The unlikely success story of Manhattan's only Burmese restaurant:
When 24-year-old Yun Naing, her mother Thidar Kyaw, and her father Tin Ko Naing first began mulling the possibility of expanding their family-run eatery Yun Cafe, where they serve Burmese dishes from a small bodega housed below ground in a Queens subway station, the idea felt risky.Photography by Belle Morizio
So when Kyaw, who is a real estate agent, found a small storefront in a prime East Village location, the family decided to take the leap. The new establishment, called Little Myanmar, recently debuted with all of Yun Cafe’s beloved Burmese dishes and an expanded selection that includes masala crab curry, mala skewers, cassava cakes, and papaya milkshakes. Kyaw is still the main chef and cooks most of the dishes “the way we cook it at home,” says Yun.
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