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My friend and i had an amazing dinner tonight at this delightful and always packed place on Clement street
The tea leaf salad is always delightful. How are these leaves fermented?!?!
The samusa soup is quite unique. Small little "raviolis" in a mildly, thick soup flavored with coriander and cumin. Exceptional!
The tofu tower was quite nice. A bed of spinach, some julienned red peppers, sliced shitakes and some friend tofu pieces stacked with a really nice black bean sauce.
And some stir fried pea shoots with garlic.
and get this, they now have Chimay Triple, on tap! All restaurants should have belgian beer kegs to offer :)
Very friendly, excellent service.
This place is a gem!
phil
The tea leaf salad is always delightful. How are these leaves fermented?!?!
The samusa soup is quite unique. Small little "raviolis" in a mildly, thick soup flavored with coriander and cumin. Exceptional!
The tofu tower was quite nice. A bed of spinach, some julienned red peppers, sliced shitakes and some friend tofu pieces stacked with a really nice black bean sauce.
And some stir fried pea shoots with garlic.
and get this, they now have Chimay Triple, on tap! All restaurants should have belgian beer kegs to offer :)
Very friendly, excellent service.
This place is a gem!
phil
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Re: Burma Star
Wed, April 9, 2008 - 1:55 PMyeah, that place is super yummy...
ssshhhh
Don't tell anyone, and then everyone won't go!
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Re: Burma Star
Wed, April 9, 2008 - 2:07 PMyeah...already tough to get in at dinner. you hit both my favs (tlg salad and the samosa soup). mmmm...
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Re: Burma Star
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 12:55 PMLove that place!!! Super YUMMY! -
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Re: Burma Star
Wed, April 16, 2008 - 9:25 AMI love that place. I took my boyfriend ther for the first time last week, he really liked it too. My two faves are the tea leaf salad and nan gyi dok. -
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Re: Burma Star
Tue, April 29, 2008 - 5:21 AMHas anyone tried this place? www.mandalaysf.com/ It's yum -
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Re: Burma Star
Thu, May 1, 2008 - 1:21 PMIt is good-- and I've never had to wait to be seated there.
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Re: Burma Star
Mon, August 18, 2008 - 11:38 PMmy Burmese friend usually takes us to Mandalay. It's good, no wait, and a little cheaper than Super Star.
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Re: Burma Star
Tue, August 19, 2008 - 9:31 AMI wish I did... that awesome salad seems to be non-duplicatable at home...
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Re: Burma Star
Tue, August 19, 2008 - 9:34 AMeven better, does anyone know how to ferment the tea leaves themselves! I have been searching but not coming up with anything and the servers at Burma star do not want to reveal the secret. Or perhaps they do not know since they told me the leaves are imported, already fermented. -
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Re: Burma Star
Tue, August 19, 2008 - 9:41 AMyeah, as far as I'm aware they import them already fermented... I don't think the restaurants do it themselves.
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Re: Burma Star
Tue, August 26, 2008 - 10:43 PMI've been to both - Mandalay is my second choice when the line's unbearably long at Burma Super Star. Mmmmm, tea leaf salad...
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Re: Burma Star
Wed, March 25, 2009 - 7:35 PMYou know, I just don't think this place deserves the raves and impossible wait time. Yes, it's good. But, Burma Super Star plays too much to American tastes leaving out or toning down the more exotic ingredients at a loss in flavor, in my opinion. I think Mandalay is just as good, easier to get in and the owners (Shari and Kevin) are really nice. Yellow Pa Taut actually tastes closer to what I' have eaten on my many travels to Myanmar. They don't shy away from the shrimp paste a bit. I guess that's what keeps it off the hipster radar, for now at least.
