Burma is the largest country in Southeast Asia, and Golden Triangle’s menu reflects that: a sprawling, multi-paged document offering well over 80 options. The ginger salad is a great start, a slaw-like mix of shredded ginger, bits of coconut, tomato, garlic, yellow peas, ground peanuts and sesame seeds all held together with a subtle lemon sauce. The dish brings out the heat in all the right places and balances textures and flavors to a delicious degree. There are traditional curries (chicken, lamb) that are shipped out in porcelain tureens, but also a number of excellent noodle dishes. The best, perhaps, is ohn nooh kauekswe, a pile of Chinese-style egg noodles tossed with chicken curry in a soupy coconut milk sauce.

GOLDEN TRIANGLE 7011 GREENLEAF AVE | WHITTIER 90602 | 562.945.6778 | MON-SAT 11AM-10PM, SUN 11AM-9PM | FOOD FOR TWO, $20-40 | BEER, WINE

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