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Had to find the perfect place for a birthday dinner and the requirements where: An ethnic place that has good vegetarian/seafood options that they had never been to before...and it would be a plus if the place was good.
An almost impossible task was Ahead of me. The clock was ticking, with 8 hours left I started by asking every stranger at the coffee bean I was at for help. the best option I got from those conversations was a steak house!,either ethnic nor vegetarian... Defeated I turned to Yelp...
First Yelp helped me remember all the places I've been to with this person so I knew where to rule out. Next I did place a post on the Talk section asking for help, and got some good Mexican choices, but I was looking for more middle eastern or African.
I started clicking away on every cuisine in yelp, allot of which Phoenix doesn't even have. Cambodian, Moroccan, Afghan I went through them all and made a list of 5...and Little Rangoon was the only one they hadn't been too.
A little hard to find behind the Claim jumper I had to call in to find my way through the shopping center its in. Inside really nice decor that is a mix between Greek pillars and little Burmese Accents.
Our dinner guests all wondered about where is Burma? The menu had a nice little thing about it being between India and Thailand... and that's what the food reminded me of similar, but yet completely unique all on its own. Fried squash "Opo" a traditional Burmese snack was a great Appetizer. Had the traditional fish Curry dish and the sea bass with Black bean sauce with Cilantro on top. I have always been a fan of adding Cilantro to my stir-fry, Great to see it used here...(side note some people feel Cilantro tastes like soap and If you see me in person I have an embarrassing Exploding Cilantro story to tell. It involves a Garbage disposal and a "I told you so" moment)
For desert had "fooloda" an interesting yogurt shake type thing that I wouldn't recommend... the traditional "Sanwin Makin" cake was very good... but the crispy banana fritters topped with ice cream was unbelievable.... no really I can't believe that that was bananas. I actually think that they gave us a different dessert. A mistake that it fell on our table on its way back to heaven. It was that good...
In the days that followed, many conversations where started about the cool new cuisine that everyone tried. "Yelp, whats that?" is often the first question asked about the story ... Oh its just the coolest thing that saved the day...
Little Rangoon 5 Stars...
Yelp... more stars then I can count....
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