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    4.8 (150 reviews)
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    Burmese Bites Slaw-like Tea Leaf Salad With Fermented Tea Leaf, Lime, Tomato, Garlic, Fish Sauce, Green Chili, Cabbage And Some Other Stuff
    Mike R.

    Running errands in Queens and wanted to try something new, noting Burmese Bites. Don't recall ever having Burmese so headed over, discovering it was in Queens Center Mall's Food Court. Order Pat Tote (aka Fried Chicken Wontons) and what I was told by them was uniquely Burmese, their Tea Leaf Salad - made with fermented tea leaf, lime, tomato, garlic, fish sauce, green chili, cabbage, and some other stuff. The lightly crisp Pat Tote wontons came with a tasty Tamarind Sauce. The Tea Leaf Salad reminded me of a non-traditional slaw, with light smokey notes yet overall fresh flavors - hard to compare to anything else I've yet had. Despite not being a fan of malls, I'd recommend trying Burmese Bites out if nearby. After this great experience, I'd welcome myself exploring more Burmese dishes!

    Yum yum in my tum tum!
    I Give A.

    Burmese Bites is a hidden gem in the food court. The flavors are bold, the portions are generous, and the prices are unbeatable. The staff is friendly and always happy to make recommendations. I highly recommend the tea leaf salad and the chicken curry. The tea leaf salad is a must-try. It's a unique dish that combines fermented tea leaves with crunchy nuts, seeds, and vegetables. The flavors are complex and perfectly balanced. The chicken curry is also excellent. The chicken is tender and flavorful, and the curry sauce is rich and aromatic. In addition to the food, Burmese Bites also has a great selection of drinks. I recommend trying the yogurt shake. Despite it being a mall food kiosk....amazing ambiance!!!! Overall, Burmese Bites is a great place to get a delicious and affordable meal. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for something different in the food court. I love this place.

    Curry Chicken Rice Box
    Jacky C.

    This is my second time visiting Burmese Bites, it's a great experience. First time I came, my wife & I tried the Chicken Dum Pot and Coconut Ramen. The flavors were rice and portion was pretty filling. Today I tried the Curry Chicken Rice Box, curry wasn't very rich but the chicken was very soft and delicious. The staff is very nice & friendly and the turnaround time is pretty quick. There are still plenty of options to try and will definitely be back in the coming weeks.

    Food court store front
    Susan C.

    Having been a fan of their coconut chicken noodle soup and curry palata for a few years at their Queens Night market stand, I was curious to try some more items off their more extensive menu since they've opened this permanent location several years ago. Ohno Kaukswe $10.95: coconut chicken noodle soup, served with half a hard boiled egg, cilantro, sliced red onions, lime, crispy shallots. One of my favorite items from them, homey, savory and hearty with a zing from the red onion and lime juice. Perfect. Curry palata: chicken $8.95 and potato $7.95 versions are both tasty, this is their version of roti with dipping curry. A bit more dense than some SE rotis but it really varies regionally. Tasty all around and quite filling by itself. Dum pot $10.95: wow lots of flavor in the biryani rice and chicken. Super tasty and good value for the price. Very impressed and would def order this again! Tea leaf salad $10.95: fermented tea leaves (the grind into a paste here), mixed crunchies (peanuts, fried garlic, shallots?), lime, tomato, fish sauce, chili, cabbage. This was probably the one dish I wanted to like but wasn't particularly fond of from here. There was a lot of sliced raw garlic in this, I originally thought I'll just pick some aside though it got to be kinda overpowering toward the end. Also I'm not sure if it was the batch mixed that day but overall the salad was very salty, more than it's been compared to other Burmese restaurants. Personally I'm less of a fan of the ground up tea leaves, it smelled a little too funky to me (which isn't necessarily a negative), though in this case it felt a bit off, or maybe I'm reacting to the fish sauce. I will be returning for some of the other items tho! Location is in the basement food court of the Queens Center Mall. Closed Sundays. Order and stay close and they'll call the number on your receipt when ready, for me on a Saturday afternoon around 1:30pm it took about 5-7minutes for two items. Shares open seating and public bathrooms with the rest of the food court vendors.

    Potato curry with parotta and fermented tea leaf salad
    Alan S.

