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Sign for Top Burmese outside Burma Joy, 2022

Top Burmese is a small chain of restaurants serving Burmese cuisine in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, in the United States. Owners Kalvin and Poe Myint started the business in 2019. There are three locations in addition to the original restaurant on 21st Avenue in northwest Portland's Northwest District: Top Burmese Bistro Royale has operated in Beaverton since 2020, Top Burmese Burma Joy opened on 23rd Avenue in the Northwest District in 2021, and Top Burmese Ambassador is opening in Hillsboro in 2022.

Description and history

Original restaurant

Top Burmese began as a "virtual restaurant" in early 2019, operating via delivery and take-out. Delivery platforms included DoorDash, Grubhub, Postmates, and Uber Eats, and order could also be picked up at the kitchen on 16th Avenue in northwest Portland's Northwest District. The first Top Burmese restaurant has operated on 21st Avenue in the Northwest District, since September 19, 2019. The menu includes laphet (fermented tea-leaf salad with sunflower seeds, sesame, and peanuts), samosas, and paratha served with paprika and turmeric-based curries. The restaurant is most known for the tea leaf salad.

Top Burmese Bistro Royale

Top Burmese Bistro Royale opened in Beaverton in 2020 and has an "Indian-influenced" menu. Robots help serve food at the restaurant.

Top Burmese Burma Joy

Exterior of Burma Joy in northwest Portland, 2022

Top Burmese Burma Joy (or Burma Joy Noodle House) is located on 23rd Avenue in the Northwest District and has focused on Chinese-inspired noodles since 2021. The restaurant is serving Tea Leaf "Laphet" Dumplings during The Oregonian's annual Dumpling Week in 2022.

Top Burmese Ambassador

Top Burmese Ambassador in Hillsboro is slated to open in 2022.