Rangoon

Burmese restaurant · Crown Heights

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"Brooklyn “Explaining to my therapist why ‘eating at Rangoon’ ranked higher than ‘rubbing my cat’s belly’ and ‘scrolling through old Rihanna tweets’ on my list of Best 2020 Coping Mechanisms led to some deep contemplation. It’s one of the few Burmese restaurants that exists in NYC, its exterior is covered in panels that look like party rentals from the Smithsonian Design Museum, and it managed to open during a global pandemic. But for me, the real draw is its mohinga. This classic noodle soup comes with a giant onion fritter sticking out of it like a bachelor chilling in a warm jacuzzi, and its chewy rice noodles taste like they just rolled down a hill of lemongrass. I think of it as the comforting, well-balanced, and edible antithesis of this incredibly unstable year, and it’s one of my favorite things to eat in Brooklyn.” - Nikko Duren, NYC Editorial Assistant" - team infatuation

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