Myanmar
7810-C Lee Highway
Falls Church, VA 22042
703-289-0013
Neighborhood: Falls Church
Cuisines: Vegetarian/Vegan, Burmese
Opening Hours:
Open Tuesday through Sunday noon to 9:30 PM.
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Nearby Metro Stops: Dunn Loring-Merrifield
Price Range: Inexpensive
Dress: Informal
Reservations: Not Needed
Best Dishes:
Tea-leaf salad; ginger salad; shrimp-and-bean-sprout salad; gram-fritter salad; onho kaukswe; mohingar; chili belly pork
Price Details:
Appetizers $5 to $7, entrées $8 to $11.
Special Features: Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly
Why go: The Burmese cooking at this small storefront—soon to double in size—is ideal for palates on the lookout for the new. The intricate and layered salads are apt to cause table talk.
What to get: Crunchy cabbage-onion-and-cumin salad with gram-flour fritters; curries of pork or chicken with pickled fresh mango; naujee thoke, cylindrical rice noodles with bits of egg, chicken, chickpeas, and cilantro, tossed with fiery red-chili-flecked curry; onho kaukswe, coconut curry soup with fresh egg noodles.
Best for: A sojourn with food lovers that will have them raving.
Insider tip: Order several rounds of the flaky thousand-layer pancake. Fun to pull apart and eat on its own, it’s good for sopping up curries and gravies.
Open Tuesday through Sunday for lunch and dinner.
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