tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54884446002186158872024-03-17T05:50:01.711+00:00meemalee... Burmese food and beyondmeemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.comBlogger293125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-39940366654366188942017-04-12T22:55:00.004+01:002017-04-12T22:55:41.825+01:00Burmese Food and Beyond
Hello there, and welcome if you were sent here by Grace Dent's recent review of Lahpet in the Evening Standard Magazine!
If you would like to know more about Burmese Food and Culture, please browse via the tabs above - the archives go back to 2009.
These days I am mainly found on Facebook running Burmese Food and Beyond - a community which I update on a daily basis with the help meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-47035003951747865182015-03-08T23:28:00.003+00:002015-03-09T22:16:17.752+00:00Totoro Cream Puffs - Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory, Tokyo
Totoro Cream Puffs
I've always loved the Studio Ghibli film My Neighbour Totoro and now that I have a two year old daughter, I love it even more since we watch it together.
So when we went on holiday to Japan last month, I made it my mission to take her to Totoro's Bakery.
Weemalee finds Totoro's Bakery
What my daughter calls Totoro's Bakery is actually known as Shirohigemeemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-70959596397393920652015-01-04T14:43:00.002+00:002015-01-05T13:54:14.423+00:00Guide to Burmese Food on Huffington Post
Fritter Seller in Mandalay
36 years ago today, my mother, father, and two brothers disembarked from a plane at Heathrow Airport. I was a stowaway, born four months later.
As well as the anniversary of my family's arrival in the UK, today is also Independence Day in Burma (aka Myanmar), marking 67 years since Burma left the British Empire*.
To celebrate both meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-47151096663487078782014-12-16T00:40:00.000+00:002015-01-01T16:13:18.149+00:00Last Minute Christmas Gift Guide 2014
It's not too late for you to pick up the perfect Christmas present for the foodie in your life (including you!). All these gifts can be bought instore or ordered online in time for the big day.
Let's start with a plug - snap up my Noodle Secret Weapons Cookery Kit from Sous Chef - last orders for standard delivery at 3pm today! You'll find a whole range of fantastic gifts for the meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-12949487291353843632014-11-08T15:25:00.003+00:002014-12-09T16:20:06.908+00:00Perfect Christmas Present - Signed Copy of NOODLE! with Free P&P!
Snowman noodles
So it's that time of year when you're thinking,
"I can't possibly get Mum a gift of smellies again", "I've no idea what to get for Dad!", "Would Gran want another scarf for Christmas?", "What am I meant to get for my brother this time?"
Rudolf eating tamen
Here's the perfect Christmas present solution for my readers in the UK - a signed copy of my meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-33765151033735301832014-09-19T17:07:00.000+01:002014-09-19T22:50:37.887+01:00The Naws have it - on the question of Scottish independence
Then let us pray that come it may,(As come it will for a' that,)That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth,Shall bear the gree, an' a' that.For a' that, an' a' that,It's coming yet for a' that,That Man to Man, the world o'er,Shall brothers be for a' that.
("Is There for Honest Poverty" - Robert Burns)
Wherever you stood on the question of Scottish independence, whether you were able to vote meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-6412336455424790662014-07-18T17:28:00.001+01:002014-07-21T12:50:12.194+01:00Hyper Japan 2014 is coming! Indulge in your J-Love this weekend 25-27 July
If you're a fan of Japanese food, fashion, art, books, film, music, pottery, video games, technology or culture, or interested in visiting the land of the rising sun for yourself, Hyper Japan is the event for you.
Starting next Friday and on till Sunday at Earls Court, it's a huge showcase of all things Japanese, but with a definite slant towards to popular culture, although traditional meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-57195208161178808472014-07-09T09:00:00.001+01:002014-07-14T13:22:12.898+01:00#Noodlebook Launch
© Tim Anderson
Last month, I held a book launch for Noodle! at the Drapers Arms in Islington.
It was an amazing night, and I was surrounded by so many lovely people, that I wanted to share some photos and say thank you to everyone who made it such a success.
The Drapers Arms - the beautiful venue
© Ozzy Beck / Karohemd Photography
© pp gettins / Gettins meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-11253426146629955042014-06-27T15:19:00.002+01:002014-07-14T15:33:12.749+01:00Bun Cha Recipe - Vietnamese Pork Patties with Noodles, Herbs and Salad [VIDEO]
Seared Pork Patties on a Bed of Noodles, Herbs and Salad with Pickled Vegetables
I've made another cookery video with the folks from VoucherCodes (the first one was for ohn no khao swe - Burmese Coconut Chicken Noodles).
