Yangon Post
Our favourite Burmese salads
If you'd like to wow your guests, or perhaps just your own taste buds, here are two of my favourite Burmese salads. The recipes come from the Rangoon Sisters, and where lots of Burmese recipes rely on ingredients which are hard to find in the UK, the below salads are very easy to make with nothing that Tesco can't provide. All you need is a sharp knife. Enjoy!
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10 Reasons why Easter is the best festival in our calendars
Number 1 - There is nothing more joyful than daffodils. Put them everywhere. They're £2 in the supermarket, or free from the garden if you're lucky. I put them on the table, in the hall, in every bedroom. Even a tiny jug of them in the bathroom. Pure delight.
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Kalinko Curated by Alex Stedman
Alex is the editor of the award-winning website The Frugality and the owner of a beautiful Edwardian house which she and her husband have renovated very slowly over the past three years. She is also a long-time lover of Kalinko! Here are her top picks.
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A Home for your Herbs
Coriander is the king of the herbs in Burmese cooking. It goes in everything; Mohinga noodles in the morning, curry for lunch, fish for dinner. So it makes sense that we made a very smart home for our coriander plant at home. It pals up nicely with the parsley, mint, celery perhaps. Always within easy reach and always impossibly chic.
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In The Kitchen With: Cat Sarsfield from Since No One Asked
I've been writing words for Kalinko for the past year, but I also spend my weeks and weekends cooking, eating and writing a tri-weekly newsletter called Since No One Asked, where I figure out my feelings through food. Most of the dishes I cook have a strong Asian influence – usually Korean as that's where my beloved mother and ultimate food influencer is from – but I love food from the entire Asian diaspora. These are three meals that are super quick to whip up, feel like a hug in a bowl (my only aim when I'm cooking and eating) and use up all the cupboard essentials you probably already have in your house.
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Kalinko's Summer Reads
One of the great glories of summer is the reading surge that comes with it. We tend to slow down and recline on soft surfaces. What else to do when the shades are drawn and the fan is on? Here's what we've been getting lost in over the past few weeks, iced drink in hand.
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An Ode To English Light
There is nothing more British than to talk about the weather. It's a skill that becomes engrained in you, whether you grew up here or you've just been here for a week or so. So, indulge us a little, while we wax lyrical about English light.
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In The Kitchen With: Rangoon Tea House
The Rangoon Tea House is rightly an institution in Yangon. It opened in 2014 on the busiest drag in downtown Yangon, serving spruced-up street-food inspired by the entire region. From Burmese tea and traditional dishes to Indian dosas and Chinese dim sum, it covers all bases and is always humming from daybreak to long-beyond sunset. I caught up with the owners, Izzy and Htet, a couple of weeks ago at their beautiful new flagship restaurant in Golden Valley, the smartest part of town.
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At Home With: Ali Goodman, Founder Of Francli
Sometimes design is decorative, but good design serves a purpose. Function and form; style and substance. The leather and canvas goods handmade by Francli, a craftwear brand based down in south Cornwall, follows this ethos. We caught up with Ali, its founder, to talk about her craft, sustainability and what’s next for Francli.
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