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Grandma Cafe
Old Post Office Rd 09 4950 0737.
Functional little modern café, not
nearly as atmospheric as the food stalls of the night market outside but serving up above-av-
erage meals (mains K1500-2200), including an excellent range of Korean dishes (which the
ownerlearned tocookwhenworkinginMalaysia) plusburgers,pasta,saladandsandwiches.
Daily 11am-9pm.
HlineAyar
KhittaryarAyarPark,StrandRd 05329398.
Livelyrestaurantandlocalboozer
in an attractive riverside setting, with nice views from its waterside terrace area. Food is
Chinese(mainsK3000-4000,plusmoreexpensiveseafooddishes)andtherearealsosinging
and “fashion” shows nightly at 7pm on the restaurant's small stage.
Daily 10am-11pm.
Thee Thant
Yangon Rd.
One of a cluster of lively restaurants-cum-beer stations hereabouts,
servingupabigmenuofpassableifunexcitingChinese-stylemains(K1500-4000),although
some of the menu translations don't give much away, and you probably won't be tempted by
the “Under-done slice of potato”.
Daily 8am-11pm.
Yokohama Restaurant
Strand Rd, near the market 09 4236 70456.
Bright, modern
restaurant offering authentic Japanese fare (small dishes K1500-2000, larger set meals
K3000-5000) -
tonkatsu
,
tori teriyaki
,
ebi
tempura and so on.
Daily 11.30am-2pm &
5-10pm.
DIRECTORY
Banks
ThereareplentyofATMsaroundtownincludingtheCBBank,AGDBankandMOB
(thelastofthesedoesn'ttakeMasterCard);there'salsoasecondCBBankATMatthe
Lucky
Dragon
hotel.
Internet
Reliable places include Cosmic, near
Myat Guesthouse
, and Lazer Zone, on Bogy-
oke Rd near the Shwesandaw Pagoda (daily 8am-10pm or later; both 500k/hr).
Magwe
Sprawling along the east bank of the Ayeyarwady some 240km north of Pyay and 175km
south of Bagan,
MAGWE
(or “Magway” as it's often spelt) is a busy provincial centre and
thecapitalofMagweRegion,hometoalargeuniversityandanimpressive2.5kmbridgeover
theriver.There'snotmuchtointerestthecasualvisitor,althoughifyou'retravellingbetween
Bagan and Pyay with your own vehicle you might want to stop for an hour to have a look
around the dusty market and the landmark
Mya Tha Lun
(“Jade Throne”) pagoda, perched
on a hilltop north of the centre. The only reason you might end up overnighting in Magwe is
if you're heading by bus along the little-travelled (at least by foreigners) overland route from
Pyay or Bagan to Sittwe or Mrauk U, in which case you'll most likely have to change buses
here.
