Burmese Kitchen — Restaurant in San Francisco

I've been back here so many times and this place is still by far my favorite Burmese restaurant in the Bay Area. The flavor is very authentic and much closer to what I've had in Myanmar than more well-known popular spots like Burma Superstar and its network.

Food highlights: Chin baung jaw: shrimp sautéed with roselle leaves. Very tangy and delicious--my favorite dish here! Seems like a lot of people don't know this dish, so I would highly recommend it Tamarind leaf salad: popping with flavor and just a really nice appetizer. Another dish I don't think many Americans know about--try it! Tea leaf salad: classic and much less lettuce than many fusiony Burmese places here Balae chaung: this is a side but is a delicious chili accompaniment to your main dishes Lemongrass beef: very nice, deep flavor that goes well with all the rice types they offer Sautéed spicy lady finger: the okra is cooked well and goes really well with the sauce mm! Mohinga: classic fish broth with noodles--my mouth is watering just thinking about it again!

These are just a few of the dishes I'd recommend--I've still gotta go back and eventually try the whole menu.

Service-wise, the owner and servers that I've met before are so sweet. It feels like a real mom-and-pop shop that cares about their customers. It's a perfect place for a casual dinner or weekend lunch.

Really hope this hidden gem is able to get its name out there and compete with the more well-known Burma Superstar...

Super flavorful and delicious cuisine! I can’t speak to the authenticity since I have little experience trying Burmese food and have never been to Burma, but I can vouch that whatever flavors they served were just out of this world, very unique blend of spices that is hard to describe, mostly savory, some spicy, some tangy. Bursts of flavor is what comes to mind. I was too excited to try one of my favorite items, the tea leaf salad, which did not disappoint although was somewhat different than the usual, less tea leaves and lettuce and more nuts , beans and grains. We also got the ginger spice pork, delicious, the sour leaf bamboo (great if you like sour), the shrimp garlic egg noodle (great fragrant garlicky flavor) and basil fish (fish was unexciting but basil curry sauce interesting). Coconut rice was delicious. For once, I forgot to pay attention to the price, so opinions here are based only on taste without consideration to value. The portions did seem on the smaller size, though, so unless the prices also matched which I sort of doubt m, I would probably have thought this place was on the pricey side, but that’s not confirmed give that I forgot to pay attention to the price. We were there at 5pm when it opened so service was prompt although wasn’t checked upon much. Casual ambience was fine, we had the restaurant to ourselves from beginning to end. Would return if...

Delicious, fresh, authentic, flavorful, bright, creative, unique, diverse, amazing. Suggestion for 4 course meal with varying flavor profiles, textures, formats. Price is very reasonable. We take visitors from out of town here all of the time, including business visitors, and they always love it. Most want to return the next day.

SOUP Samosa Soup: Delicious. 1 bowl will feed 4 to 5, maybe 6 persons

SALAD and BREAD Ginger Salad. Menu highlight. Roti with Potato Curry. Cut the Roti into quarters. Top with curry. Order extra Roti: 1 Roti per 2 or 3 persons. Crowd pleaser. Children will love these. Crispy Pea Salad. If more than 4 persons this can add in an additional item. Tea Leaf Salad. Great if early in day or people don't mind caffeine.

MAIN COURSE Pork with Young Pickled Mango. Menu Highlight. Note it has mango pieces with seeds. Chicken Biriani. Pumpkin Stew If more then 4 or 5 persons or spcial interests try these... Shrimp with Sour Leaf. This dish is made with locally custom sourced Burmese green leaf vegetable Roselle with a taste similar to sorrel. Very unique. Beef with Lemon Grass. Okra. Add White Rice if Biriani not enough.

DESSERT Ask what they have, but they often have home made traditional Semolina Cake which is light...