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Myanmar's emerging middle class warms up to cafe culture

A surge in swish coffee bars points to the changing tastes of the middle-class, and widening gap between them and the poor

Published Sun, Feb 1, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Myanmar

Yangon

BEHIND a wooden counter in downtown Yangon's Coffee Club, the unmistakable hiss of a barista steaming milk briefly drowns out a funky soundtrack piped through a store filled with students glued to their smartphones.

In any other Asian capital, it would be a ubiquitous sight. But in Yangon, this is something new.

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Myanmar's emerging middle class warms up to cafe culture

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Former Zouk morphs into mod-Asian Jiak Kim House, serving laksa pasta and mushroom bak kut teh

Massimo Bottura lends star power to pizza and pasta at Torno Subito

Victor Liong pairs Aussie and Asian food with mixed results at Artyzen’s Quenino restaurant

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