This time around, the theme is Affordable Alfresco - perfect for the lovely summer we're having right now, so I decided to adapt one of the salad dishes from my meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-16045512231766224902014-06-18T12:03:00.000+01:002014-06-18T12:03:06.772+01:00Bukkake Udon Recipe - Chilled Udon Noodles with Splashed Sauce
Stop sniggering at the back
Many, many years ago, while we were still at university, my husband and I were mildly obsessed with a messageboard on a community website called b3ta. One of the (rather puerile) delights thrown up by this board was the strangely hypnotic video below, with its shades of Torvill and Dean.
Even now, I'm prone to lustily singing out its emphatic refrain - although meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-23320424355925958292014-05-28T14:32:00.004+01:002014-05-29T13:30:49.546+01:00Seafood and Kimchi Noodles (RECIPE)
It's supposed to be Summer, so why are the gutters along my rooftop overflowing with rain?
I'm cold, I'm miserable, and I want something to cheer me up.
I wander into the kitchen, and I get a pack of mixed seafood from the freezer, some kimchi from the fridge, a lime, some chives, a chilli, and a packet of udon.
I combine the lot with some vegetable broth and, in minutes, a meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-58352584136925009092014-05-22T07:27:00.000+01:002014-05-22T09:10:39.034+01:00My first book Noodle! (100 Great Recipes) is out today
NOODLE! by MiMi Aye
A while ago, I was asked to write a book about noodles as part of a wonderful series called 100 Great Recipes published by Absolute Press.
I'm a bit of a noodle geek (though by no means an expert), and there's nothing I like more than sticking my face into a big bowl of the stuff, so my first thought was, "Amazing! I'd love to do this".
However, I have a full-timemeemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-65170997647580747202014-05-12T22:41:00.003+01:002014-05-13T23:21:45.138+01:00Tarragon Sugared Doughnuts with Pink Peppercorn Ice Cream - A Recipe
and a Lurpak Adventure
Tarragon Sugared Doughnuts and Pink Peppercorn Ice Cream
I am contrary. If someone tells me to go left, I feel myself veering to the right (this is possibly why I don't drive, and you should all be grateful)*.
So when Lurpak sent me a product from their new Cooks' Range - Lurpak Clarified Butter (or ghee as it's often known) with some tarragon and some pink peppercorns and then meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-7755927314895221322014-04-11T15:45:00.000+01:002018-05-23T10:58:07.058+01:00Mont Lone Yay Paw Recipe for Thingyan - Burmese New Year Sweets
Mont Lone Yay Paw - Sweet Floating Rice Balls
Burmese New Year begins this weekend - a week long Buddhist festival which is known as Thingyan in Burma aka Myanmar.
Three of the signs that signify that Thingyan has begun are that people start chucking water at each other indiscriminately in the spirit of mischievous fun, the sunshine yellow padauk flowers are blossoming, and the sweet meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-60592178860482970932014-03-24T12:53:00.005+00:002014-03-24T12:53:45.887+00:00Smoky Bacon and Watercress Noodles (Recipe)
Smoky Bacon and Watercress Noodle Soup
There's a sudden chill in the Spring air, and I feel like I need warming up, but I don't want to indulge in something too stodgy.
This noodle soup is sweet, smoky and slightly sharp - which makes for a satisfying, but light and refreshing dish.
It takes no time at all to make and uses mainly store cupboard ingredients, so is perfect for meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-16623722692551745952014-03-20T13:45:00.002+00:002014-03-20T13:56:07.531+00:00Burmese Meatball Curry Recipe - A-thar-lohn-hin
Burmese Meatball Curry
A-thar-lohn-hin aka meatball curry is eaten throughout Burma, but especially in Upper Burma.
It is usually made with goat (seit-thar), but beef (a-mair-thar) is also popular. Lamb makes an excellent substitute, although is uncommonly used in Burma, partly because the Burmese word for "lamb" is thoh which also sounds like our word for "rotten".
It's also good using 50:meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-59252324377711400112014-03-16T21:07:00.004+00:002014-03-17T10:36:50.839+00:00Top Gear in Burma Special
On the road back from Pindaya in 1989. Shortly afterwards, we overturned the car trying to avoid a bullock.
As Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond have discovered in the Top Gear Burma Christmas (?) special which has just been shown on BBC2, transport in Burma (also known as Myanmar) is interesting.
