Enjoy Burmese New Year With Our Limited Edition Thingyan Menu

In the summer, communities across Asia celebrate the harvest season. In Burma, it’s called Thingyan, the Burmese New Year. It brings a sense of joy, renewal, and togetherness. It is a time when families, friends, and neighbours gather to share meals and welcome new beginnings by splashing water on one another, a celebratory ritual that symbolises purification and renewal. 

At Burma Burma, we bring this festive spirit to our restaurants across India with a limited edition Thingyan Menu available from May 1 to 31, 2026, for both dine-in and delivery.

Inspired by the lively Burmese Lunch Houses that come alive during the festival, this limited-edition menu celebrates the joy of gathering around the table with your loved ones for an unhurried celebratory meal with conversations that lead to more conversations and a lot of sharing.

The Spirit Of Burmese Lunch Houses

Burmese Lunch Houses are casual dining establishments serving dishes that capture the essence of Burmese cuisine - bold, hearty and full of textures. From mouthwatering snacks to homely meals, they have something for everyone and are generally buzzing with locals. But it is during Thingyan when they are at their liveliest. Diners gather around tables filled with fragrant bowls of rice, comforting curries, vibrant salads and sizzling stir-fries. Meals unfold gradually, with diners choosing their favourites from an abundant spread and sharing meals with those around them.

Our festive menu recreates this spirit of communal dining. At the heart of the experience are Thingyan Rice Bowls, each serving two, accompanied by special small plates, refreshing beverages and indulgent desserts that capture the vibrant spirit of Burmese celebrations.

Limited-Edition Thingyan Menu Inspired By Burmese Lunch Houses

Rice, Burma’s most loved harvest, is at the heart of every Burmese meal and is served with curries, salads and stir fries. Our limited-edition menu features four unique bowls inspired by the delicacies served at these Burmese Lunch Homes. Each bowl features soulful curries served on a bed of a unique rice preparation, savoury wok-tossed stir fries and addictive snacks that add the perfect crunch. With every bowl comes a light, vegetable soup, a refreshing salad platter and lip-smacking dips. 

Explore Our Limited-Edition Thingyan Rice Bowls:

Mohinga Rice Bowl is inspired by the beloved flavours of Mohinga - Burma’s national dish. It brings together a flavourful jasmine rice infused with lemongrass, ginger and shallots paired with a red pumpkin and peanut curry. It also comes with crunchy tofu parcels, served on the side with stir-fried mustard greens, mushrooms, radishes, edamame and broad beans.

Hawker’s Rice Bowl brings together the bold, street-side flavours of Burma with a flavourful chilli oil and tamarind-tossed rice, served with crisp fried onion and a spicy tofu curry. It comes with two stir-fries, an asparagus and red-skin peanut stir-fry and a black-eyed beans with chilli tomato and soy stir-fry. Crunchy parcels stuffed with spicy corn & caramelised onions are served on the side with a bamboo coconut chutney and a tomato peanut chutney.

Rustic Rice Bowl captures smoky flavours inspired by rural Burmese open-fire cooking. It features jasmine rice tossed with charred tomato, garlic and onion paired with split pea and mock meat curry. Stir-fried broccoli in ginger scallion sauce and broad beans sautéed with brown onion and butter are served on the side with fried oyster mushroom shells. A pounded chilli mushroom chutney with pickled radish tossed with tamarind and roasted peanuts adds to the bold flavours of this bowl.

Pickled Roselle Bowl is a celebration of the fermented Burmese flavours. This bowl features jasmine rice tossed with pickled roselle leaves paired with a potato coconut curry. It also comes with brined tofu stir-fried with onions and bok choy in a soy-garlic sauce and red beans sautéed with onion, garlic and soy. Semolina-crusted pumpkin poppers are served on the side with bamboo coconut and tomato peanut chutneys. 

The menu also includes a variety of Small Plates. These are made to share and to bring everyone together around the table. Our festive menu features a variety of dishes inspired by Burmese street-style favourites like the tofu-filled New Year Parcels, Street-style Rice Crêpes, the addictive Palata Sando, Crunchy Shiitake & Radish Salad and The Summer Salad which are just perfect for the season! 

Thingyan arrives just as summer begins to warm the streets of Burma, and refreshing drinks become an essential part of the celebrations. Our limited-edition menu also features an assortment of Refreshing Beverages, perfect to sip between bites:

Pandan Tamarind Fizz, Hibiscus Lemonade, Chilli Mango Twist and an Ice Plum Soda

Festivals always end on a sweet note, and our Thingyan Desserts draw inspiration from traditional Burmese favourites.

Banana Bliss, inspired by Ngapyaw Baung, combines banana mousse with rich banana caramel and sponge cake and is served with chilled coconut milk.

Mango Sesame Cake reimagines the locally beloved palm jaggery-sesame cake with the flavours of mango, coconut and hibiscus.

Adding to the festive cheer, every table will also be served a delicate Paan Jelly to end your meal just like the Burmese do!

Bringing the Festive Streets of Burma to the Table

The celebration extends beyond the menu with playful experiences inspired by Burmese markets.

Guests can visit our fruit-leather hawker, offering handcrafted fruit leathers in flavours such as pineapple & coconut, muskmelon & mint, tamarind with chilli salt and raw mango & kokum. There’s also a Popsicle Cart at every restaurant, a joyful market-style tradition that adds to the festive feel. Here, the diners can spin a fortune wheel for a chance to win an exciting free treat!

Across our restaurants, colourful decor, floral arrangements and traditional touches bring the lively atmosphere of Thingyan to life. Guests can also experience the much-loved traditional Burmese hand washing at the table, along with a Thanaka-applying ritual that adds to the spirit of the celebrations. 

So, this May, gather your friends and family and welcome the Burmese New Year with us. Our Thingyan festive menu will be available from May 1 to 31, 2026, across Burma Burma restaurants and delivery via Swiggy and Zomato.