According to historians, Burmese royalty would share pickled ... The less formal form of lahpet is called lahpet-thoke (pronounced "lah-pay toh"). Lahpet-thoke (pictured) is served as more of ...

The tea leaf salad, or lahpet thoke, ($10), is a crunchy and zippy ... It reflects the five flavors of Burmese food: sweet, sour, astringent, spicy and bitter. The Burmese flat rice noodles ...