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Myanmar : Dinner & Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

by kumamonjeng September 21, 2018
written by kumamonjeng September 21, 2018
Myanmar : Dinner & Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Another top destination in Yangon is Karaweik Palace. The palace is designed and built by Myanmar architect U Ngwe Hlaing in 1972 as a replica of Pyigyimon Royal Barge. In 1988 the building was converted into a classy restaurant cum cultural show event.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Karaweik Palace is build on the eastern shore of an artificial lake – Kandawgyi Lake located in the center of Yangon, facing the stunning Shwedagon Pagoda.  The Kandawgyi Lake literally mean “great royal lake” is one of the two major lakes in Yangon. The water is coming from Inya Lake, another popular recreational area for people who lives in Yangon.  The artificial Kandawgyi Lake was built during the British colonial time as a reservoir, supplying water to the city.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Gold & Red Color

The whole building of Karaweik Palace is glided with gold and resemble a royal boat. The front of the boat looks like a mythological bird from Myanmar folklore and legends. The rear of the boat is the bird’s tail. Two striking colors found are cold and red used in this magnificent building.

Karaweik Palace is now a classy restaurant and serve international buffet and cultural show while you dine.

Welcome by different ethnic tribe at the entrance walkway

The grand entrance is approached by a long walkway over the water. There are several little stalls set up and served by the ethnic minority from Myanmar. Guests are welcome to see how these snacks are made and try them out.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

There are over 100 different ethnic groups in Myanmar, almost one times more than China. But majority of the group are Bamar people who make up 2/3 of the whole population. Shan is another ethinic groups in Myanmar, which are from Tai ethnic groups. Their food taste similar to Thai which I quite prefer. Original Shan people are believed to have migrated from Yunnan China. There are also Shan cuisine served in the international buffet spread in Karaweik Palace restaurant.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Some of the snacks found here are assorted fries such as pancake with peanuts, steamed rice cake & glutinous rice. Most of them are sweet snacks which topping with shredded coconut.  Since it is still serving hot so it is very delicious to have few small bites.

If you are lucky, you may see the Long Neck tribe here at the grand entrance serving the Myanmar snacks at the stalls.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

The Palace have a more stunning sight during the evening with the illumination reflected by the Kandawgyi Lake. If you have a good camera, you can capture the palace reflection from the lake.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Yellow cosmetic – Thanaka

Upon entry to the Karaweik Hall, there is a Myanmar lady who will help visitors to put on the Thanaka on their faces, a yellowish white cosmetic paste made from the ground bark. It is one of the signature of the culture of Myanmar. I saw almost all women with painted yellow faces when I touched down at Yangon International Airport. Thanaka seems to apply to the face of women, girls and young children. Not many found in men. Thanaka has been used by Burmese for over 2000 years, they love the fragrant scent which is similar sandalwood. It also provides protection from sunburn and believe to help improve skin from ance and gives a smoother skin.

Myanmar traditional music instruments

Myanmar music instruments are found at the entrance of the hall. The xylophone looking instrument is called “pattala” in Burmese, consisting of 24 bamboo slats suspended over a boat-shaped. It is played with two padded mallets.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

The stage and dining hall at the Karaweik Palace.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

International buffet spread from Japanese sushi, western roasted meat to local Myanmar & Shan cuisine.  A huge variety of choice to choose from.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Myanmar Local Cuisine.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Ready to start to attack the food.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Mohinga – Myanmar National Dish

This is a must try in Myanmar, since I could not try street food as I have a weak stomach so I was so glad to find Mohinga here. It is a rice noodle soup with fish soup, usually eated for breakfast. The soup base has chickpea flour, garlic, onions, lemongrass, banana stem (eek), fish paste etc. It is served with rice vermicelli/beehoon, topped with squeeze lime, crisp fried onions, coriander, spring onions and other fried stuff. The verdict, I don’t like it as I don’t appreciate the chickpea used for soup base, very sticky and tasted weird for me. I don’t dislike all sticky base soup, I do like Lor mee.  🙂 Since it is Myanmar national dish, a must try.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Cultural Show