    There are plenty of foodie food courts in Queens. With offerings ranging from Panda Express to Chick-fil-a, the Queens Center mall is not one of them. But the presence of Burmese Bites alone is enough to make up for any other deficiency. Everything we tried was stellar. The fried chickpea tofu was unlike anything I have had before, although perhaps most reminiscent to panelle if I had to draw a parallel. While my exposure to Burmese cuisine is admittedly limited, this was certainly the most well-flavored version of the famous fermented tea salad I have tried. They have a variety of different pairings with the parotta, which is similar to the roti you would be served at a Malaysian restaurant. I had it with a flavorful and hearty potato curry garnished with fried onions, whose only fault was the very high temperature of the potato morsels.

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    Morlene C.

    The culinary mecca that is New York City still has some noticeable gaps in its repertoire, and that includes its dearth of Burmese eateries. Burmese Bites fills some of this void with some excellent bites in an unexpected location-- the middle of a mall food court that counts Auntie Anne's, Carvel, and Chipotle among their vendors. How this Burmese restaurant found itself among these suburban mall staples is beyond me, but it appears they've found a steady audience for their food. I remember when they just had a stand at the Queens International Night Market, but with their permanent location we can have their food year round. The Keema Palata is the star of their menu, and based on my understanding of Burmese food as someone who grew up with Burmese parents this is a dish invented by this business, which is super cool. The dough is crispy, pliant, and filled with a delicious curried chicken. I can't imagine anyone who eats chicken disliking this dish, so if that's you, order it! Anyone familiar with Burmese food will have tried tea leaf salad, which is fresh, crunchy, and a little spicy. The fermented tea leaves and diced tomato give the salad a nice umami flavor, the crispy broad beans and peanuts give it crunch and textural interest, and the chillies give it a nice kick. This salad is a great palate cleanser between bites of other, richer Burmese dishes like Ohno Kaukswe, which is a coconut curry noodle soup, and curry dishes. Give it a try, their kitchen knows a thing or two about flavor.

    Coconut Chicken Noodle Soup
    Simon W.

    Am I really in a mall food court!? Burmese Bites takes the cake as far as THE best foodie experience I've ever had in a mall food court. I almost never goto this particular mall because it always so crowded and traffic is a mess but I would visit this mall just to eat here again (spoiler alert, I have). The vibrancy of the colors, the wonderful aromas, the incredible simple flavors of great ingredients melded together to form something that just screams much heart and soul went into the creation of all the dishes Burmese Bites creates. A perfect example of that heart and soul is the Coconut Chicken Noodle Soup. This dish really hits on your sense of smell, vision and taste with a wonderful coconut aroma, soft tender noodles, pared with fresh onions/herbs. One quick note, there isn't any chicken that you can see but the base of the broth is chicken based hence the name of the dish. I got mine as takeout and found myself saving the broth after finishing the noodles, so I could have a second meal with the added noodles the next day. Bonus! My other favorite has to be the Chicken Dum Pot. There is a ton of flavor in this dish and this dinosaur chicken thigh is humongous! (I don't think I've ever used humongous in any sentence since kindergarten but it truly fits here). It's definitely enough to share with another. One quick note, the rice with the dum pot maybe a little too Al dente but if you get takeout and bring this home it seems to be better the next day after a trip to the microwave. It's like what they say about lasagna being better the next day, LOL. I've picked a few other items on my visits and everything was just fantastic. Fried Tofu, Ohno Kaukswe and the Keema Palata were all yum as well! The husband and wife duo that manned the booth were super friendly and hilarious. It really feels as if I'm with friends in their home as we chatted. I'll definitely be back often.

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    Kelly Y.

    Fell in love with this place ever since we visited the queens night market! Was So excited they finally opened up a store front at QCM. Hubby and I come here for the palata and tea leaf salad because they're just a classic and you can't really go wrong with these. Staff are always friendly and you can almost always find a seat! Must try!!

    Jamel O.

    Nan Gyi Thoke (chicken rice noodles) was phenomenal. Chicken Curry Palata was amazing. Order another Palata as well. If I could, I would eat this all the time and just keep updating my review. Last night my food was particular good. This is fresh comfort food at its finest! It is lovely not having to wait for the Queens night market to get this amazing gift to the world.

    Maram A.

