Eating out of a pumpkin: Burmese food

I went out for dinner with my 2 room mates last night, and we sort of randomly ended up at a Burmese restaurant in Burlingame called Mingalaba. Since most of my posts have been about Burma, I figured it would make a decent blog post.

The best of what we had, out of a massive meal, was probably the bread they brought out in the beginning called parathas. These were basically a hot, thin flaky bread that was served with a sort of curry sauce. I finished off my dinner with a pumpkin that had been hollowed out and filled with chunks of chicken, pumpkin, some kind of herb, and another nutty curry sauce. All in all it was incredible. A bit like Chinese food but with a definite Indian influence.