There might not be a more enjoyable experience while dining in San Francisco than watching your waiter or waitress mix together the legendary, crunchy and pungent tea leaf salad at your table when ...

Chef Zin Zin Htun’s rendition of the dish is a delicious introduction to the culture and cuisine of Myanmar. Zin Zin's Tea Salad dish. Photograph by Sarah Banks. The Local newsletter is your free, ...

One of the Bay Area’s most iconic salads has gotten rather elusive these days. Burma Superstar and its family of restaurants is currently rationing its famous tea leaf salad due to supply chain issues ...

I first fell for fermented tea leaf salad at a Burmese restaurant 13 years ago. The staple from the Southeast Asian country also known as Myanmar exploded in my mouth with salinity and tang; abundant ...

The last time I tried Burmese food, I had to drive hours to get it. But on this sunny afternoon, the car only has to make it as far as Rancho Bernardo. Still, I’m impatient all the way there, ...

Never let it be said that Kalvin and Poe Myint are afraid of technology. A year before we learned what “social distancing” meant, the Myints launched Top Burmese as a virtual restaurant, slinging ...