Spicy Chinese mala cuisine makes presence felt


Spicy, mouth-numbing Chinese food or food with mala flavour are the latest Chinese food crazes hitting Myanmar, local restaurateurs said.

Nay Yi Win, a restaurant owner in her 20s, said that the number of mala food consumers in Myanmar is increasing in the commercial city of Yangon and other towns in recent years.

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