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(Aung San Rd & Wai Maw St; dishes from K500;
4.30-9.30pm)
Stalls with Shan hotpots and
noodles, as well as barbecue and curries.
Jing Hpaw Thu
KACHIN $$$
(Riverside; dishes from K1500; 9am-10pm)
Make sure to head out to this attractive river-
side restaurant, considered the top spot for real Kachin food. Superb, tangy dried beef
with a spicy dipping sauce, as well as the fish dishes and chicken or pork served in a ba-
nana leaf, are specialities here. No English spoken, so just point at the dishes that take
your fancy. A three-wheeler will charge K4000 return from the centre of town.
Mya Ayer
CHINESE $$$
(71 Shan Su North; mains from K3500; 6am-10pm; )
The most authentic Chinese option
in a town with a sizeable Chinese population. Big menu, with the hot and sour dishes es-
pecially good. A great place to dine in communal Chinese style.
Bamboo Field Restaurant
CHINESE $$$
(313 Pyi Htaung Su Rd; dishes from K3000, burgers K2500; 9am-10pm; )
On the main air-
port road, this barn-like place has a rotating crew of singers belting out Burmese pop
songs every night. The menu mixes (overpriced) Chinese dishes with Western classics.
Draft beer is K600 and they show the football here.
NAVIGATING MYITKYINA
The town sprawls for miles but the central area is a manageably compact grid.
Walking out of the train station, Waing Maw St heads east reaching the river bank
in five short blocks. Parallel but four blocks further north is Zei Gyi Rd, the junction
marked by one of Myitkyina's two clock towers. Zei Gyi runs east to the market and
river, west across the tracks passing very close to the YMCA (follow the tracks
north), the Hotel United (second block then north) and plentiful restaurants. Paral-
lel to Ze Gyi four blocks further north, Si Pin Thar Yar St also crosses the railway.
The main road then swerves northwest to become Pyi Htaung Su Rd, the road to
the airport and Sinbo ferry jetty. But if you instead continue in a northerly sweep
on Thakhin Phay Net St, you'll reach the museum and, eventually, Manao Park and
Jing Hpaw Thu restaurant.
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