Burmese Craze...

Parrys corner or Parrymunai is the commercial hub of Chennai, you can find all kinds of imports and exports be it petty shop to platforms or huge retailers to wholesalers. Every businessman there has great hopes of prosperity as the place has its own charm for being a business flourishing market.Chennai-600001 Parrys is not only No.1 on the basis of pin- code but also for the foreign goods and foreign foods available there, and one such special feature of Parrys is the Burmese food.
Burmese food,culture and commerce came to India during the second world war when people from Burma came into India as refugees. From  then on they developed both themselves as well the Business conditions in Chennai with the advent of Burma Bazzar. Burma Bazzar is famous for Foreign goods which are made available to the people at half the price, this strikes most of the Retailers and customers to make purchases there.

Atho, Baijo, Kousee, Moinga, Seijo are the favourite delicacies of the Burmese, which are made available to us at the Parrys Corner. The shops that sell these delicacies are widely found and accepted by the people of Chennai, even though they  do not have a Name board and people still manage to find the right shops which treat their taste buds right. These shops work for nearly 10 hours tirelessly from 12pm to 10:30pm. The main attraction of these shops are not just the delicious taste but the lights which give a special effect to both the food and the atmosphere. Widely known as better-mass light , it highlights the colours of the food which are displayed in orange white and green , almost representing the Indian Flag. There are over 8 shops which sell these Burmese food and each shop has its own special ingredient to spice it all up, one such dish is the plantain soup that is sold at a shop owned by Mr. Abdul Rahman, a Burmeese National, who has been carrying out this business for over 30 years at the Parrys Corner. This soup is prepared with Plantain and coconut, which is served with Atho, which makes it tastier. The food served here might not look that hygiene but it is matched with high nutritional values as they add up a variety of greens, cabbage, groundnuts,garlic oil which make up for its taste and nutrition, and is available at Rs.35, for which the soup is served for free. These shops have a huge crowd of regular customers and also attract a massive number of new ones as they maintain high level of goodwill among the customers. Working all through the week these men take rest and spend time with their family on Sundays, so if you want to taste Atho , make sure you don not drop in on a Sunday.