    The curry chicken palatable was delicious. A smooth and creamy curry that has a comforting warm taste. It's sweet (not like sugar) and Slightly spicy. The tea leaf salad was fine. It's not for me but ot was fresh and crunchy. It had hints of bitterness because of the tea leaves but all tge ingredients like the cabbage, garlic and tomatoes were fresh. It tasted better for me the next day after I added green olives to it. The food is clean and tasty. This is a very goid option in the food court. The owner is very Friendly. Mera's Tip: bite away

    Ohno kaukswe
    Alicia J.

    I'd had some great food from Burmese Bites at the Queens Night Market in the past, and decided to make a trek out to their permanent spot for a full meal. You wouldn't expect to find a cuisine as rare as Burmese in a mall food court, but there it is! For the uninitiated, it has commonalities with Indian, Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese food (which makes sense geographically), so if you like any of those definitely try out Burmese. It wasn't busy at all during a weekday lunchtime, but I really hope it's busier on weekends since it deserves to be. The woman at the counter was super friendly and made conversation with me and checked on my ability to handle spice. I got the ohno kaukswe, the coconut chicken noodle soup, which is a really hearty bowl thickened with pea powder so it almost has the consistency of curry. The ground chicken they top it with is so flavorful. I also got a tofu salad to take home, which was a huge portion of Burmese tofu (made with chickpeas and not soy, with a denser texture) mixed with cabbage, onions, and a delightful mix of sauces that I could not distinguish but it was sweet and savory and tart with a kick of spice all at once, a little like Indian chaat in that regard. The pea powder in each dish imparted a nice nutty flavor, so if you like Thai peanut sauce you will like these too. For such generous portions, each dish was only about $10. Such a good deal to eat such delicious and hard-to-find food! When I checked out their Instagram page, I learned they just opened a new location in Manhattan! Not that I'm mad I made the trip, but I'm thrilled about being able to more easily eat more Burmese food!

    Dum Pot
    Katey G.

    SO good!!!! There are so few Burmese restaurants in NYC, I had to try Burmese Bites when I was in Queens Center mall. It was AMAZING. I wish I lived closer so I could come all the time! I ordered the coconut chicken soup, tea leaf salad, dum pot, and chicken curry roti. My favorites were the dum pot and roti. The dum pot is like a Burmese biryani. The flavor was amazing, it came with a big thigh and a large serving of rice - this is a must order. The curry roti was my favorite. It came with the most delicious curry chicken and bit sized pieces of roti to dip. Truly amazing. The staff that works here was the sweetest. They gave me tips on how to properly enjoy the food. You could tell they genuinely cared about their guests having the best experience. Now I have a reason to come to Queens Center Mall. If you're in this food court, please eat here!

    Chicken Curry Palata
    Ka C.

    Long overdue review for a fantastic eatery option out in the Queens Center mall! Burmese Bites is relatively new in the food court but it offers a delicious alternative to the more typical mall options like Chipotle and Mcdonalds. The only downside is that there is a slight wait since they make most things to order, but there is usually no line so it is not too bad. I went twice so far, and both times I was happy with what I tried. The first time I got their popular Keema Palata, which is a flatbread/pancake thing stuffed with chicken, egg, and other veggies. It was a lot bigger than expected and very flavorful. A bit saltier than I would like but still tasty. The second time I got the chicken curry palata, which comes with a small pint of chicken curry and a baggie of flatbread. You eat this one by dipping the pieces of bread into the curry. There is a LOT of curry for the amount of bread, which can be a good or bad thing I guess, depending on how you look at it. I was only able to finish half the curry with the bread. The curry is not too spicy, with generous chunks of chicken thigh meat. If you are feeling adventurous and in the area, I would give Burmese Bites a try. Next time I would be interested in trying the Dum Pot (chicken biryani).

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    Ask the Community - Burmese Bites

    Funny but Important Question, is the Tea Leaf Salad caffeinated? (Whole green tea leaves)

    I can tell you with quite certainty that it wasn’t. It is natural. I know it was fermented. We imported the tea leaf already fermented from Myanmar. So I don’t want to say it 100%. But not that I know or.

    Is it halal?

    yes. All halal meat

    Where is the cart located lately? I use to get it in LIC.

    Not sure if they still do the cart, but they have an indoor fixture at Queens Center Mall in the food court now

    Is fermented tea leaf salad available?

    No. Not at this time.

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