Eat: Food and Hotel Fair at Myanmar Event Park
For hospitality geeks, the Myanmar Food and Hotel expo is a feast of networking and learning. For the rest of us, it’s a just a great chance to ogle at food.
There are more than 150 exhibitors from 21 countries including Taiwan, Australia, Germany and Denmark.
Hands-on fun includes gelato-making masterclasses (3:30pm until 5:30pm) and bartending demos.
Myanmar Event Park, Shin Saw Pu Road.
Friday June 5. 10am until 6pm.
Drink: Free-flow beer and wine at The Rendezvous
Just to be clear, that’s the kind of free-flow that you pay 20,000 kyats for. But the price includes barbecue food served up by the Rendezvous, the restaurant in the gardens of the French Institute. Home-made sausages, chicken and beef skewers, pasta salads and more. Reserve via 09450018630.
The Rendezvous, French Institute, #340 Pyay Road, Sanchaung.
Friday June 5. Free drinks from 7pm until 9:30pm – after that there’s a 10 per cent discount.
Watch: Metropolis at the Goethe Institute
One of the highlights of the ongoing Memory Festival 2015: the Goethe Institute presents the newly restored version of the silent movie Metropolis accompanied by live grand piano.
The film, a 1920s Berlin classic, set in the distant future, tells the story of a megalopolis inhabited by two distinct classes: a high society who schmooze in the palaces and gardens and slaves working down in the dark to ensure the smooth operation of the city on the surface.
Tickets are free. Reserve a seat at ticket@yangon.goethe.org.
National Theatre of Yangon, Myoma Kyaung Street.
Saturday June 6. 6pm.
Party: World Cup screening at Yangon Supper Club
Start your weekend early with a screening of Myanmar’s under-20 soccer team versus New Zealand at Yangon Supper Club. More details here (Burmese).
Yangon Supper Club. No.49, Corner of Parami Street & Myint Zuu Street, Yangon.
Friday June 5. From 12 noon until 3pm.
Reflect: Climate change debate at the French Institute
After last week’s feisty debate on the regional migrant crisis, it’s time for another head-scratching session on another hot topic affecting Myanmar: climate change.
Guarantee a seat by registering with contact@green-lotus.org. Check out their Facebook page here.
The French Institute, #340 Pyay Road, Sanchaung.
Saturday June 6. 9am until 4pm.
Photos: Wikicommons/ Facebook/ Goethe Institute/ Myanmar Football Federation/ Wikicommons-Famartin
