Note to readers: This is the first installment in a series called Kitchen Encounters, conversations with local chefs and other restaurant industry workers who add diversity and depth to the ...

Famous for its jaw-dropping cities of ancient pagodas and lush jungle sceneries, Burma has been attracting growing crowds of tourists since it began opening up in 2011. Less well-known? Its food.

You should never refuse Burmese pickled tea leaf salad. Doing so would make you a tactless ignoramus in what is now Myanmar. “Anywhere you go, any meeting, anybody’s house, it’s a sign of hospitality ...

The first day Mandalay Kitchen opened was also the first day the new restaurant’s founder and owner, Chris Tunbaw, had worked in food service. But earlier this year, when he told his family and ...

Tucked in the center of the Davis Commons sits a restaurant that prides itself on its novelty, outstanding service and the quality of its authentic food. My Burma — located at 500 First St #11 in ...

Rachel Leah Blumenthal is food editor for Boston Magazine. Her writing has taken her to restaurants all around Boston -- while her personal travels have taken her around the world, to destinations ...