Kambozza

Mohinga ($6.50) is the unofficial national dish of Burma, a fish noodle soup that is eaten primarily for breakfast, but is popular at lunchtime and dinner too. The tangy fish and lemongrass broth is warm and soothing – dig into the huddle of thin vermicelli noodles and chunks of fish at the bottom.

Where do I get it?
At Kambozza, one of only a handful of Sydney restaurants offering Burmese cuisine. Expect a broad mix of noodles, salads and curries that draw influences from China, India and Thailand.

What's the place like?
It's got more than 70 traditional Burmese dishes on the menu. The large dining room is sparsely decorated with Myanmar souvenirs, but all the attention is on the TV in the corner, playing cheesy Burmese video clips featuring covers of Dido and Alanis Morissette.

What else do I order?
The crisp flatbread with beans ($5.50) is a crunchy disc of pastry smooshed with green lentils and fried shallots. It's worth trying the white catfish ($15.50) cooked in a tomato curry, although watch out for fine bones. Fried rosella leaves ($7.50) are mixed with shrimp paste, garlic and pickled bamboo shoots.

Anything less heavy to try?
There are 17 salads to choose from, ranging from green papaya ($7.50) to shrimp ($7.50) and century egg ($7.50). Samosa salad ($6.50) is a tangle of cabbage, coriander and cooked onion with crunchy pieces of deep fried samosa. Burmese salads balance salty, sweet and sour flavours and are often eaten on their own as a snack. Laphet thok tea leaf salad ($7.50) is a typical, combining pickled green tea leaves with cabbage, tomato, fried broad beans, garlic and chilli.

Any dessert?
Desserts aren't a huge part of Burmese cuisine but pan-fried bananas ($4.50), caramelised until golden brown and then drenched with honey, will provide closure for sweet tooths. For a more traditional Burmese dessert, try the kyaukchaw – a clear agar jelly layered on top with coconut cream – either on its own ($4.50) or sliced into a bowl of icy coconut milk with basil seeds, tapioca and pandan noodles.