Thadingyut Festival and the 5-Snack Challenge (2ND BIGGEST FESTIVAL IN MYANMAR)

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4 жыл бұрын

TIME STAMPS
3:03 Snack #1
9:14 Snack #2
15:33 Snack #3
20:367 Snack #4
25:03 Snack #5
31:13 Bonus Snack
35:25 Botahtaung Pagoda Lighting Display
42:42 Summary and Conclusion
43:35 Post Credits Scene
It wasn't a big surprise to see on the first day of the Thadingyut Festival that food was a major component of the celebrations. After all, the Festival of Lights marked the end of Lent. Plus, people in Myanmar are crazy about relaxing and snacking.
So, on the second day of Thadingyut, I decided to return to the market street carnival and try some of the snacks on display. I was pretty successful in that, though there were some difficulties and perhaps even a repeat snack. (I made up for the repeat snack with a bonus snack.)
And to put a cap on the evening, I left the noisy carnival for the hopefully quieter and more traditional scene at the Botahtaung Pagoda down by the river.
Cheers,
Douglas (AKA The Cycling Canadian)
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@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

TIME STAMPS 3:03 Snack #1 9:14 Snack #2 15:33 Snack #3 20:367 Snack #4 25:03 Snack #5 31:13 Bonus Snack 35:25 Botahtaung Pagoda Lighting Display 42:42 Summary and Conclusion 43:35 Post Credits Scene

@sheikhhashimi5082 4 жыл бұрын

I was born and brought up in Yangon currently live in overseas, to be honest I can't eat street food if I eat stomach upset (food poisoning). Your brave enough

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

I have a pretty weak stomach, to be honest, and I get sick easily and often. But there isn't much I can do about it. I try to be as careful as I can when it comes to street food.

@zarwint4391 2 жыл бұрын

I was writing about Thadingyut Festival Essay and I saw this video. It brings back many memories of my childhood. Thank you for sharing.

@san45myinttun 4 жыл бұрын

Great ending, nice and neat editing. Thank you, Sir

@hanwin651 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice video Doug! Thanks . Great snacks challenge ! :)

@hlaingam 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy watching yr channel. When I visit I will surely eat those food you ate. BTW I am from Burma and live in NC

@morrismorris8090 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing to watch your videos sir.

@melinabrunet1575 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Doug, the 5-snack challenge is really great. Particularly with this great community that you have giving extra info in the comments. Thank you for making this happen.

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I've gotten a lot of great information from people in the comments. Now I know a lot more about the snacks that I had. 🙂

@wmaw2855 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another one of your greats. FYI: "Bo" is a leader/officer. Rank is added at the end, e.g Bo Choke Aung Sun means he leads/commands officers. "Bo" can also be someone like you: a Caucasian. Thanks and keep up the great work. Best Regards

@i-will-get-you-there 4 жыл бұрын

Good day, good vid.... cheers

@nanyaseansgoodness4384 4 жыл бұрын

You eat many things and it doesn't cost10 dollars at all. Amazing Myanmar.. anyway I like all presentation of yours.. Good job😍

@hanslee1982 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing video,thx

@alfmyat4369 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Doug/Sticky Rice this is special kind of celebration food,can only buy this during festival season/ special snacks/love the videos

@chosett 4 жыл бұрын

The first snack at 3:48 (you ordered two of them), we call it 'Ar-pone,' I guess similar to or a variation of "Appam" which some people commented on previously. They may be right about its origin being from India. A lot of Myanmar/Burmese food is a cross between Indian and Chinese cuisine, and that's what makes it interesting. Not sure about the second one, will let you know later as I continue to watch this video. Bon apetit!

@vtecpreludevtec 4 жыл бұрын

Thailand and India like chili,why not Burma?

@chosett 4 жыл бұрын

@@vtecpreludevtec Oh yes, the Burmese curries contain a lot of chilli too, some of them are really hot and spicy!

@b3nice 4 жыл бұрын

really entertaining as always :) looking forward to More videos

@johnadam3707 4 жыл бұрын

Where u from

@b3nice 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I am from Myanmar.

@johnadam3707 4 жыл бұрын

@@b3nice hello good morning from the USA Orlando florida

@b3nice 4 жыл бұрын

Hello @@johnadam3707, Greetings from Myanmar.

