with Mohinga and tea leaves salad. I asked tea leaves salad to go but it doesn't taste the same. I guess I should have mixed all the ingridients by hand.
If you could remember What kind of ingredients you was eat, to help to find name of it
@@nickialex1704The Main and probably rarest Ingredient is Pickled Tea Leaves :D
The rest is fried Beans, Sesame and Garlic.
You can add Lime and Peanut Oil for Citrus taste and Authentic oil Fragrance.
Any Chillies for Heat
Garlic if you love it.
Chopped Cabbages if you love greens.
And lastly Dried Ocean Prawns for the salty sea taste or just salt (and MSG)
Thats all the ingredients I use at my home in Myanmar. No need to mix... can eat separately if you want :D My english is not good but I hope this helps 😊
@@nyizaw8335 oh I was ask for the dish he forget the name to help him find. Thank you so much for recipe
OTR 🙏 thanks for your video ☝️I can’t help my tears 😭 to see my fellow citizens Burmese migrant workers and refugees in Thailand because I still recalled that they wanted to come home when like you mentioned once Burma became peaceful. Thanks again 🙏
ดูเหมือนจะไม่เป็นเเบบนั้นเเล้ว😂 เมื่อคุณได้พบกับความสบาย คุณจะไม่ยอมกลับไปลำบากอีกเเน่นอน
As a Thai, this is so interesting video ❤❤ my next trip i'm gonna go try Burmese food from this area 🥰❤
Vintage OTR episode. Made me feel all the feels. You guys rock and each episode is a highlight of my week.
What a wonderful video. You tell us a story not only of food, but of a people invisible to the English-speaking world, with masterful production on top of that. You are my new favorite UA-camrs.
DEMN OTR, BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH BANGER CONTENT.
I really appreciated making this video which reflects the Myanmar people lives in Thailand. Thank you
Cheers and thanks- just checked out your channel and can't wait to try out your Nan Gyi Thoke recipe.
Myanmar has a very impressive track record. I really appreciate the videos and the history of the people, culture, and the way of life overall.
Myanmar nationality is in the top 6 buyers of condominiums in Bangkok this year!
Yes, these areas are not frequented by foreigners, only 2km south at the ferry crossing to Tha Chalom will you see plenty of foreigners en route to catch the train to the Maeklong Train Market. The rest of the area caters mainly to the processing of aqua culture and even the few hotels wont see many tourists there, it’s mainly people for work and business. I have been there because my gf often does social compliance audits in the factories, interviewing migrant workers and checking those factories to not breach labor laws. I also pass many times on my motorbike on the way to visit family Samut Songkhram. Next time I make sure I will try some of the dishes in the video. Thanks for sharing.
Another fantastic documentary. So many insights into modern history of Burmese food in Thailand... Personally I think that Burmese food will 'explode' soon around here - at least I hope so. Its diversity is just brilliant. Hopefully we can make it to some of the places when visiting Bangkok soon.
Let us know when you come to Bangkok! Would love to say hello.
@@OTRontheroad That would be awesome. I'll send you a PM on IG
Thank you so much for sharing about Myanmar people, food and current situation. We also hope to start again new economic chapter and develop like other Asian countries with the support of good government.
Such dedicated works as always!
Respect you guys found things I, who live in Thailand since born, never know about.
I cannot describe how much I appreciate your video - describing situations of Burmese migrants in Thailand. Due to terrible Myanmar government, people suffered so much. Thax for bringing this to limelight.
Ohhh I love food from Myanmar! I’m practically salivating over that ohn no khao swe that you were having. I can’t imagine telling people to turn off their music though, I don’t know how you do it.
Unfortunately I’ve never seen any Myanmar restaurant in Indonesia even though other Southeast Asian food like Thai or Vietnamese are quite popular. I once went to a Myanmar restaurant where all the migrant workers go to in Kuala Lumpur but I couldn’t handle the staring LOL I guess even local Malaysians don’t go to these places.
Burmese food is OK, but what I REALLY miss are all the Shan dishes which are even more challenging to find in my neck of the woods. Living in Thailand is such a blessing, I envy you! 😢
Hah yeah I always feel bad asking, especially when they're enjoying themselves like at a karaoke- but it's not that we want "quiet"- it's just about copyright law. If a song we don't have rights to shows up in the background of the video, it gets us in trouble.
