chances are, you haven t been to this place. chances are, this is a place you ve never seen. other than maybe blurry cellphone videos, old black-and-white newsreels from world war ii. chances are, bad things were happening in the footage you saw. myanmar. after 50 years of nightmare, something unexpected is happening here, and it s pretty incredible. in yangon, capital city of myanmar, it s dark. blackouts are frequent with the ancient power grid. what sources of light there are in the street cast an eerie, yellow-orange hue. for almost 100 years under british rule, this was rangoon. in 1948, after helping the british fight off the japanese, and with a new taste for self-determination, the country gained independence. after a decade of instability, however, the military consolidated power and never let go. elections, they came and went. the results ignored, opposition punished or silenced entirely. burma, now myanmar, where orwell had once served as a colonial policeman
years, she became in the minds of many an apologist for the regime. fairly or not, i leave to others. sometimes outsiders act as if, you know, it s only after the military junta went away that, you know, things happened. first we wake sort of like in a frozen state, like snow white did. but her many well-known books on the culinary traditions of myanmar make her a compelling advocate for burmese cuisine. so you re very passionate about the cooking and the cuisine here and the of course. it s just that i like to eat. and i eat like a pig. this is yangon s feel restaurant. salads i think are the best of our food. i m going to order a lot of salads that you haven t had. you know, it s good to be like sort of a tasting thing. there s pig head salad with kaffir lime leaf. long bean salad with sesame and fish sauce. penny leaf salad. even this salad of indian-style
cuisine. so you re very passionate about the cooking and the cuisine here, and ma: well, it s just that i like to eat and i eat like a pig. [ chuckles ] anthony: this is yangon s restaurant. ma: salads, i think, are the best of our food. i m going to order a lot of salads that you haven t had. you know, it s going to be like a sort of a tasting thing. anthony: there s pic head salad with kaffir lime leaf, long bean salad with sesame and fish sauce, penny leaf salad, even this salad of india-style samosa. everything s out there at the same time. ma: yes. anthony: no first course, second course. ma: no, no, no, no. if i m invited to a friend s house, the table would be covered with dishes. anthony: right. ma: covered. anthony: and it s really about the interaction between a
so you re very passionate about the cooking and the cuisine here, and ma: well, it s just that i like to eat and i eat like a pig. [ chuckles ] anthony: this is yangon s restaurant. ma: salads, i think, are the best of our food. i m going to order a lot of salads that you haven t had. you know, it s going to be like a sort of a tasting thing. anthony: there s pic head salad with kaffir lime leaf, long bean salad with sesame and fish sauce, penny leaf salad, even this salad of india-style samosa. everything s out there at the same time. ma: yes. anthony: no first course, second course. ma: no, no, no, no. if i m invited to a friend s house, the table would be covered with dishes. anthony: right. ma: covered. anthony: and it s really about the interaction between a lot of colors, textures, and flavors in one dish ma: yes. yeah. anthony: or ma: different. anthony: different. ma: yeah. anthony: wow, i m in love. that s good. ma: yes. it is. anthony
the cooking and the cuisine here, and ma: well, it s just that i like to eat and i eat like a pig. [ chuckles ] anthony: this is yangon s restaurant. ma: salads, i think, are the best of our food. i m going to order aot of salads that you haven t had. you know, it s going to be like a sort of a tasting thing. anthony: there s pic head salad with kaffir lime leaf, long bean salad with sesame and fish sauce, penny leaf salad, even this salad of india-style samosa. everything s out there at the same time. ma: yes. anthony: no first course, second course. ma: no, no, no, no. if i m invited to a friend s house, the table would be covered with dishes. anthony: right. ma: covered. anthony: and it s really about the interaction between a lot of colors, textures, and flavors in one dish ma: yes. yeah. anthony: or ma: different. anthony: different. ma: yeah. anthony: wow, i m in love. that s good. ma: yes. it is. anthony: and of course there s the madden