@johnadam3707 4 жыл бұрын

@@b3nice will be visiting your country in june 2020 hope we can meet up do u have a fb

@CL-mt3mn 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, not just 5 snacks challenge but 6! You must have been very hungry 😋 I recognize some of the snacks - Putu Piring, lemang- sticky rice grilled in bamboo pipe and Vadai or Pakora - the crunchy brown dhall snack, a popular Indian snack. Some hotels in Mandalay and Bagan did serve the very good Vadai and Pakora for breakfast. Lemang is also a common village snack in Cambodia-available in the Kampong like Kampong Cham and Battangbam. I think it is a Muslim/Malay culture to serve Lemang after Ramadan, the fasting month.

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

I was definitely hungry, not having had dinner or even lunch that day. I was still cruising on just my breakfast at the guest house. I could easily have had another round of all of those snacks - if I managed to fight my way through the crowds again.

@mohamadzahidzainulabidin6862 4 жыл бұрын

No 1snack call Apom No 2 snack black and white glutenous sticky rice in Bamboo call Lemang No 3,,call kuih kacang No 4,, is same sort of kebab No 5 call Putu piring, We have it all in malaysia , Every day you walk pass this street food beside Pasar Seni in Kuala Lumpur,. Keep it up you interesting vlogs, Next summer I'm going to backpack in Central Asia ,,Stans state ,, we malaysian have free visa to all Stans state minus Afghanistan,

@meichang7082 4 жыл бұрын

I was also there about the same time as you. But I didn't know there was a night market. Only came across to that night market after I had my dinner. So sad.. :(. I wanted to try all of those delicious foods.

@omernoor 4 жыл бұрын

Nice show

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@lovelybambister 4 жыл бұрын

By the look of the snack #1b, I think it is Aung Ba La Kyaw (‌‌အောင်ဗလကြော်). It is made with rice flour, sweet rice flour, sugar, egg, baking soda and water. We also have Burmese pancake called Bain Mote (ဘိန်းမုန့်) made with rice flour, wheat flour, Burmese jaggery, coconut chips and poppy seeds.

@sonnyps413 4 жыл бұрын

First one with white part in middle is call "Yay-monte" (Yay = water | monte = snack) so water snack. Second one = Hta Ma Nae' (made from sticky rice and those are fried coconuts on top) Third one (MY FAVOURITE) = Monte lin ma yarr(monte=snack | lin ma yarr = husband and wife) so husband & wife snack. There are other flavours as well with quails egg and with red chili. Gonna skip the fourth one. Fifth is appam(in india) in Burmese we call it arpone. The bonus snack is call "Ohn mhwayy lone" = sweet smelling coconut ball.

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the breakdown of all the names. In the future, I'll probably still have to simply point and use sign language, because I doubt I'll be able to pronounce the names properly. But it's good to know what they are called. The Monte Lin Ma Yarr is also my favorite.

@tocdude5834 4 жыл бұрын

The snack 1 that the girl sprinkled some sugar on top of the coconut cream in the middle is called "Appam" and its origins are from South India. I am not sure what do they call it in Myanmar . . . Many South Indian main stay dishes made it to Burma during the British Raj days as you may have seen the Dosa crepe sold on the street side in Yangon. These type of foods and the Hindu temples dotting in the city are influenced by the South Indians taken to Burma by the British many decades ago. Another one that I noticed is the Husband and Wife snack or the Brother and Sister snack is called "Kuli Paniyaram" in South India

@staffanfogelberg6816 4 жыл бұрын

The "bamboo sticky rice", with coconut and sugar you also find in Thailand. I just had one myself in Bago today. 1500 kyat for medium sized bamboo "pipe". Cheapest I found in Myanmar was on the road to Pyay, 300 kyat for 40x4cm...

@smsmurni 4 жыл бұрын

In Malaysia, we call it 'lemang'

@abdmanafali2975 4 жыл бұрын

I really want to see you try on their National Costume - the Longyi, and walk around town with it... We have a similar kind of outfit in Malaysia and Indonesia called Sarong, but unlike in Myanmar, we don't usually wear the sarong everyday - perhaps only on certain times of the day (eg; while going to Muslim prayers or while lounging at home)... Sarong/Longi is very comfortable to wear...