And thanks for the nice words! Yeah, Shan food is my weakness as well.
Shan food is the best. Even though I am a Burmese, I love Shan food more than Burmese main dishes.
Thank you for this beautiful video, Burmese food and Burmese people deserve to be seen! The video is shot/edited incredibly well, and I appreciate how open and informative you were :)
Wonderful and profound episode... in depth❤
These videos are so interesting and cool man, I went to Thailand for the first time last year and fell in love with it, ended up staying for three months. The whole time I was absolutely spoiled with the amount of high quality food there was from all different cultures, I only wish I knew about your channel before I've learned so much about this awesome country from OTR.
I'm planning to come back soon and I already have made notes of all the places you have been in your videos and plan to hit as many as I can, you guys rock easily the best and most informative Thailand content on youtube!
Very insightful, with history, politics and more on top of just tasting foods. And who helped you with the Burmese food names in Burmese script?! I was totally not expecting that and I can see the extra effort you have put in there.
The best documentary channel. Not only about food but people and culture as well
I’m really appreciate that you shared about our food,people and current situation 😢❤
never knew what life is like for migrant workers. ty for the amazing videos. love from myanmar♥️
You never fail to amaze! History is so astonishing if you pay attention and Lawsy!!! You pay attention. Thanks.
Thank you! Again, amazing video! So glad you went back to Burmese food! Love it! Am also obsessed! There's plenty of places in Chiang Mai, some near a Shan style temple at the top of the moat. As far as I know there's only one weekly market of Shan/Burmese which isn't any where near the size of the one you explored. The migrants/refugees are spread out in the country side, doing a lot of the hardest field work. There's no centralized factory/business so, they're kind of hidden. Amazing food, amazing people, amazing stories!
I have learned so much east Asia history throughout your culinary explorations! Very lucky to have found your channel. Cheers from the 🇨🇦 Rockies!
You don't speak Burmese but your pronunciation is spot on. Thank you for covering our beloved food.
So many expat and settler communities around BKK, but still unknown or underrated like Arabs, Hindu, Sikhs, Laotian, Cambodians, Myanmar,.... Just walk into their alley/soi , we can sense different vibe , way of life and foods. Its a shortcut to learn different culture in one day here, super fun!
Wow guys this is very inspiring. I really want to venture out and find some Burmese food now. Maybe "Little India" needs to be done.
For sure. Have covered Phahurat in a couple of our videos. Need to do one focused on Indra Plaza at some point though.
Great episode!
There is also another city at the border called Mae Sot with a huge Myanmar population, and many refugee camps surrounding it.
WOW 😱😱😱 your Burmese is perfect Sir. You tried OHN-NOKE-KAUK-SWE coconut noodles. Cheers to BurBrit Brewery
This is really interesting to me. Bangkok have always have small immigrant communities scattered everywhere like what you have already covered with Portuguese, Chinese, Mon and this with the Burmese community and how their food blend into Thai cuisine.
What I find interesting tho is the new and currently growing community of west African in hua lam phong bc while Thailand had a long history of contact with surrounding countries in Asia, it’s a completely new thing for west Africa and just like how revolutionizing Portuguese cuisine become to Thailand, I’m also wondering whether in the long run this too will change Thai cuisine and how will their food spread to the Thai public. I still don’t know much about what’s happening inside the community tho, so if you made a vid it would be amazing!
The Indian community too is obviously very influential and has a very long history but Indian food is well integrated enough into Thai cuisine that I think it had reached an equilibrium, and also people know about it already.
Have been very tempted for a while to do a story on West African food here- we've been to every West African restaurant in BKK (I think?) and as far as I can tell, only one of them has an actual foreign owner/chef; the others are either Thai or Pakistani but with some experience cooking Nigerian dishes. However it is definitely a growing community and something we're very interested in covering.
@@OTRontheroad hmm, so it’s Nigerian right? I’ve heard some people say there are cameroonis as well that’s why I say west African in general.
I’ve only seen them walking around and never really entered the community itself (I live in Nakhon pratom) so I don’t actually know how many restaurants are there
It’s still interesting tho if there’s one, I mean just like the one wa restaurant you covered before, this might be a trend starter for a new cuisine soon.