The stage in Karaweik Palace aren’t big.  There is an emcee who speak English throughout the whole show introducing the arts, dance and culture to the hungry audience.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

The cultural show performance was not at the best cultural show I have seen so far. I usually go for cultural show performance when I travel and this one at Karaweik Palace can be quite disappointing. I suspect the dancers are not being trained properly so it looks like high school performance. Having said that the food was great, as it has a wide range to choose from. You can taste most of the local Myanmar food here at a very clean atmosphere.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

A guy carrying a basket full or sticky rice wrap with banana leaf to the guests.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

High school performance. 🙂

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

At one point, a huge elephant with bling bling costume make an entrance from the door at the dining hall, walk to the guests dining table and walk up the stage and did the funny shaking mood.  As if the elephant has been injected with “ice drug”.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Colorful bling bling elephant with the shaking move as if possessed by a Demon. 🙂

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Myanmar traditional puppet dance

The unusual thing about the Myanmar puppet dance is one of the dancer in the picture is not a puppet but a real human who copied from the puppets dance move.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

How to go Karaweik Palace 

If you are catching a taxi to Karaweik palace, you need to pay a little entrance fees for the car to bring you in to the Lake & Palace, which cost about 300 kyat (USD$0.30). The international buffet plus cultural show cost USD$30.00. Is it worth to go? Well, it depends. If you like luxury buffet spread and clean environment to dine and some taste of Myanmar culture, go for it. Another option is you can just visit the Karaweik Palace for free and exclude the fine dining and culture show , photography from the outside. Plenty of photo opportunity.

Myanmar : Dinner cum Cultural Show in Karaweik Palace Yangon

Final thoughts :

I am still happy to have dine at the Karaweik Palace as the food not are only including international buffet but also a whole range of Burmese traditional food. I have a weak stomach so I can’t taste local street food which is quite ashamed but good thing I can try them here. The cultural show was not the best as the dancers quality aren’t great but it still depict Myanmar traditional art, musics and dances from different tribes across the country.

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31 comments

Tessa G September 21, 2018 - 2:05 pm

This place looks amazing! Wish I could visit! Maybe I’ll add it to my bucket list of places to visit once the kids are grown up!

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kumamonjeng September 22, 2018 - 4:02 am

Dear Tessa,

Great idea to wait for few more years when the tourism get even more developed in Myanmar. It is still ver far behind compared to Vietnam tourism.

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Joanna September 21, 2018 - 2:22 pm

What a shame that this experience wasn’t a top one. I love the palace, it looks so majestic and also very colorful! I like the idea of having different ethnic groups giving you their traditional snack at the entrance. However, the buffet is disappointing. I think at least they could have done was hire a good chef and create a degustation menu with traditional food from Myanmar.

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Jessi Joachim September 21, 2018 - 5:02 pm

The colors are all so beautiful, and the food looks good, but not great, buffet is never my favorite. It may be something worth still seeing though in the area.

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kumamonjeng September 22, 2018 - 3:58 am

Dear Jessi,

Buffet is never my favorite as I dont prefer to eat until I can’t move my body. However the buffet here is good considering I can’t take street food in Myanmar due to weak stomach. The food is worth to try out as there are plenty of variety. The palace is beautiful but the performance are just not meeting up with my standard. I guess they need to have more classes to train those dancers into more professional.

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Sarah Bailey September 21, 2018 - 7:05 pm

Wow this looks like an absolutely amazing place to go and have something to eat and watch the amazing show taking place. I am sure for many it is a once in a lifetime experience that will never be forgotten.

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kumamonjeng September 22, 2018 - 3:15 am

Dear Sarah,
It certainly once in a life time to have dine in the Palace.

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Amber September 21, 2018 - 7:20 pm

I would LOVE To do something like this. I enjoy eating, and I love learning about new cultures, so this is perfect.

