Mutiara Food & Market — Restaurant in Inglewood

My first time ever trying Burmese food. The service was excellent as the server helped narrowing down my choices because I wanted to try everything. I went on the weekend so I decided to get items that were only offered on the weekend - curry chicken noodle and the tofu salad. I was told that was more than enough for 1 person. I ordered a hot milk tea and it was made with condensed and it was delicious. I slurped down the noodle and empty the bowl. The noodles were perfect in chewiness and it soaked the flavor of the broth that I wouldn't mind having just by itself. The Burmese tofu salad was unique to me because I've never tried tofu made with garbanzo bean. It was definitely filling. If you like fish sauce with dried shrimp for saltiness and slightly tangy from lemon juice and chilli powder to taste for some heat, well then you must try the salad. I liked the texture; it is fuller, less delicate than soy, much like Korean rice jello,...

We called and came here to try a new cuisine. We were interested in the Burmese cuisine but saw very few options available for a dinner. So we ordered 2 Thai dish. Honestly speaking I had better. It lacked flavor. I gave a 3 start because the portion size was huge compared with pricing and other restaurants. Restaurant is clean. We went to the restroom to wash our hands and the whole walkway was decked with inventory for the kitchen. It did give a weird feeling as if we will knock something down. On our way we saw the kitchen door wide open. Everything seemed to be wiped down and clean. I was confused with who will cook or will they just warm the food up. Their grocery section had different types of spices and condiments. If I lived around I would have tried some. If I am in the area I will of course give this restaurant...

Similar to other "minor" ethnic food restaurants, they've added many dishes to their menu that are more recognizable from better-known cuisines. Specifically, they have plenty of Indian and Thai dishes that drown out the menu.

If you are looking for specifically Burmese dishes, you'll have to do your homework which ones, but it's totally worth it.

That said, the [national dish] Mohinga fish soup, Lahpet Thoke tea leaf salad, and Biriyani are phenomenal.

Staff are awesome too.

I genuinely cannot recommend this place more - I am really glad I...