Myanmar tea and pe pyote htamin at Ko Zaw's tea shop. (Frontier)

A taste of home: Myanmar restaurants blossom in Chiang Mai

A wave of new arrivals has spurred demand for Myanmar food in the northern Thai city, but budding restaurateurs face legal barriers and increased overheads, as well as trauma and survivor’s guilt.

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