Mont Phet Htok
“Hot oily noodles — boiled rice noodles tossed with smoked-chili oil, fried garlic, pickled mustard, and lime. Mandalay street breakfast.”
Where it comes from
Mandalay-specific noodle, sold from kerbside stalls along 84th Street near the moat. Name literally translates 'noodle pull-loose' — referring to the hand-tossing technique that separates the strands.
On the plate
Slick warm strands coated in red-orange chili oil, sharp pickled-mustard tang, raw garlic bite, lime brightness on top. Eaten standing at a metal stool, slurped in 4 minutes flat.
How it works
Chili oil is made by toasting dried Pyinmana long chilies over charcoal until smoke-darkened, then ground with garlic and steeped in hot oil — the char layer is what makes the dish, not heat level.
Mandalay's Nyaung Pin tea-shop strip serves it for 1,500 kyat with a small bowl of chickpea broth on the side to cool the burn.
Variations
Sagaing version adds dried-shrimp powder and slivered onion. Pyin Oo Lwin hill-station version uses thicker khao soi-style noodles instead of standard mont di strands.
On the Palate
Ingredients
Serves 2How it's made
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How it's made
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Boil 400 g thin rice noodles 3 min; drain.
- 25 min
Toss noodles with 60 ml chili oil + 4 cloves fried garlic + 80 g pickled mustard greens + lime + fish sauce.
- 32 min
Garnish with cilantro and chili flakes.
