A connoisseur of Burma?s most celebrated food reminisces over a steaming bowlful of noodles... "You like mohinga?? asked Min Naing as we partook of the quintessential Burmese dish in a bustling tea shop, the center of Burmese social life. It has become our tradition whenever I visit Rangoon to meet in this tea shop and discuss various issues—from food and music to global warming and contemporary American politics—over steaming cups of Burmese tea and bowls of noodles... Tea shops are centers of Burmese culinary culture. I nodded. Few people I know could turn down a bowl of mohinga, the piquant, complex medley of rice noodles and other ingredients in a savory fish-based broth widely regarded as the country?s national dish..."