Mmmm, roti. PHOTO/WIKICOMMONS
Eat: Indian cooking classes
Learn to make everything from roti and dhal to cardamom ice cream at Beena Shah’s cooking classes held on Saturdays and Sundays. The Indian native takes students around the markets before cooking in the kitchen of her Bahan apartment overlooking the Shwedagon. It’s 30,000 kyats for both the market tour and the cooking class and sessions are held on Saturday and Sunday mornings and afternoons. Check out this Myanmar Times write-up for a quick primer and get in touch with Shah on beena.shah.1993@gmail.com.
Saturdays and Sundays: 9:30am until 12:30pm or 4pm until 7:70pm. Contact Shah for the address.
Drink: Blonde ale at Parami Pizza
Parami Pizza has a promotion on Omer, a traditional blonde Belgian ale. It might not sound like much bang for your buck at four bottles for $10 but the brew is eight per cent alcohol. Pair with Parami’s crisp woodfire pizzas.
Corner of Parami and Malikha Roads. Call them on 01 667 449, 092 6176 7616 and 092 6263 5532.
See: Art at Cloud 31
Cloud 31 presents Ode to May, a new group exhibition from Myanmar artists including veterans Win Pe and Khin Maung Yin, who died last year. The show runs through May 31.
#49 31st Street, between Merchant and Mahabandoola Streets. Open 9am until 5pm daily.
Party: Japanese hip hop night
Haven’t heard of the Teriyaki Boys from Yokohama? (They’re the cool dudes pictured above, courtesy of Wikicommons.) Can’t tell a Dabo track from a Toshinobu Kubota? Yeah, us neither. Expand your cultural knowledge at MoJo’s Japanese hip-hop night on Sunday. With Mr Y on the decks.
Sunday May 24, 7pm. MoJo, #135 Inya Road, Bahan Township.
Reflect: Yangon heritage talk
Ever wondered who lives in those mouldering mansions and centuries-old wooden homes downtown? Virginia Henderson and Tim Webster, the authors of Yangon Echoes, which explores the lives of the city’s oldest buildings through current and former residents, will talk about the new book on Saturday in Yankin Township. The event organisers, International Friendship Group Rangoon, are throwing in drinks and appetisers.
Saturday May 23, 5pm until 7pm. Kabar Aye Pagoda Road. Call 09250386188 for details and address.
