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Shwe Moung Than Hotel HOTEL $
MAP
( 059-23763; 665 Pakaukukyang St; r K15,000-50,000; ) Packing a chintzy, almost
nouveau riche feel, the rooms here are nonetheless spacious and bright. If you can func-
tion without TV, the 4th-floor cheapies are a good deal.
Pearl Princess Hotel HOTEL $
MAP
( 059-21780; [e-mail] ; 572 Ye Yeik Thar St; r/bungalows incl breakfast
$40/45) An attractive antique wooden villa holding nonetheless musty and skeletal
rooms. A better bet are the 'bungalows', which include a separate sitting room.
Hotel Zayar Htet San HOTEL $$$
MAP
( 059-23902; 566 Ye Yeik Thar St; r incl breakfast $40-60; ) This new hotel is easily the
most stylish and contemporary accommodation in Dawei, if not in the entire region. It's
not a steal, but isn't necessarily bad value, as the rooms come standard with flat-screen
TV, air-con, fridge, tub and free wi-fi. The most expensive rooms are huge, with simil-
arly large TVs.
Eating
Come evening, a few basic stalls unfold around the intersection of Hse Yone and Neik
Ban Sts.
Hla Hla Hnan BURMESE $
MAP
(Neik Ban St; dishes from K300; noon-9pm) In addition to selling the requisite ingredients
for leq·p'eq thouq, Burmese tea leaf salad, this vendor also serves a selection of other
equally delicious Burmese-style salads including ginger, tomato, pennywort (a type of
herb) and shauq·thi (a type of citrus fruit). There's no roman-script sign, or English-lan-
guage menu, but orders can be made by pointing to the raw ingredients.
Tha Hto (Daw Zan) BURMESE $
MAP
(Hse Yone St; meals from K2000; 11am-9pm) For 40 years Daw Zan has been serving a
generous spread of tasty Burmese curries to the people of Dawei. There's no roman-