Burmese House

I had the pleasure of dining out at Burmese House last night. It's a lovely family-owned restaurant that serves authentic Burmese cuisine out of the small open kitchen on the ground floor. The prices are a little higher than some but the quality is definitely worth the few extra dollars.

We started with Roti Bread with a Chickpea Dipping Sauce ($7.50) and then shared the Moh Hin Gha ($10.80) which is the national dish of Burma. It is an absolutely delicious fish soup with rice vermicelli noodles, hard-boiled eggs, and lemon juice, fish sauce, chilli and coriander on the side. It was definitely enough to have as a main meal for one but they were happy to bring out two smaller bowls to allow us to share as an entree.

For our mains, we selected Masala Chicken ($16.80), Tamarind Lamb ($16.80) and a serve of steamed rice ($2.80). The lamb was probably the best lamb curry dish that I have tasted in a very long time. The depth of flavour and texture left me wanting more but I'm afraid my eyes were bigger than my stomach and I'll have to wait until lunchtime to enjoy the leftovers.

The chicken was quite different to Thai masala curry as they do not use coconut milk and it is hotter as it is cooked with many whole red chillies even for a medium order.

Burmese House do not use any MSG, animal fat or sugar in their dishes.

Burmese House 303 Bridge Road Richmond VIC 3121 (03) 9421 2861 0438 777 722 burmesehouse@bigpond.com

Mon-Sun 5:30-10:00

BYO Wine Only (fully licenced)

Corkage $3 per person