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Bone Gyi
Strand Rd 057 26528.
Dishing up good Chinese food, this popular restaurant
stays full of well-to-do Mawlamyiners until late in the evening, although as many come here
todrinkastodine(there'sevenawinelist).VegetabledishesfromK1800,meatfromK3500.
Daily lunch and dinner.
Chan Chan Myae II
Route 8 09 4015 9131.
Rather inconveniently located just south of
the railway station - look for the English sign proclaiming “Thai Noodle and Food” -
Chan
Chan Myae II
serves tasty and authentic Thai food in a bright barn-like restaurant. There's
a limited English menu, but the friendly staff will help to translate if you need it.
Daily
11am-9pm.
Delifrance
Strand Rd, south of Dawei Jetty 09 566 0192.
In imitation of the international
chain, this small café serves decent coffee (cappuccino K1200), cake and sandwiches, with a
small patio overlooking Strand Rd and the river.
Daily 8am-9pm.
May South Indian Chetty Restaurant
Strand Rd.
This low-key restaurant is at its best
(and busiest) around lunchtime, when it fills with market porters and office workers who
come for the delicious Indian-inspired curries and biryani, served Burmese-style with fresh
vegetables and side dishes. You'll pay around K1400 for a filling meal.
Daily 10am-8pm.
YKKO
Dawei Jetty, Strand Rd 09 4015 91212.
Clean and bright, with good views of the
river, upmarket
YKKO
serves Thai food, barbecue and
kyay-oh
(noodle soup), along with
juices and coffee in its a/c dining room. Prices are higher than elsewhere in town - a plate of
barbecued skewers will set you back K2000. Wi-fi available.
Daily 10.30am-10.30pm.
DIRECTORY
Banks
Mawlamyine has plenty of banks and ATMs, with several on Strand Rd just south of
the
Mawlamyaing Strand Hotel
, and more just north of
Breeze Guesthouse
. There is also an
ATMatthe
Cinderella Hotel
andeven
Breeze
changesUSdollarsatratesthataren'tterrible.
Note that the ATM at the Strand Road branch of Ayeyarwady Bank doesn't accept Master-
Card.
Internet
Exit Internet Bar (8am-10pm, K400/hr),onLower Main Rd between Shwe Daung
St and Wut Kyi Paya St, is Mawlamyine's most central internet bar.
Postoffice
Mawlamyine'slargepostofficeishousedinabuildingdirectlynorthoftheState
Governor's offices on Baho St.
Around Mawlamyine
The countryside around Mawlamyine is full of quirky side-trips - Buddhist
Khayone Cave
moonlightsasalively
nat
shrine;
BiluKyun
(“OgreIsland”)containsnothingmorefearsome
than some really bad roads; and the vast, unfinished
Win Sein Taw Ya
reclining Buddha