@chosett 4 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, very comfortable to wear! In fact, when I'm at home here in Florida i wear a longyi all the time. For your information, longyi is the generic term. For men we call it 'paso' and for women 'htamain.'

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

I could easily see wearing something like that while lounging around home or around my guest houses. And I'd have no problem trying them out while walking around the city. But I doubt I would end up liking them for everyday clothes. I'm too dependent on pockets. I need pockets for so many things, and I have no idea how I could deal with my wallet, smartphone, microphone, comb, napkins, and other things I routinely carry around. I know I could put all that stuff in my knapsack, but it would be such a pain to constantly have to remove my knapsack and go rummaging around inside it. I'm a pocket-lover - the more pockets the better. 🙂

@thethtarzin8319 3 жыл бұрын

I really miss our Thadingyut Festival 😔

@overnightpc 4 жыл бұрын

The snack #5 is the rarest Myanmar traditional food called "Mote Paung". It is originated from middle part of Myanmar. You cannot have the "mote paung" alone. It needs to get spilled by peanut oil and a little amount of salt on top. The best paring to have it with the snacks like Vada (grinded and fried black gram). And of course, here comes the ultimate pairing, Mote Paung with a fried slice of bottle gourd fruit (which is fried by Myanmar traditional way).

@GregNumber5 3 жыл бұрын

I’m curious about the American flag behind you during snack number 2 14:40 I’ve been watching your Myanmar videos, really enjoying them.

@myomyintmyat3309 4 жыл бұрын

Thadingyut festival was just over last month. Tazaungdaing festival now - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tazaungdaing_festival

@nntun03 4 жыл бұрын

..a Canadian sampling and explaining bamboo sticky rice while kneeling in front of a star spangled banner in a porch of someone's house in Yangon, Myanmar, how cool is that? :)

@outsiderko 4 жыл бұрын

The blob thing is Hta Ma Nae' and we have a festival coming up soon and its all about Hta ma nae.

@minmaungmaung8129 4 жыл бұрын

At 11:44 the 2nd snack you bought is the glutinous rice cooked in a bamboo stalk; the brown and white type. In Burmese it's called Kauk Hyin Kyi Dauk.

@wmaw2855 4 жыл бұрын

Sticky rice in legs.

@myomyintmyat3309 4 жыл бұрын

snack#1a pronounced "Ar Pone" snack#1b Pancake , yeah.. burmese version of course.. snack#2 "kout hyin kyee htouk" stick rice in bamboo. white skin itself from bamboo. sweet version with coconut. but salty version with fried tampura would be great snack#3 husband and wife... cuz they are hugging together till look like ufo as you stated? :D snack#4 exactly not burmese food. some kind of thailand made meat stick snack#5 "moke baung" two versions sweet with coconut and salty with pea. sweet one is same as "putu piring" snack popular in malay and singapore en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kue_putu_mangkok

@chosett 4 жыл бұрын

Good description of all the snacks...thanks, bro.

@nawzatin 4 жыл бұрын

11:24 snack #2 which you called cylinder is called " Paungting "in Sagaing Region .Correct me if I'm wrong

@kctan1839 4 жыл бұрын

Snack #5 is 'putu piring' commonly found in Malaysia. It's made of flour with sugared or peanut fillings.

@vtecpreludevtec 4 жыл бұрын

From Kerala India first I think,Penang little India its around.

@michaelmoe9807 4 жыл бұрын

Similar but not exactly the same. That one does not usually come in filing at all. It just steamed rice flour with crushed sesame on top or shredded coconut

@johnadam3707 4 жыл бұрын

Hey buddy it 02:54 am Sunday morning florida we also have a full moon this morning

@sayargyithakhin1658 4 жыл бұрын

It is difficult situation to choose foods and find a place for eat again and again .By the way next video is yangon to malamyeing train riding right?

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

As things turned out, I stayed in Yangon for one more day of the festival, so I shot a video of Mahandabula Park celebrations. But then I finally hop on the train to Mawlamyine.

@kuhan_gizmo 4 жыл бұрын

Do you already miss KL after a while not being there?

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I do miss KL. I like the city quite a bit, and I enjoy how easy it is to travel around on the subway (and even buses). And I miss the food and shopping opportunities, of course. I always seem to be shopping for some small or big item, and KL is convenient for that.

