This week’s recommendations will require a leap of faith. If you’re willing to wait in line for your food or to possibly sit in traffic for a restaurant with no set menu or hours, then you’re in luck.

Rangoon Bistro is not a kooky restaurant iterating on crab puffs; in fact, it doesn’t serve the eponymous fried wontons. Instead, the place takes its name from Myanmar’s capital city from 1948 until ...

Things you know about Myanmar/Burma: 1) On May 3-4, the country’s Irrawaddy delta region was hit by a powerful cyclone, killing 22,500 and leaving over 40,000 missing as of publication time ...

Rangoon Bistro started spreading the gospel of Burmese street food through pop-up dinners. It later became a fixture of the King Farmers Market, and shifted to a takeout-only concept operating out of ...

Myanmar cuisine may show influences from neighboring Thailand, India and China, yet it retains an identity all its own, with flavor profiles based on fermented fish sauce, pickled tea leaves and mild ...

When I first arrived in San Francisco, I immediately fell in love with the smells, the stunning scenery, and the diversity of flavors. One world in particular that sparked a young love affair was the ...

You'll get access to an ad-free website with a faster photo browser, the chance to claim free tickets to a host of events (including everything from Summerfest to the Milwaukee Film Festival), access ...

From left, an order of Shan tofu noodles, "sour cabbage salad," noodles with no tofu, and chile oil from Asia Supermarket in Alhambra. (Jenn Harris / Los Angeles Times) This week's recommendations ...