As someone who is secretly obsessed with Cameroonian food (I've only had "authentic" versions a few times, in Namibia and Zambia) if you hear of any details on this place, please let me know. Have no idea about its existence but that would be amazing news.@@thefolder3086
@@OTRontheroad I’ll try to find as much as I can 😅. I’m actually still in highschool and I’ve only heard from Thai discord that someone know a Cameroonian community in the same community as Nigerian. I’m unsure whether there’s a place opened yet. Maybe you can go there and see, and if there’s none, you can encourage some locals to do so!
nice video!
edit: you should also try shan noodles btw, it's one of the best dishes in myanmar
We did in our first Burmese food video!
@@OTRontheroad You should have pinned your first Burmese food video. Now I have to find it myself.
Shwe Htee is the restaurant name.@@Neednoy
เสียดายที่เจ้าของช่องไม่ได้แนะนำ หมูจุ่มพม่า เคยไปกินที่ย่างกุ้ง กับแถวสังขละบุรี อร่อยมากเลยครับ
Your content and presentation are excellent. You are kinda of the new Anthony Bourdain!
Thanks for bring this masterpiece crafted clip up.
OTR is the best professional very informative video each time by far the most interesting from all others Thank you so much for your work you doing an excellent job. would you consider putting Google links to the places that you visited or the names again Big thank you🙏
Thank you! And the map locations for all places visited are pinned in the first comment at the top. Cheers
This one deserves a million thumbs up.
Very great video, very caring in way you approached the subject and burmese story
All your videos are very informative and interesting. Thanks
Brilliant video as usual, and interesting talking points.
I'm watching this vedio from Myanmar. Thanks you so much
pretty amazing narration and content, just like the burmese food!
I was fortunate enough to spend 8 days in Burma on an eating trip in 1986, and I found it to have one of the most delicious yet underrated cuisines of my entire 9 month Asian culinary tour.
Great video! With amazing background info.
Another great find and episode...I should not have watch this at night time😂 Now I crave some Laphet Thoke🍽🥗
Thank you very much Sir, this video is very important for long time..
Thank you for visit my country and happy journey
Again, great video from OTR, keep it coming! i was lucky enough to visit Myanmar 3 times before the current government took control, and really enjoined their food. I always wondered why there are no Burmese restaurants around, especially in Thailand. Glad to see that things changes, i really believe that Burmese food can be the next thing coming... Chizu Timbader (thank you in Burmese)
Thank you for documents and voice for Myanmar !
Fortunatly I saw yoir vdo and thank you for sjowing this my next trip I wii try their foods because I am a food lover.
i lived 5 months in pathum thani. many burma workers
Great video and believe great channel, subscribing right now.
Thank you for covering Myanmar cuisine.
You pronounced the dishes very well... great job... i'm Burmese
Another place on my bucket list, before it gets subsumed in the over-culture. Those dishes look quite unique, now I need to find a Burmese cookbook.
I'm surprised to hear the
Burmese migrant workers that was in Thailand this is the first time I had learned about them. But better for them
To live and work in Thailand a lot safer than their own country.
I'm so glad you like Burmese food. Writing from Charlottesville GO HOOS!
Lost 60 years of Myanmar left the country the bottom of development in Asia. When 60 yrs old treason by Junta ends, the wars will end. Myanmar people can return home! As far as food is concerned Burmese food is amongst the best in the world!
Gonna give a visit Myanmar shop for sure in Thailand when I visit.
Nice! Just got this video recommended
Welcome to Myanmar🇲🇲
I went to Burbrit years back and enjoyed it.
Educational and well produced!
I crave for burmese foods but love to experience thailand venues.
you got me craving food i've never tasted before. you're good
come to Fort Wayne Indiana, we have plenty of Burmese food options
Thanks for your video!
you are the best guy well known about myanmar, I like you.😄😄😄
Yet another superb documentary. The three of you really are on another level in terms of content, production and storytelling, and I'm so happy your subscriber count is skyrocketing!
As an aside, Mr. Wiens will be uploading a video next Tuesday about Palm Curry in Phetchaburi....but we all know who got there first!!
An alert of a new Doc (to call your work a 'Vlog' would be an insult) is truly the highlight of my week. All the best to you, Jaspar and Miss Fs...sorry &B!
Haha thanks! Really appreciate it. And to the second point- as much as I’d like to be like, “oh- that Mark Wiens stole our idea!” The truth is it’s a UNESCO-honored dish and Phetchaburi is a unequivocally awesome town, I doubt his shoot has anything to do with us. I’m sure he’ll find some awesome stuff there.
