Burmese cuisine
encompasses the diverse regional culinary traditions of Myanmar, which have developed through longstanding agricultural practices, centuries of sociopolitical and economic change, and cross-cultural contact and trade with neighboring countries at the confluence of
,
, and
, including the modern-day nations of India, China, and Thailand.
Laphet, served in a traditional lacquer tray called
laphet ok.
Burmese cuisine is typified by a wide-ranging array of dishes, including traditional
,
, and soups that are traditionally eaten with
.Burmese cuisine also features
as well as noodles in many forms, as fried or dry noodles, noodle soups, or as noodle salads.
culture has also nurtured the profuse variety of traditional
and traditional snacks called
.
The contrasting flavor profile of Burmese cuisine is broadly captured in the phrase
chin ngan sat (ချဉ်ငန်စပ်), which literally means "sour, salty, and spicy.
A popular Burmese rhyme "of all the fruit, the
's the best; of all the meat, the
's the best; and of all the leaves,
's the best" — sums up the traditional favourites.