Burmese Street-Fair Cooking Finally Gets an Astoria Dining Room

Myo Lin Thway worked in Manhattan's diamond district for years before he quit in 2016 to sell Burmese food from a pushcart at street fairs. He and his wife and business partner, Rebecca Nant, went on to run booths at the Queens Night Market and a mall food court stall, and this summer they opened their first standalone restaurant on 31st Avenue in Astoria. The menu reads like a greatest-hits list of Burmese comfort food, with keema palata, tea leaf salad and ohno kaukswe leading most tables. Dinner runs from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Monday through Saturday, in a room set with canteen-style tables.