I've whinged aplenty in my day about the lack of Burmese food in Chicago, a deficit much smaller nearby cities like Fort Wayne and Indianapolis don't suffer due to their relatively large and fairly established immigrant populations. There are only about 2,000 Burmese in Chicago, most of them recent arrivals, so it's difficult if not impossible to satisfy one's craving for sour mustard tofu or pickled tea leaf salad (unless you want the packaged kind).…
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