Mark was invited by and traveling with the Tourism Authority of Thailand to promote a number of less known and unique regional dishes from north to south. I think there are many players researching and trying to promote the various aspect of Thailand complex culinary culture and I guess everyone finds their own unique culinary gems a few publish it. Most simply enjoy it privately and others take it to the national level.
@@michaelbiedassek7136 I Know. I'm a massive fan of Mr. Wiens. I'm glad to see Phetchaburi getting so much attention!
It is one side story and shallow documentary, more like freedom and democracy propaganda.
It is political stability that brings prosperity, not freedom nor democracy.
The Burmese political un-stability is also from foreign interference.
Burmese economy is suffer from long period sanctions by domestically democratic internationally dictate countries.
The majority of the workers or refugees in Thailand are minorities Burmese.
These minorities got weapon supply to make war with central gov from the west.
I am absolutely fine to be accused of spreading "freedom and democracy propaganda". The internet is full of comments exactly like yours, though most of them are written in Russian or Chinese. Those are "stable" countries that aren't democratic and where between Daria and I, we lived for a combined 35 years. I will very, very happily stand behind every word in this video- and if calling for the release of political prisoners makes you this angry, you might want to have a long look at yourself and take stock of what kind of human you actually are. This channel is most certainly not the place for you.@@totega
As a resident of Bay Area in California, Burmese food is actually not not known. I love the tea leaf salad. Altho covid did take out a few of them, there’s still a distinctive few restaurants out there.
WOW Lot of Tamils where there in BURMA.. Chettinad.. South East Tamilnadu Facing- Bay of Bengal... Exotic Gravies with seafood..
Wow never thought Burmese food is sold in Thailand. Thanks
Your Burmese pronunciation is spot on .
I have a feeling that I rode a motorcycle passed you, I thought my eyes betrayed me so I didn't thought it was you. LOL
An inch away from accidental meet and greet~ Anyway, keep doing what you are doing I actually think I will follow your style of video regardless if it still in Thai or not.
Thanks for not running me over!
Ok man, we request and you deliver so you deserve my patreon !!!
Love it. Thanks so much!
Wow all the food looks so delicious 😍
Just checked out your channel- I hope we get a chance at some point to film in Karachi, will definitely hit you up as a guide.
To my complete surprise, when I searched the maps app on my phone to see if there were any Burmese Restaurants in the US, it turned out that Indianapolis and Fort Wayne of all places have Burmese Restaurants. I had to pick up a friend at the Indianapolis Airport which is only a hundred miles from my home and stopped at the Yangoon Restaurant in the South Suburbs of Indianapolis. I was delighted to see it appeared to be oriented for local Burmese immigrants so the food would be what I assumed to be as authentic as you can get...(i.e. no "General Tso's Chicken" type fake dishes for the McDonald's crowd.) I tried that Tea Leaf Salad and a Beef Curry Dish and they were very good. The Tea Leaf salad was loaded up with those little red birds eye chilis was obviously not intended for the Olive Garden Crowd. It also came with a small cup of soup and a small plate of some sort of salad, (papaya?) Definitely worth a detour to visit should one ever be going through Indiana.
Believe it or not, I was actually just reading about the Myanmar community in Fort Wayne, apparently it’s quite large. If memory serves it’s actually the largest ethnic Mon community in the US- so if you meet someone there who owns one of the restaurants, look up a greeting in Mon language. Can’t even imagine the reaction you’ll get. (This is not a random piece of trivia I happen to know- we’re literally working on a video on the Mon right now, and I just read this detail about Fort Wayne earlier today)
Very interesting! Thanx, again!
I am indigenous Montagnard Jarai live in America I love Thai food especially spicy
Every country is beautiful and has something to contribute to the greater good of mankind whether it be innovation, arts, religion, culture, science or technology. No country deserves to go thru what Burma has been going thru for the past 70 years.....literally war and conflict for over 70 years.
What are those white powder on the faces of those Burmese ladies?
I've also seen them on documentaries about Myanmar.
Apologies for being unrelated to food...
It's called Thanaka
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanaka
@@PakkaponPhongtawee
Thanks heaps mate...
Been wondering for ages and finally...🤭