Cocktails at The New Boris, off Kabar Aye Pagoda Road. PHOTO/PUN + PROJECTS
Drink: The New Boris
Pun + Projects, the guys behind Port Autonomy, have opened a new bar called The New Boris on the ground floor of their renovated colonial-era villa. The design incorporates rattan loungers with Chin fabrics and stark white tiles, according to the press release, and their cocktail menu was created by Hong Kong-based specialists Tequila Mockingbird. The name’s a reference to Boris Granges, the Swiss founder of the original Le Planteur, an upmarket French restaurant in Yangon. The whole villa, Private Propertie, also includes Port Autonomy in the gardens and La Carovana restaurant upstairs.
The New Boris is right next to Port Autonomy, 22A Kabar Aye Pagoda Road. Take the path to Golden Hill Tower and veer right. Open Tuesday-Sunday, 4pm until late.
Eat: Yangon Bakehouse #2
A second outlet of the perennially popular café has just opened on Inya Road. They have delicious-looking yogurt sundaes and build-your-own wraps, which could come in handy for any sore heads on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Yangon Bakehouse at Inya Lake is open 7am until 5pm. Find them at 30 Inya Road. You can also call them on 09977117947.
Watch: Short films at Rangoon Tea House
Enjoy a quirky short film fest on Sunday night in the air-conditioned comfort of Rangoon Tea House on Pansodan Street. Screening Peter and the Wolf, The Legend of the Scarecrow, Fallen Art, Invention of Love, Hold the Line and more. Plus, cocktails are half-price.
The tables have been booked up, according to the owners, but there’s room for walk-ins and you can check if there’s been any cancellations on 011224534. See more info on Facebook.
May 10, 8:30pm – 10pm. Rangoon Tea House, 77-79 Pansodan Street.
Party: Sky Bistro Rooftop
Sky Bistro, the restaurant and bar at the top of Sakura Tower is hosting a Friday night rooftop blow-out with a soundtrack of house, hip hop, drum and bass and electro. If most of the 300 people who clicked attending on Facebook actually show up, this could be a very good one.
It’s 10,000 kyats to get in, but the party goes until 2am.
May 8, 10pm until 2am. Sky Bistro, top floor of the Sakura Tower, 339 Bogyoke Aung San Road.
Reflect: Beauties of East and West at Gallery 65
More than 40 paintings by a pair of artistically minded friends, Ye Min and Than Soe, are on display at Gallery 65 this weekend. The show, ‘Beauties of East and West’ features contemplative depictions of Buddhist and Myanmar culture as well as nudes and renderings of Western landscapes and Native American culture by Ye Min, who studied in the US.
The exhibition runs through May 10. Gallery 65, #65 Yaw Min Gyi Street.