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kumamonjeng September 22, 2018 - 3:12 am

Dear Amber,

This is just perfect for you if you love food and enjoy culture but the performance was not up to standard, similar to high school standard. LOL. Well, at least the food is quite good, full ranges of variety and clean and nice ambient. After all, you dine in the palace, I shouldnt complain too much. 🙂

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Monidipa Dutta September 22, 2018 - 1:20 am

I would totally enjoy a trip like this, the food and the architecture of the buildings is so beautiful.

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kumamonjeng September 22, 2018 - 3:00 am

Dear Monidipa,
The palace building look stunning as it was built in the water. The shape of the palace look like a boat floating in the lake but its actually not moving.

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DoiBedouin (@BedouinDoi) September 22, 2018 - 5:59 am

Wow. Your pictures literally took me there. The Palace, architecture …. everything looks awesome.

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Athley September 22, 2018 - 7:47 am

Wow! Looks like you had a great experience! Would love to try this out too when I visit Myanmar!

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tfrett6 September 22, 2018 - 1:00 pm

Wow these pictures are amazing. The colors there are so inviting and bright. I love learning about new cultures! Would love to visit there one day.

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Urmila Deven September 22, 2018 - 1:46 pm

love the all pics….nicely written specially about the cultural program….thanks

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maartjevansandwijk September 22, 2018 - 2:14 pm

Looks amazing! I love all the colours in the pictures 🙂

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Eric Kay September 22, 2018 - 5:22 pm

great pics and info. a very well written post. it looks great

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millieandmommie September 22, 2018 - 5:24 pm

What an amazing place to travel! Your pictures are awesome. Thank you for sharing!

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RACHEL LAVERN September 22, 2018 - 6:06 pm

I agree that the gold are red are striking colors. I am always up to dining at classy restaurants and we love international buffets.

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Stephanie | Adventures in Aussieland September 23, 2018 - 6:16 am

Myanmar looks like such a beautiful country! I have wanted to visit for such a long time. It looks like you had an incredible holiday!

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Becca Wilson September 23, 2018 - 1:37 pm

This looks like it would be an amazing experience. I would love the chance to go there one day.

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Debby September 23, 2018 - 5:28 pm

These pictures are awesome. certainly looks like a great experience.I am going to share this post with my daughters who love to travel.

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kumamonjeng September 23, 2018 - 10:57 pm

Dear Debby,

Thanks for your comments.

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Fran Jorgensen September 23, 2018 - 7:37 pm

I have always wanted to visit Myanmar! This would be the perfect place to visit with the children and learn about the local culture and cuisine! Such a majestic country! Thank you so much for sharing this post!

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kumamonjeng September 23, 2018 - 10:59 pm

Dear Fran,

Myanmar is still very cheap to travel as compare to the neighboring countries such as Thailand and Vietnam. However, the country is still very backward and the infrastructure is still lacking.

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swathiiyer September 23, 2018 - 11:04 pm

I love to Myanmar sometime, your pictures gives great insight . I love Burmese cuisine a lot.

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Nancie September 24, 2018 - 10:12 am

I remember trying the mohinga soup, and I wasn’t a big fan it it either. Like you say, it is a traditional dish so I was happy to sample it. I always enjoy the traditional dance and music shows in SEA. The costumes are always exquisite.

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Theresa September 24, 2018 - 12:29 pm

I love all the gorgeous photos you incorporated in your post. The palace, as well as the buffet look lovely. I would definitely like to visit and dine there.

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Kitty September 24, 2018 - 1:01 pm

Wow this looks like an amazing place to explore around also enjoy food… The pictures are just awesome I hope and wish you guys have had your best time there… I would love to visit Myanmar one day 🙂

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jeff September 24, 2018 - 4:19 pm

the palace and food look amazing. Doubt i’d like the soup though.

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Ruth I September 26, 2018 - 3:41 pm

Oh wow. Definitely a must place to visit. I’d love to know more about the culture and taste the local food!

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