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The flavors of Burma just got a little closer to home. We warmly welcome our new neighbor, Best of Burma to San Mateo! Located in Downtown San Mateo at 146 East 3rd Avenue, this new restaurant brings authentic Burmese cuisine for both lunch and dinner.

The Best of Burma menu is filled with traditional dishes prepared fresh with nothing but the best ingredients to ensure every dish is top notch and true to its Burmese roots. Lunch items are all served with steamed rice including combo items with soup and salads. The dinner menu encompasses scrumptious small bite options, soups, salads, noodles and more. All desserts, whether you choose sweet black sticky rice, fried bananas or coconut pudding are served with ice cream.

Best of Burma has gained 4 stars and some rave reviews on Yelp with these highlighted menu items:

Tea Leaf Salad: With romaine lettuce, fried yellow beans, fried garlic, sesame seeds, peanuts, sunflower seeds, fresh tomatoes, jalapenos, and dried shrimp (or vegetarian).

“I love the texture of this salad. So much crunch and nuts and seeds and flavor of tea (that they import from Burma). This was a very texturized and flavorful salad. Perfect if you like nuts and tea.” – Sophia Y.

“…it was refreshing and had lots of texture.” – Stella Y.

“The dressing was well balanced, and the tea leaves fragrant.” – Elaine J.

Nan Gyi Thoke: Burmese rice noodles with a mild chicken coconut curry sauce, egg, split yellow pea, fried wonton chips, and fried onion.

‘The chicken coconut curry sauce in the palata and nan gyi thoke was the bomb!’ – JJ S.

‘This was thick white noodles with coconut curry sauce which was quite flavorful and had a lot of fresh ingredients. I would recommend it just to try something new.’ – Stella Y.

‘Our entrees were the Chicken Kebat…and the Nan Gyi Thoke, which was generous chicken pieces in a coconut curry sauce. Both were yummy.’ – Alan M.

Stop by to say hi and welcome our new local Burmese spot, stay for dinner and you’ll leave stuffed, satisfied, and happy. Check out their website for full menus and be sure to follow Best of Burma on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

San Mateo is a great place to meet people and connect. Meet Up and Mosey are both good places to find groups with common interests and ideas for fun things to do. Another thing San Mateo is great for is food. San Mateo even won Rand McNally’s Best of the Road: Best Small Town for Food! Take a look at the Ramen Crawl we created on Mosey, which includes 8 delicious ramen restaurants. Mmm…