@ignatio103ignatius2 4 жыл бұрын

grated cocconut topped with sugar or nuts

@WanderEats 4 жыл бұрын

I so wanted to take one of those pork skewers right thru my monitor from ya :p

@chosett 4 жыл бұрын

Me too, hahaha!

@joewin2853 4 жыл бұрын

Doug lived, worked and traveled all over Asia for decades and not being able to identify skewered satay? I now believe him when he says he is no foodie, lol

@chosett 4 жыл бұрын

@@joewin2853 Yes, especially since he is based in Malaysia where skewered satay is available everywhere!

@fabianchan7 4 жыл бұрын

Snack No. 5 looks like Putu Bambu from Malaysia

@staffanfogelberg6816 4 жыл бұрын

Love your vids from Yangon... But what is a "craip" 😁!!?? It's crepe, pronounced "krepp"....French pancake. As a Canadian you should know some French words. Crepes are all over the world.. Sorry for being an a-hole, but it sounded so weird. I'm not a hater, I follow your footprints. I left Yangon yesterday, in Bago atm. Garden Hotel are to expensive nowdays. You should try Jade Crown if you like 5$/night rooms in Yangon. No private bathroom though... 😉. But the room is spotless for being Myanmar 🇲🇲. Keep up the good work 👍

@vtecpreludevtec 4 жыл бұрын

Dans boy?

@melinabrunet1575 4 жыл бұрын

I’m French and I perfectly understood what Doug meant when he said « crepe ». :)

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! No worries. Your comment seemed perfectly polite to me. And I'm definitely no expert when it comes to pronouncing words in other languages. And in Myanmar, my brain is completely befuddled for some reason. I'm doing far worse than even I usually do. That being said, I am accustomed to crepe sounding like "craip." That's how I've heard it my whole life when pronounced as an English word. I know the French pronunciation is different, but I've always heard people in Canada and the US pronounce it as "craip." I won't argue the point too much, though. I know I'm hopeless when it comes to pronunciation. 🙂 I actually stayed in the Jade Crown for a few nights the last time I was in Yangon. I ended up not returning because they didn't have their own generator, and the constant power blackouts wreaked havoc with my old laptop. I ended up drifting upwards into nicer places than normal for me because I needed reliable electricity and Internet access. But for a budget guest house, the Jade Crown is absolutely fine. I think there are three of them, right? I think I stayed in Jade Crown 3.

@vegashwk4158 4 жыл бұрын

Band playing Paul Simon Kodachrome and Def Leppard too late for love.

@mugyinaw2686 4 жыл бұрын

လက္အိပ္ကေလးသုံးျကပါ

@ChillVibesWM 4 жыл бұрын

i dont like traveling without partner u know all the time u feel lonely..

@mohamadzahidzainulabidin6862 4 жыл бұрын

Snack no 5 use rice flour,, so the taste is different from wheat flour

@arty2k 4 жыл бұрын

You should have knocked on the American door!

@johnadam3707 4 жыл бұрын

Your video is awesome but you nee to mingle with the local more as a american would like to see how the apartment look like. Etc

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

It's a bit of an odd situation because I do interact with a lot more people than you see in the videos. I just haven't reached the point where I'm comfortable taking video of people around me. I instinctively turn off the camera when I start talking to people. I feel like I'd have to ask their permission if they minded showing up on KZfaq or something like that. And the same goes for apartments and houses and businesses. Even if people invited me into their homes, I wouldn't feel that gave me the right to film everything I see and put it on KZfaq. Maybe things will change in the future, but that's sort of how things work out right now. 🙂

@glasssmirror2314 3 жыл бұрын

Replacing those poisonous plastic bags carrying hot foodstuff would be a big challenge in those sorounding countries or region

@henryplays4696 Жыл бұрын

It's not Yangon it's yangoan

@kaungko7393 4 жыл бұрын

mont pound = steamed snack

@ThaiAggie86 4 жыл бұрын

Called it "Thailand?" Hahaha. It's grilled pork. I think she meant it comes from Thailand.

@thewaywardcyclist3992 4 жыл бұрын

when i see the title i thought you've found a rare thing to see in myanmar - an obese person in the street.

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if "The Blob" would be seen that way once I saw the thumbnail. But, of course, I meant the big hunks of sticky rice. They really looked blob-like to me. 🙂