Myanmar Teashops
The Burmese teashop is present
everywhere in towns or villages and is a good place to watch
the people, as they are usually crowded at every hour of the
day. They serve as meeting places for all kinds of people
and have a high importance on the social level. They are indoor
as well as outdoor places; sometime only a few tables and
chairs on the pavement will make this spot a teashop.
The word "chair" might be confusing as in fact sitting facilities
in a teashop come as tiny wooden or plastic stools that some
might wrongly take for the kids' corner.
As soon as you have managed
to take a seat, order a cup of the delicious Burmese tea that
comes in a sweeter and in a less sweet version-up to you.
Anyway it is always milk tea with sweet condensed milk, being
served in quite a small cup and although you might wish to
order one or two more, Burmese customs " allows" one cup for
one "sitting" (you might as well change the teashop for a
second cup or ignore Burmese customs and order as many as
you like). Besides of the tea or Burmese coffee that is also
worth a try, you should have a closer look at the snacks;
there are lots of them to be discovered. The snacks in teashops
are either Indian-like or Chinese-like.
