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Reviews: Chicago’s First Burmese Restaurant Impresses | Eater Chicago

"A comforting place to escape the winter chill, the city’s first Burmese restaurant in West Rogers Park delves into uncharted territory with dishes like laphet thoke — “deeply funky” fermented green leaves tossed with cabbage, roasted peanuts, toasted sesame seeds, and fried soybeans that “together perform a veritable symphony of crunchiness.” The ohn no khao swe is a “richly creamy” curried noodle soup served with “wickedly moist” slices of chicken breast, while the mohinga arrives “piping-hot” as a soup of tilapia, banana stems, deep-fried soybeans, and rice vermicelli. Bracing salads, each “sharp with chile and lime and deeply umami with fish sauce,” help snap diners “out of [their] seasonal stupor.”" - Jeffy Mai