Episode 059: Marc Shortt: Chef & Founder of Sa Ba Street Food Tours

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Marc Shortt is a chef and the founder of Sa Ba Street Food Tours. Apart from wandering about Yangon's streets and discovering lesser known dishes from the remote corners of the country, you might bump into him at food markets and adventure destinations somewhere in the world. Listen to his journey growing up in rural England being part of many family gathering around food, and travelling across the world as a chef, to now offering street food tours while empowering local communities and their small family businesses in Myanmar. Sa Ba Street Food Tours is a culinary experience and social enterprise that offers small group and personalised excursions to explore the exotic dishes of Myanmar. See their website Follow them on Instagram Like their Facebook page Browse their Pinterest boards Let these local guides take you on a journey through Yangon's historical neighborhoods while sharing influences of food culture here. Relish a lip-smacking assortment of Myanmar dishes as you traverse bustling lanes filled with complex aromas. Hopping between a curated bunch of trusty street vendors, treat yourselves to the diverse flavors of Burmese home-style food. Sign up for their cooking classes run by a team of food enthusiasts at YWCA Yangon, mentored and trained by Sa Ba Street Food Tours. If you're ready to dig deeper into the culinary offerings of Myanmar, join in for their various themed tours either in and around Yangon, or out in the Burese countryside. ******* 19th street, Yangon Anthony Bourdain Asian street food Bamboo jungle cooking Barack Obama Chamonix Chin cuisine French Alps Hard Rock Cafe Hsipaw Inle Lake postoffice Kachin cuisine Kitchen Confidential Khao San Road Lahpet Lahpet, London Longyi Mandalay Michelin Guide Mohinga Mont Blanc Netflix Norfolk Sagaing Shan coffee Shan state Onho Khow Suey Parts Unknown Singapore street food Taungyyi Tazaungdaing Fire Balloon Festival Thingyan water festival Toddy Yangon downtown YWCA Yuwaddy Center Zomi ******* Show cover jingle courtesy of Icons8 Music by Nordgroove from Fugue Episode background tunes courtesy of YouTube Audio LibraryFairy Meeting by Emily A Sprague Echo Sclavi by The Mini Vandals All photographs courtesy of Sa Ba Street Food Tours, unless otherwise stated