The dumplings called Mont Lin Mayar were sold in the food stall

The streets of central Yangon were busy and lined with many food stalls. Some stalls served food as well as diners, while others sold small snacks and sweets. As I walked around looking at the stalls lined up in a row, I found a stall with many dimpled iron plates placed under parasols. On the griddle were baked rice flour dumplings. These were Mont Lin Mayar, a Myanmar snack. "Mon" means "sweets" and "Lin Mayar" means husband and wife.

This snack is very popular in Myanmar, and I often see it when strolling around town, and whenever I see it, I think it looks just like takoyaki dumplings in Japan. The shape of the griddle is similar, as is the way it is made with a bamboo skewer. The resemblance is so striking that one might be led to believe that the Japanese takoyaki and Myanmar's Mont Lin Mayar have the same origin. However, there is one crucial difference between the two. As the name suggests, takoyaki is usually cooked with octopus inside, whereas Mont Lin Mayar in Myanmar does not use octopus as an ingredient.

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