Best Burmese Restaurant Oakland Near Me

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Known for its bustling tables and legendary wait times, the Burma Superstar has become a Bay Area institution. Established in 1992, Burma Superstar introduced the bold flavors of Burma (Myanmar) to the Bay Area and beyond.

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Burmese food with a California spin is on the menu at Chef/owner Tiyo Shibabaw’s cheery spot in Temescal, where the tea leaf salads come with kale and there’s plenty of flaky, golden roti bread to go around. Everything is affordable here, but the lunchtime specials are an especially good deal: a hot and flavorful entrée (like spicy coconut curry chicken with rice noodles) and a fresh salad—go for the pea shoots topped with radishes and fried garlic in a turmeric dressing. Bright and airy, with exposed wooden beams on the ceiling, Teni draws a crowd of hipsters of all ...


Oakland’s Teni East Kitchen serves fresh, surprising takes on Burmese food

Under the helm of an Ethiopian-born chef who got her chops at Burma Superstar, this two-year-old restaurant has found its footing and point of view. Teni East Kitchen is not your grandmother’s Burmese restaurant, but like the neighborhood, it stays fresh and relevant.

The Bay Area’s Most Dynamic Dining Scene Isn’t in San Francisco

Oakland stands entirely on its own as a hothouse of American dining culture.

Chef-owner Tiyo Shibabaw managed two locations of Bay Area Burmese sensation Burma Superstar before opening her own restaurant, which blurs together Southeast Asian flavors with California influences. Her take on a classic Burmese salad includes traditionally fermented tea-leaf paste and a mix of nuts and seeds that a server combines tableside with a squeeze of lime. The West Coast twist is a bed of baby kale…

Located in the Temescal District's 40th Street corridor, Teni East Kitchen is also a testament to how far Burmese food has come in terms of mainstream acceptance here in the Bay. In a recent article exploring the history of the Bay Area's Burmese restaurant boom, the San Francisco Chronicle's Jonathan Kauffman recounted how, starting in the early- to mid-Aughts, the unprecedented success of Burma Superstar's original San Francisco location paved the way for a slew of other popular Burmese restaurants.

4worldlovers: Burma Bear began in 2013 as a pop-up restaurant and gained popularity through secret dinner events and large festivals, including the Eat Real Festival, and the Treasure Island Music Festival.


In October of 2014 Burma Bear opened its first brick and mortar at Second Act Marketplace on Haight Street in San Francisco. Burma Bear's Unique dishes - a blend of Burmese flavors and American BBQ - have been featured on Zagat, SF Eater, Thrillist, and SF Weekly. In 2016 we opened our first standalone restaurant at 325 19th Street, Oakland.