You can get authentic Burmese food at a new family-run restaurant on Manchester’s Oldham Road
Oldham Road has gained another great new restaurant that’s unlike anything you’ll find in the city.
If you’re not aware of Oldham Road’s flourishing multicultural food scene, then you really must get to know.
The road sits proudly opposite the iconic yellow Wing Yip Asian Supermarket, and is home to many small family-run eateries serving up everything from traditional Vietnamese cuisine and fresh sushi to Thai street food.
And now, there’s a newbie on the block – introducing Pinzain.
Pinzain is serving up authentic Burmese food as well as traditional Thai dishes, using specialist ingredients shipped all the way across the world from Burma to Manchester.
Run by the lovely husband and wife duo Steve and Yeeta, you may already recognise their food from their street food stall at Picadilly Market but this new space is really something special.
The menu is half Thai food and half Burmese, but we’d really recommend sticking to the latter section of the menu and trying something new.
The banana leaf rice with chicken was a real standout and it seems we’re not the only one who thinks so, as Steve explained to us that they’re running out of banana leaves thick and fast.
The delicious crispy bone-in chicken was served with sides of crispy chilli and pickled Burmese leaf, that all went perfectly with a satisfying dome of sticky rice.
Elsewhere, the Burmese vegetable fritters with a tamarind dipping sauce were the perfect way to kick off the meal and the papaya salad is not for the faint hearted, but is just properly delicious.
It’s the sort of place where you can’t help but order way too much food which you’ll inevitably be taking home in a doggy bag, but trust us – that’s no issue.
Pinzain is well worth a visit if you’re looking for something different to try in Manchester, there’s no bookings so just rock up, and you’ll be taken care of and looked after straight away.
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