Burma Super Star

Mohinga fish soup

Tan Poi

Chili Lamb

We recently went on a road trip where we visited Death Valley, Mono Lake, Oakland, and San Francisco.  A few snapshots of our trip can be found on my Flickr page.  We ate all sort of food on our trip.  Sometimes it wasn't so exciting like when we had cereal for dinner.  My favorite camp food was the pre-seasoned meat bought at our corner Mexican market that was charcoal-grilled to perfection. Then the most fun eating was at the restaurants we visited in the Bay Area.  Oh how I miss eating in San Francisco and its environs!


This post is about one of the ultra yummy restaurants that we went to called Burma Super Star.  I was fixated on going to this place when I was informed that there was a Burmese restaurant near my friends' house in Oakland.  When I used to live in San Francisco, I'd sometimes eat at a little hole-in-the-wall downtown dive that served Burmese food.  This type of cuisine was and still is very unique to me because I rarely eat it.  The dish that I always got at the divey place was a fish soup topped with a hard boiled egg and little crispy crackly treats on the top.  I never forgot that soup.  Every once in a while, I'd think of that special soup and wonder if I'd ever taste it again.


 As luck would have it, Burma Superstar had moh hinga, the legend-in-my-heart-and-stomach-soup.  We also had mimosas, tan poi (spiced basmatti rice topped with fried onions), and chili lamb.  The moh hinga was the star of the meal hands down.  It was delicious and savored it for all it was worth.  It was just like I remembered. Sigh.


Oh, and another place that I recommend is Barlata Tapas Bar.  It is just a few doors down from  Burma Superstar on Telegraph.  It was so super tasty but I have no photos or notes and my memory is fuzzy except for the certainty that it was delicious.  Take my word for it.