For instance, as a result of British colonial rule, we used to drive on the meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-64884483139861319852014-02-17T18:45:00.000+00:002014-03-04T21:54:43.208+00:00Burmese Pork Curry Recipe, Mogok-style - Wet-thar Hnut
Mogok Pork Curry (photo by Luiz Hara)
My mother is from Mogok, a chilly gem-mining town in the hilly north of Burma, where everyone adores pork (I mentioned before that they refer to wages as "pork funds").
This classic Mogok curry is more or less used to wean Burmese children - my nephews and nieces can eat bowls and bowls of the stuff, as it's sweet and mild, yet addictive.
meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-55651241731343533512014-02-11T22:49:00.002+00:002014-02-12T12:18:13.744+00:00Lemongrass and Coconut Prawn Curry (Recipe)
Coconut Prawn Curry
I stockpile cans like there's no tomorrow. Chopped and plum tomatoes, baked beans, chickpeas, kidney beans, cannellini beans, sweetcorn, pilchards, sardines, corned beef, condensed milk, random meat products which I bought partly because of their amusing names, and even a forlorn tin of Libby's pumpkin, waiting, always waiting, to be turned into pumpkin pie some (meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-80743346330939726032014-02-06T15:49:00.002+00:002014-02-06T18:51:04.385+00:00Visit Viajante while you can ...
My favourite restaurant in London is Viajante, so I was absolutely gutted to discover that it's closing at the end of this month.
I have always had a brilliant (and sometimes surprising) meal there, and it's as far away from "fayn dayning" as I can think of.
(in fact, the last time we went, my husband and I rolled up after having been to Field Day in nearby Victoria Park and one of the meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-65913949576179787232014-01-24T12:31:00.003+00:002014-01-24T12:34:06.411+00:00Haggis Summer Rolls (Recipe) - for Burns Night and every night
Tiny thief
The first time I tried haggis was 15 years ago when one of my brothers married a Scottish lass up in Edinburgh. If I recall correctly, it was used to stuff a chicken galantine, and I was hugely relieved that it wasn't as offensive as I'd been led to believe.
Several years later, I found myself at their house for a Burns Night supper where my sister-in-law began proceedings by meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-81340529619824466132014-01-21T17:35:00.001+00:002014-01-22T13:22:58.089+00:00Miso Salmon with Soba Noodles Recipe
Miso Salmon, Green Tea Soba Noodles, Stir-fried Shimeji Mushrooms
I don't believe in diets, but sometimes I feel like I'm stretched too tightly, uncomfortable in my own skin like the bug man in Men in Black.
Times like those, I still want to eat my fill, but I don't want to have to have a lie-down afterwards.
This Japanese-influenced dish does the trick - the dressed noodles are bright and meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-44472861496764133952013-12-09T08:15:00.000+00:002013-12-10T12:40:32.162+00:00Mohinga Recipe - Burmese Catfish Chowder - Burma's National Dish
Mohinga, Burma's Breakfast of Choice
Bursting with contrasting textures, fragrances, and flavours, mohinga is a Burmese catfish chowder served over rice vermicelli. It's the breakfast of choice wherever you go in Burma, and considered our national dish.
As soon as we're back in Yangon, my family and I will devour bowl after bowl of mohinga, brought home in huge metal tiffin carriers from themeemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-20828515423901614512013-12-04T18:19:00.001+00:002013-12-10T16:38:38.075+00:00Sensio Masha Review + Win an Electric Masher in Time for Christmas COMPETITION [CLOSED]
I don't know much about Ina Garten aka the Barefoot Contessa, but I caught a British-themed episode of her cookery show where she made "bangers and mash" using an electric blender to make her mashed potato.
As any fule kno, this will result in an abysmal, gluey slop similar to wallpaper paste, rather than the glorious mash that we know and love (although I have been assured that meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488444600218615887.post-82193298839373325272013-11-12T16:19:00.003+00:002013-11-12T16:33:00.609+00:00How to Make Burmese Coconut Chicken Noodles on the MiMi Cookery Show [VIDEO]
It's the MiMi Cookery Show! Ha, not really.
So you know Vouchercodes - those guys that email you handy discount codes for shops like Clark's and Dorothy Perkins?
Turns out that they also have an online magazine called Most Wanted which is oddly hidden away in the top right of their website.
Most Wanted is full of rather good articles and handy money-saving tips - eg how to stream meemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252248464524701128noreply@blogger.com1