UNIT 1: MYANMAR

What do you have for breakfast this morning? Malaysian breakfasts normally consist of nasi lemak, roti
canai, porridge and many other types of freshly cooked dish in the morning. Do you know that in
Myanmar, traditionally, breakfast consists of only leftover food from dinner the night before? Fresh
food will only be cooked during lunch.

1. Surf the internet, locate where Myanmar is on the map.

2. Read about different types of food in Myanmar and fill in the tables in your e-portfolio on the food
that Myanmars normally have for breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner and supper. You can also include
their special cuisine and have that pictures pasted on your e-portfolio
3. Record using voice notes your favourite breakfast and tell us why. Share in your ‘Around the World
in 10 weeks’ Telegram group.

Task 1:

Find where Myanmar is on the world map, print screen the map and paste it here
Task 2:
Fill in the tables below the food that Myanmars normally have for breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner and supper.
MEALS FOOD PICTURE
OF THE
DAY
-leftover food from dinner usually consists of leftover
rice fried with eggs, beans and meat or shrimp.
Boiled rice is also eaten with fried dried fish.
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about/Etiquette_and_Taboos_around_the_World_
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Breakfas Etiquette and Taboos around the world: A geographic
t encyclopaedia of social and cultural customs

https://www.exoticvoyages.com/uploads/image
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userfiles/2016/12/Htamin-burma.jpg

-Very similar to our economical rice (Chap

Chai Peng)
-will be served with curried dishes, stewed
meats, sautéed green vegetables and
Lunch seafood dressed with garlic and chilli paste.

https://sethlui.com/foods-eat-myanmar/

- well-known teas such as green tea, oolong

and scented varieties.
- “laphet thoke” is most commonly
Tea encountered in tea leaf salad

Dinner - Myae Oh Myee Shae (Claypot Noodle)

- a popular Chinese-inspired dish
- The noodle is served in a bubbling savoury
broth topped with slices of soft-braised pork
belly or beef with three different types of
vegetables 

https://sethlui.com/foods-eat-myanmar/
 - Known in Burmese as nga htamin (fish
rice),
-This dish combines rice that's been cooked
with turmeric
Supper - squashed into a disk with a topping of
flakes of freshwater fish and garlic oil.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/myanma
r-foods-try/index.html
Task 3:
Tell us your favourite breakfast.
Audio Content:

I’m interested to eat toasted bread every morning. It is because its warm and make my
day so energetic! I’m super enjoy for entire day as its give me more than enough energy
that’s my body needed. That’s why I’m really love with this toasted bread to cheer up my
day!