Tea Leaf Salad

If you go to Burma Superstar, order the tea leaf salad -- yum. Who knew that fermented tea leaves (imported from Burma, or rather, Myanmar) were delicious. Especially mixed with lettuce, tomatoes, fried garlic, sunflower seeds, peanuts and split yellow peas. It sounds like a strange combination, but sometimes strange combinations work.

The traditional name for this dish is Lephet Thote -- and also serves to "welcome guests to the house, as a peace offering after an argument, as a snack in front of the TV, as an appetizer or last course, a palate cleanser after a meal, and as a stimulant to ward off sleep."

Just in case you need to offer someone this salad as a peace offering after an argument, here's the recipe.

I hope I get some sleep tonight. I didn't know that it was like sprinkling no-doze on a salad.