Jin Pin Market
Convenience store · Elmhurst ·
Burmese deli serving mohinga, laphet thoke, and snacks
Burmese deli serving mohinga, laphet thoke, and snacks
"Mohinga The national dish of Myanmar - a fiery-orange, fish-based soup with thin rice noodles. Yun Cafe’s version comes with stewed banana stems, which taste crispy and fibrous like a celery relative. Between that, a generous amount of chile powder, herbaceous cilantro, crispy bean tempura (also seen in the kaut swe thoke), and the acidic punch of lime and lemongrass, you could easily order nothing but this soup and be satisfied." - team infatuation
"Yun Cafe is one of two self-identified Burmese restaurants in NYC, and it happens to be located on the lower level of the Jackson Heights Roosevelt Avenue Subway station. Aside from their delicious cold noodle salads and mohinga, Yun Cafe also sells products and ingredients from Myanmar. Get yourself a bag of assorted fried beans, some fish paste, and pineapple jam biscuits." - hannah albertine, nikko duren
"Laphet Thoke Yun Cafe in Jackson Heights represents one of two self-identified Burmese restaurants in New York City, and it’s the only subway station bodega that matters. Nearly all of Yun Cafe’s halal-friendly food hits you with sourness, bitterness, umami funk, and sweetness in every bite, but you’ll especially notice this harmony in the laphet thoke. This cold salad involves fermented tea leaves in a citrusy fish sauce with thin strands of cabbage and refreshing hunks of red and green tomatoes. It’s topped with a blanket of puffed soy nuts, crunchy peanuts, and sesame seeds. We ate this in 28-degree weather outside on a pedestrian plaza, and it was paradise." - hannah albertine, nikko duren, carlo mantuano
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