Having been intrigued with Burmese cuisine ever since our first time trying it out at Chuki Kitchen, we had been on a hunt for Burmese cuisine all over the island. One of such establishments that had caught our attention whilst being in the City Hall area that we had been passing by quite often would be that of Golden Cart Authentic Burmese Cuisine — these folk are situated at the ground floor of High Street Plaza; the shopfront of Golden Cart Authentic Burmese Cuisine directly faces High Street Plaza, while it also occupies a shop unit right at the corner that is closer towards New Bridge Road. Golden Cart Authentic Burmese Cuisine should be quite impossible to miss considering how the store does feature a bright green signage that catches one’s attention fairly easily. The menu at Golden Cart Authentic Burmese Cuisine has been revamped once to better accommodate to non-Burmese speakers — the current menu features English descriptions to all dishes apart from the Burmese script that was the only language used in the previous iteration; the menu is split into categories dedicated to Signature Cuisines, Rice and Curry Set and Soups, though certain headers are still listed in Burmese script only.

The Zalon Rice Salad is also known as Htamin Thoke in Burmese — it is also one of many variants of rice salad dishes that is an item commonly featured in Burmese cuisine. Patrons do get to pick between various types of meats to pair with their order of the Zalon Rice Salad at Golden Cart Authentic Burmese Cuisine; we went with the chicken. Digging into the Zalon Rice Salad, we are not really sure of what are the elements that came featured within the dish — that being said, the rice did come with a savoury and tangy note that was immensely fragrant to say the least; expect rice grains that is mixed with flavours almost similar to the likes of picked chilies and fried shallots which was especially appetising and umami. Wasn’t too much of a fan of the chicken that we had opted for though; whilst we did notice how most of the chicken that we have had with Burmese fare are typically on the drier side, the ones at Golden Cart Authentic Burmese Cuisine was especially tough and difficult to even pick up using the fork. Still a spot that works out great for those wanting to give Burmese fare a go considering how they do have a good variety of dishes listed on the menu here.